Blue [sound recording] / all selections written by Joni Mitchell.
Material type:
MusicPublisher number: 2038-2 | ReprisePublication details: Burbank, CA : Reprise, [1987?]Description: 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): | Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult CD
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Dr. James Carlson Library | CD | POP/ROCK Mitchell, Joni | Available | 33111005088998 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Sad, spare, and beautiful, Blue is the quintessential confessional singer/songwriter album. Forthright and poetic, Joni Mitchell's songs are raw nerves, tales of love and loss (two words with relative meaning here) etched with stunning complexity; even tracks like "All I Want," "My Old Man," and "Carey" -- the brightest, most hopeful moments on the record -- are darkened by bittersweet moments of sorrow and loneliness. At the same time that songs like "Little Green" (about a child given up for adoption) and the title cut (a hymn to salvation supposedly penned for James Taylor) raise the stakes of confessional folk-pop to new levels of honesty and openness, Mitchell's music moves beyond the constraints of acoustic folk into more intricate and diverse territory, setting the stage for the experimentation of her later work. Unrivaled in its intensity and insight, Blue remains a watershed. ~ Jason Ankeny
Compact disc.
Lyrics on insert.
Originally released in 1971.
Popular songs.
All I want (3:32) -- My old man (3:33) -- Little green (3:25) -- Carey (3:00) -- Blue (3:00) -- California (3:48) -- This flight tonight (2:50) -- River (4:00) -- A case of you (4:20) -- The last time I saw Richard (4:13).
Joni Mitchell, vocals and guitar; with assisting musicians.
Recorded at A&M Studios, Los Angeles, Calif.