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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0888072304574
Label: HEAR MUSIC
Manufacturer: HEAR MUSIC
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: HEAR MUSIC
Release Date: September 25, 2007
Sales Rank: 3784
Studio: HEAR MUSIC
Disc 1:- One Week Last Summer
- This Place
- If I Had a Heart
- Hana
- Bad Dreams
- Big Yellow Taxi (2007)
- Night of the Iguana
- Strong and Wrong
- Shine
- If
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Joni Mitchell is generally considered to be the single most important female singer-songwriter of the 20th Century. Her new CD features 10 great new songs that resonate on the level of some of her all-time classic work, with much of the material inspired by Joni’s passion to save the environment. Her lyrics on the subject are truly inspiring.
Joni Mitchell Photos (by James O'Mara)
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Amazon.com:
Shine may ultimately register as a 'fans only' milestone, but it proves that Joni Mitchell retains many of the storied calling cards of her best albums. The searing lyricism of 1971's Blue and the penchant for self-redefinition hailed by 1974's Court and Spark make cameos here, but sadly, lesser efforts' drawbacks abound. True, 'Big Yellow Taxi' reprises the environmental dystopia Mitchell first poeticized on 1970's Ladies of the Canyon, but the occasion only prompts new pedantic effrontery ('This Place,' 'If I Had a Heart'). In this regard, Shine's especially cloying title track marks the worst offender. Blissfully, though, 'Hana' boasts a driving rhythm section and blurting squirts of electric guitar and saxophone in support of a compelling character sketch, and 'If'--based on Rudyard Kipling's poem of the same name--paints a lyrical message of affirmation in bold strokes. Mitchell's songwriting shines brightest at such singularly poignant moments where specificity of images meets the vagaries of the instrumental arrangements, and, in the end, these and other highlights ('Bad Dreams,' 'Night of the Iguana') definitively carry the torch. --Jason Kirk
Customer Reviews Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A sad disappointment
As an avid Joni Mitchell fan, I had been waiting with baited breath for this album to come out.In fact, the day before its release, I was up until midnight so I could buy this cd at the first moment I possibly could.So when I listened to this cd on the way to work, I was hoping it was sleep deprivation that prevented me from enjoying this album.Sadly, after many, many listenings, I have to say that this is the worst album Joni has ever produced.
With its jaundiced view on the world, and ... Read More
Rating:  - Enough, Already
The one star rating was involuntary on my part; no stars is, unfortunately in this case, not an option.No one likes a jaunt down Memory Lane more than I, but when the memories become your reality it's time to call a halt to the proceedings.Joni Mitchell WAS a major influence upon the music scene, and Joni Mitchell WAS relevant, and Joni Mitchell WAS an attractive woman.But all of these ceased over thirty years ago.Everything positive in this woman's career is in the past.I don't know which ... Read More
Rating:  - CONTEMPORARY DHARMA
Joni didn't disappoint with her new cd.The second I heard "Shine" on CBC Radio, I knew wanted to hear more of her newest, long-time awaited, release.Many of the songs have a very Buddhist feel to them:The teaching of equanimity in "If" and "Shine", and Compassionate action, in "Hana."Her love of the environment is evident throughout the album.Her smokey voice is not the old Joni's, but it is still wonderful, as is her jazz piano.All around composition, instrumentals, lyrics, and voice are ... Read More
Rating: - "Shine" by Joni Mitchell
If you're a Joni Mitchell fan, you will love this.It's a very nice/relaxing album.Joni Mitchell just keeps puttin' out the good stuff.
Rating: - What happed to Joni Mitchell, the great lyricist?
This album is for hardcore fans.
My biggest gripe with the album is the immaturity of the lyrics.Most of her "attacks" on what our society has done to the environment sound like the self-righteous plaint of a 13 year old junior high school student.
It's hard to take lyrics like these seriously.
Musically, the album's certainly not readily accessible.It has grown on me with time, but the lyrics really get in the way of me wanting to give this album repeated ... Read More
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