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More from Joni Mitchell

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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:
Time to retire	Customer Rating: 1 out of 5
I had heard that this album was Joni Mitchell playing all the instruments and singing... which I figured would be at least interesting--- after all, she used to be good. But, it's not interesting, and she's not good any more. Her song-writing skills have atrophied, and her voice is a husky shadow of what it once was. Most of the lyrics sound like they were written by a wealthy woman with way too much time to spend winding herself up watching Fox and CNN news. Irritating phony liberal whining of someone who can afford a nice house out on the California coast where she can fuss about the environment. Hey Joni, your nice house destroyed habitat where nice animals and plants once lived, why don't you do a song about that? I was glad I could check this out of my local library, and save my self the cost of purchasing it, since I wouldn't have kept it, or ever listened to it again. Joni Mitchell would be well advised to release tapes of some of her early performances... there are good quality recordings of quite a few of her very good early songs (Urge For Going, Eastern Rain, etc...) There was a time when she wrote memorable songs and sang them in her unique penetrating voice... those days are long gone. When she lets those songs out, I'll buy then. Even the opening track, a piano instrumental that I looked forward to hearing, was just kind of meandering. And that was the high point of the album. Anyway, a big disappointment, and don't spend your hard earned dollars here... if you want to listen to a late 60s-early 70s singer song writer who still has it together and is better than ever, go check out Randy Newman's CD Harps and Angels...
terrible	Customer Rating: 1 out of 5
Compared to the rest of Joni Mitchell's recordings, this project is small-minded, out of touch, very hard to listen to, unmusical.
Complex and rich	Customer Rating: 5 out of 5
Joni Mitchell has made me fall in love with her again. Like all work of genius, this deepens and shines with each listening. With humor, honesty, love for we flawed humans, passion for the earth and her creatures, she taps into heretofore unknown rhythms which give such pleasure to know. It is beautiful.
A sad disappointment	Customer Rating: 2 out of 5
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 rehashing that same sax sound heard on so many previous albums, this is truly disappointing. In the past, even when she wrote about negative issues, there was a ray of hope, both lyrically and musically that came through. I cannot say that of her newest work. The only really enjoyable song is Hana, which also happens to be a retelling of a classic movie. The other song about a movie(or play) is Night of the Iguana, which does not match the tone of the film, and just feels like a plot synopsis.
Enough, Already	Customer Rating: 1 out of 5
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 is sadder--Ms. Mitchell's refusal to see reality and retire, or her diehard fans refusal to see her and her music for what they are: irrelevant and pathetically out of date.

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