release date: Jun. 22, 1971
format: digital
[album rate: 4,5 / 5] [4,55]
producer: Joni Mitchell
label: Reprise Records - nationality: Canada
Tracklist: 1. "All I Want" - 2. "My Old Man" - 3. "Little Green" - 4. "Carey" (5 / 5) (live) - 5. "Blue" - 6. "California" - 7. "This Flight Tonight" - 8. "River" - 9. "A Case of You" - 10. "The Last Time I Saw Richard"
4th studio album by Joni Mitchell is not only a step up and her so far best album, it's simply one of the most awarded and critically acclaimed genuine folk and singer / songwriter albums... ever. This is where everything came together in the right way - her slightly introvert solo compositions have been lifted and arranged with adequate accompanying musicians in great mix with either guitar, piano, vocal harmonies, or with strings as a foundation, or a mix of everything she has so far showed on her previous albums that worked. AND on top of that, this album simply contains great songs. The album was met by positive reviews, then, but time has put this very album among the absolute best of all popular albums - be it rock, pop, funk, soul... you name it. It's simply there, among the best of the best, and the best of all times. Naturally, it's enlisted in "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die". This particular album is one of those rare albums that will endure and always be mentioned in sentences with the word: great.
[ allmusic.com, Rolling Stone Magazine (among others) all hand it 5 / 5 stars ]
1971 Favourite releases: 1. Deep Purple Fireball - 2. Joni Mitchell Blue - 3. T. Rex Electric Warrior
