Blue

30 days of music (30 music items)

"A song from your favorite female vocalist "

RS 500: Part 1 (100 music items)

"'"The Blue album, there's hardly a dishonest note in the vocals," Mitchell told Rolling Stone in 1979. "At that period of my life, I had no personal defenses. I felt like a cellophane wrapper on a pack of cigarettes. I felt like I had absolutely no secrets from the world, and I couldn't pretend in my life to be strong. Or to be happy." With song after song of regrets and sorrow and a smoky-blue cover shot of Mitchell on the edge of tears, this may be the ultimate breakup album. Its whispery mini"

Albums Heard in 2010 (47 music items)

"Rated 1.1."

TIME's 100 Greatest Albums (100 music items)

"“It's not deceptively simple, just simple. From the bare arrangements of acoustic guitar and piano with maybe a hint of dulcimer, to the lyrics — "All I really want our love to do/ Is to bring out the best in me/ and in you, too" — Mitchell whittles her journal entries and melodies down with poetic economy and relies on her falsetto to add the dramatic tension. Enjoyment depends entirely on your tolerance for sincerity, but even cynics concede the greatness of lines like, "I could drink a "

1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die - 70's 01 (174 music items)

"Folk, 1971"

1001 Albums you must hear before you die (384 music items)

"Label: Reprise Nation: Canada Running Time: 35:41 Year: 1971"