Blue


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1001 Albums you must hear before you die (384 items)
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Published 5 years, 1 month ago
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Favorite Album Covers - 1970s (100 items)
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Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums Part I 1-100 (100 items)
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Favorite Album Covers (1085 items)
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Description: Blue (1971) is the fourth album of Canadian-born singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. Exploring the various facets of relationships from infatuation on "A Case of You" to insecurity on "This Flight Tonight", the songs feature simple accompaniments on piano, guitar, and Appalachian dulcimer. Blue was a critical and com ... (more)
Manufacturer : Reprise
Release date : 1 June 1971
Number of discs : 1
EAN: 0075992719926 UPC: 075992719926
1971 (6), Folk (4), Canada (2), 1970s (2), 12" Album (1), Mp3 (1), Singer/songwriter (1), Folk-rock (1), Vocalists (1), SD73 (1), Soul (1), Cd (1), Singer-songwriter (1), Chris (1), 1970's (1), 06 (1), 40 Minutes (1), Rock (1), (lib) (1), *saipal (1)
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"'"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"


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"“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 "


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