Blue was Joni Mitchell's 4th album, released in 1971. Take my advice and forget about that giggle at the end of 'Big Yellow Taxi', Mitchell is a seriously brilliant singer songwriter and Blue is her best album, without question. The raw emotion, joy, despair, regret, it's all here. California is one of those songs that comes into your mind often - at least it does mine! 'Sitting in a park in Paris, France..'
Course, she's actually from Canada - Saskatchewan is less easy to get to rhyme!
'Just before our love got lost you said 'I am as constant as the Northern Star' - 'Constantly in the darkness? Where's that at? If you want me I'll be in the bar!
Just love her voice on this:
To be honest, I could have put any three of the tracks from Blue onto this blog and they would do her justice. It really is one of the great albums of all time, from one of the best singer songwriters ever. She wrote 'both sides now' and almost all of her albums feature truly great songs with wonderful arrangements and outstanding lyrics. You can really feel her joy and share her pain.
Joni Mitchell, Blue, is a great album. Enjoy!
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