Reviews (page 6 of 7)
Ni fu ni fa
I'm going to blaspheme here, but i dont het the hype. This album is slightly better than previous as her voice seens to have matured and lost some of its reediness But the tunes and lyrics are still just bog standard.
This isn’t for me but I can see the appeal
Not terrible but a little too talky folk music for my taste.
It's good... I think
Moody and atmospheric. Just not my mood and not my atmosphere.
I know that Joni is revered, but I just didn't care for this album. There are some interesting parts to this, but too often I would start to like a song and it would change tact towards a direction that wasn't nearly as good. Beyond this, while Joni's voice is excellent, the lack of a melodic approach hurt many of these tracks. It was just all over the place for me.
Why so much talk of planes? I'm just bored of Joni. I like Blue, isnt that enough?
Sometimes I wonder if I was too unfair towards Joni Mitchell and 'Court & Spark', the first album of hers my group got. I mean, I'm very certain I didn't engage with it **at all**, so, yeah, I probably was. But I still hafta wonder: why? Did it just catch me on a bad day? Was I just not in the mood for it? Would I've liked this record even if I had been in the mood? Would it have mattered at all? And in the meantime Joni's name has become one of **the** ones I bring up when I express my issues with 60's/70's folkie singer songwriters. I don't even bring up Bob Dylan's name anymore, and he's most people's poster child for it. So here I am, then, with the second Joni Mitchell album on this list — my second chance to try and be fair to her. I know for a fact I'm in a much better mood than I was the last time, for one. And while I haven't gotten **that** much better at deciphering poetic lyrics (my AuDHD strikes again), I've come to realize, it's not about getting the "exact" meaning. As long as I can pull some kind of feeling out of what's being said, that's all that matters. (Though, just in case, I **did** look up all the song meanings ahead of time anyway.) I'm much better equipped to deal with Joni's music this time. This album, as I've read, is Joni's "therapeutic road record." Apparently she'd been travelling a lot prior to recording, and so these songs basically amount to a scattered travelog of where she'd been and all of the feelings she'd been feeling. Y'know, jus' gettin' it all down and out on record. So, y'know, it's a little bit of a "lore drop" album, and I've found lately I'm not too much a fan of those ... but this thing came out in the 70's, so it's not like we're supposed to listen to this like 'The Tortured Poets Department', huh? And I think it's fitting that this is Joni's "roadtrip record," 'coz I ended up feeling the same way about this record like I do most roadtrips: namely, they're long and boring and, gawd, I wish we'd get there already. Look, I really tried here, but I found this album to be such an absolute slog. I read along with the lyrics, and there is just something about the way Joni writes them that puts me to sleep. Like, sure, there are one or two neat turns of phrases here and then — I'll grant her that much. For the most part, however, they're verbose in a way I simply don't enjoy. If I hadn't read what these songs meant, I doubt I'd be able to parse them. Seriously, if you didn't know, what would **you** think "Amelia" is about? And even putting aside "understanding" the lyrics and trying to pull a feeling, I didn't get anything from 'em either. I don't wanna ask her to write simpler because I'm a big dummy who doesn't get it, but seriously now. The actual music on this thing sure didn't help. The big point I always make when I express my issue with 60's/70's folkie singer-songwriters is that the music is only there as a necessity. They don't wanna just be poets, so they toss together **just** enough of a backing so it can count as music and they can count as songwriters. I've never felt that more than here on this album. There's a lot more going on than the simple acoustic guitar plink-plonking you'd expect from these kind of people, but it only amounts to a whole lotta gawdamm **nothing**. Sure, sure, there's blues and jazz influences, and that's cool and all, but I don't **care**. It's atmospheric and spacey and structureless in a way where I just can't even begin to care about it. While listening to this album I tried to get into the mood by putting on some footage of someone driving from Calgary to Edmonton. It'd been filmed on a particularly grey and cloudy day. And, y'know, it'd be one thing if it was raining, at least. You'd at least get to enjoy the water droplets bouncing off the windshield and the rhythmic swish of the wipers. Nope — it was just grey. And boring. And long. And unlike a regular roadtrip, I don't even have the music I actually enjoy to keep me company. That's about how this album turned out for me, in short. "Prisoner of the white lines" indeed. And I'll say it again: I **really tried** here. I don't want it to come across like I just don't get what she's doing. I do, I absolutely do — and that's the issue. Because I **don't** like what she's doing. I mean, for sure, I've heard worse, and I **want** to give her some kind of benefit. But ... I'unno. I just wouldn't be too surprised if by the time I finish another one of her albums suddenly I'm not as inclined to be kind. For your sake, Joni, I'm hoping that's not the case ... this road trip with you could be a whole heck of a lot better, though. Just sayin'.
Some nice instrumentals, but the vocal parts sound like they’re just being made up as they go. Very undefined melodies. Every song sounds the same.
This is, I think the third Joni Mitchell album I've gotten in the generator and I'm at less than 200 albums so far. For the most part these albums don't diverge too much from each other and I wasn't in a great headspace to listen to it. That being said, this album feels like it goes nowhere. I was barely perceiving when one song ended and another started. Joni Mitchell seems to write lyrics like she's going to do some spoken word but then at the last minute decides to sing it. It's just a flurry of probably personal and unrelatable statements. Not that that is an invalid approach but it doesn't resonate with me
not for me but appreciate
Too whiny
2 out of 5 70 folk rock. Nice slow pace songe
Previously rated: #176 - Court And Spark (3/5) #266 - The Hissing Of Summer Lawns (3/5) #938 - Blue (2/5) ************************************************* Album #953 I recently had her most famous album, Blue, and I just didn't care for it. This one is about the same. Dull folk singer songwriter storytelling for 52 long minutes. Best track: Coyote
This woman is singing long tales about some stuff that I couldn’t be bothered to pay attention to. The only thing I liked about it was it gave me the vibe of a dark bar with an amateur band playing while dancing with someone like in the movies, but even then I would prefer it to be background music rather than actively listen to it.
Again her vocals don't convince me at all. Instrumentally nothing remarkable. Some might call this album atmospheric but I find it quite boring. Really can't see a reason for so many Joni Mitchell albums on this list! 1,5
I don't get the hype behind Joni Mitchell. The music is well produced, the songs have an interesting structure, and Joni has a wonderful voice with an emotive pen to go with it. But the music doesn't speak to me at all? It may be criminal to give this a 2 but oh well. It's not unlistenable like some of the other albums I have gotten.
Doesn’t quite standout like the other Joni albums. 2.5/5
It hurts me as a Canadian to say this but Joni Mitchell doesn’t do anything for me.
2.5 maybe
Joni did black face on stage when she performed Furry Has The Blues.
I can't explain why but Joni Mitchell always sounds like she's making up the song and lyrics while recording it
Ikke min greie i det hele tatt 🙃
Merker at jeg generelt sett er veldig lite fan av folk som bare maser over noe bakgrunnsmusikk så første låten her ga meg en ganske dårlig inngang. Tok seg litt opp etter det, men ikke helt min greie. Kan være jeg ikke hørte hele (:
Jeg kan egentlig godt li' Joni Mitchell, men jeg synes Hejira falder en smule fladt.
This one becomes a bit to navel-gazing for me. I get the concept, but it doesn't really work for me very well. Standouts A Strange Boy 2/5
Objectively, this probably isn’t that bad, but subjectively, I kind of hate it. Also, that isn’t a penis- it’s her wrist.
Every Joni Mitchell album is just a vehicle for poetry. The music always seems like a secondary choice.
This would probably be great live in a coffee shop. Kinda boring in the car. Favorite song: n/a
Pleasant.
Someday I hope I get Joni but I think most people love her story and lyrics.
How come her name sounds so familiar. I'm not really into this. May not listen to the whole thing. 2 stars
Joni has about 3 songs that I love, but none are on this album. I didn't find anything that really resonated with me from this album experience. The instrumentation was lively folk and the poetry was pretty crisp, but it didn't feel cohesive and there was so much noise to digest without much harmony — this killed any easy-listening factor for me, while not being technically impressive enough to catch my attention.
It was a nice album, nothing more. It feels like the singer intentionally hits notes that don’t feel like they belong after certain notes (not that I’m some musical genius). It was jazzy, but not exactly, though still nice. Maybe I just need a few more listens to the album. Top track I liked: Coyote.
Sounded like a female Bob Dylan, but without the good backing music.
I think this style of music is just not my thing. Favourite Song: Blue Motel Road
one of those albums that sits between 2-3, its not bad but its just not great nor something id want to listen to again.
I keep trying to enjoy Joni Mitchell but I always find my mind wandering when I listen to her. And then realize I’m four songs into the album and can’t remember anything about it.
fav: Amelia
2 Stars (5/15)
I feel Missy Higgins album "The Sounds of White" would be a suitable replacement for this.
It lacks and feels outdated
A bit jazzier than her other albums I've heard but the instrumental parts are still very minimalist and delicate. I still have the same issues with her unpredictable vocal delivery not matching up with the music and randomly changing in tempo.
Fine I guess, reminds me of the folk Paul Simon did on his self titled album 2.5
Nicht meins, zu weinerisch und es fehlt das gewisse etwas. Packt mich nicht
I like Joni Mitchell a lot and I know how highly regarded this record is, but I struggle with it - there's some great songwriting but it just doesn't grab my attention. It seems quite rambling and there are no melodies I can engage with - maybe that's the jazz influence, and I just need to keep at it and let it click into place. I probably won't though - I'll put Court and Spark on instead.
I thought it was , didn’t really do much to me 18$ went up in smoke is a good line , nothing else to say. Bit boring
idk i gave up on it good first song tho
Look. Not big on folk.
Not for me
I don't like Joni
not bad
I didn’t like this. Too stream of consciousness for me. No hooks no choruses just words
Not for me.
Talented in her own way but I would never listen to this.
Meh 2/5
#642. Nope 2/5: stop
Boring.
Meh. I don’t get this at all? Are these songs?
Not really memorable in my opinion, song writing not as captivating as blue, maybe a little insulting to say but kinda feels like background music
Joni Mitchell is a tremendous musician but this album isn’t for me.
This was much worse than I expected. The other Mitchell album I had to listen to here was okay-ish, but this was just someone telling stories over the background of some droning music. Everything's somehow the same and then not. At least it wasn't really disgusting.
I want to like this so badly but I just can’t get into her style of singing. I love the lyrics she writes and the vivid imagery but her voice just wears on me. Second half is better than first half.
The music is pretty great, just not in love with the stream of consciousness lyrics. 2/5
She succeeded in creating the most boring album of all time. This was excruciating.
Each song was less of a song and more of a ballad. It got exhausting after a while.
At the end of the day, I'm just not a fan. I get why people would like her, just not me.
i don't know how some people (anna) can listen to an entire joni mitchell album without going crazy 2-/5
Not a fan. Jazzy though.
Led Zeppelin said it best, "Ramble On".
Zapadnjacima treba zabraniti da pjevaju dosadni tzv. folk. Jaco je ubjedljivo najbolji dio ovog albuma.
Still don't get it.
Zzzzzzzzz
det här var för trist
4/10 I liked the first song and Im pretty sure theres some good lyricism on the album, but the songs are soo boring and the more it dragged on the more I wanted it to stop. No matter how good an album is in theory, if I spent half of it looking at the time wishing for it to end thats just not a good sign. Highlights: Coyote
Fairly boring. 1 time listen
I just don’t like her voice. Nails on chalkboard
I’m not really sure what to say about this album. It’s not bad but it is also not my type of music. The instrumentation is top notch but it’s very jazzy and slow. Lots of mood music. I’ve never been a Joni Mitchell fan but the lyrics are great. I just don’t know how I feel about the overall album. I guess it was good but it’s unlikely I would listen again. Best songs are “Coyote” and “Black Crow”.
I was over half way through the album when I realized I couldn't recall a single lyric or note from what I had already heard. At no point was I wanting to stop listening, but also at no point did I want to listen closer. It was just. . . forgettable. At least up until "Blue Motel Room". The lyrics in that one were so cringe inducing. "Hanging on your boom boom pachyderm"? "tell them you've got Gerrrrman measles"? Yeah, this one's not for me.
So ... can we just talk about Jaco Pastorius.
It was ok, not my fave artist or voice
Meh. Nice background but not my thing. Cozy fall/winter feel, but nothing special for me.
Just don’t care for her style or sound. Easily could be a 1 for me.
Another Joni Mitchell album. This one was probably my least favorite of the 3 I've heard. I am not a big Joni fan, and this album had a lot of stylistic choices that I dont enjoy: breathy si g-talking, vocals that dont match the instruments, and rambling lyrics. Overall- not bad, but not for me
I mean. I guess it's fine. It's still Joni and her lovely voice, but I don't think I'd ever really be in the mood to put this on over something else by her.
Just......didn't do much for me. I do like some Joni Mitchell songs, and a great laid back vibe for background, but......nothing really stood out.
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Normally I'd rather to a chalkboard being scratched for an hour than a Joni Mitchell album, but this one was an unexpected surprise, mostly thanks to the superb bass playing. Of course it was Jaco Pastorius! Best song is Black Crow.
Seriously, what is the difference between this and your single aunt showing you slides from her summer trip over any generic Starbucks coffee house CD while going into far too much detail on the strange men she slept with along the way. Just like the slides it just goes on and on and on. This is wildly self indulgent.
Monotonous Guitar and everything same sound every track. Zzz 🤤 🧟♀️
I can imagine myself sitting in a sunny coffee shop listening to Joni sing these songs, and wishing she would stop. All the songs are the same in that it amounts to her sorta flowy washy guitar chords while she sings her poetry. The rhythms are lacking. The melodies are not catchy. Harmonies are non-existent. I didn't really care for this. It was kinda weird... and not in good ways.
Rating: 4/10 Very boring. The lack of choruses takes its toll on the album very quickly.
coyote- i dont really know what to make of this. i feel like i just went to my aunts house and shes in the backyard singing and dancing while naked. 5 amelia- stop it. 3 furry sings the blues- you got a furry to sing the blues? 4. NOT THE HARMONICA. hes missing a leg??? a strange boy- 4 hejira- 3 song for sharon- THIS IS EIGHT FUCKING MINUTES?? black crow- 4 blue motel room- refuge of the roads- joni, this sucks
I think she wrote a book of short stories but needed an album so she just kind of sang the stories. These songs are meandering. It’s good storytelling but it did not need to be set to music.
It was ok, but probably not returning to it anytime soon
Already had Hissing of Summer Lawns, and I feel similarly about Hejira. Nice enough background music and the bass is cool, but the rambling / free-form structure doesn't grab me. The songs feel like they don't go anywhere and nothing is particularly memorable on this record. Please add a hook or two Joni..
All the songs sound the same.
Flatter than expected. Did nothing.
I’ve been guilty of enjoying the occasional singer/songwriter, but I simply hate the watch show phrases her lines when signing. Halfway into the last song I got so annoyed that I has to turn it off. Not an album for me
Joni has an incredible knack of singing in a way that makes it seem like she's unfamiliar with her own songs or lyrics. It's like listening to someone fumble through a song they're not familiar with on karaoke- with almost every song following the same, inane pattern. Squeeze a load of out-of-rhythm syllables into the middle of a line, then drone out the last word. The songs were filled with pointless metaphors, excessive and hollow imagery- more often than not about roads and highways. She should have taken a different career path, something that gets her closer to those highways.. like a taxi driver, or roadkill.. then maybe she'd have satiated her obvious tarmac fetish. Basically it was poncey horseshit. The sort of music you'd expect to hear from a single, middle aged beret clad woman, that writes her music in Starbucks.. when she's not busy telling people she an "artist".. who paints poetry with her lyrics.. when actually what she does is force her friends and family to buy her shit, homemade CDs, and refuses to go and get a proper job because she's an infantile, workshy ponce. Take your beret and your matcha green tea squirrels milk macchiato and fuck off.
I first became aware of Joni Mitchell when my mom used to listen to Blue and chain smoke Silk Cut in the kitchen, and stare off into the distance thinking about her youth, whilst also effortlessly caning our Cadburys selection boxes (yes it's always Christmas in this memory). For this reason, I've always disliked Joni. What was she doing to my mom? and why would anyone want this for themselves? Also, I cannot stress enough how much I fucking hate that bit in Big Yellow Taxi when she laughs at the funny voices she just did. AND SHE FUCKING DOES IT AGAIN ON FURRY SINGS THE BLUES! I'll give it a 2 because I know that objectively it's not shit, but I find very little to enjoy on any of her records. If she comes up again, this is getting copy and pasted.
her voice so grating im forever joni hater
It’s not for me, lads.
Idk but Joni Mitchell... They Say its her best album which tells me that there's not much more to expect from here discography. Good songwriting i give her that! but it is so fast a drag for me
It is the fourth Joni Mitchell album on the 1001 list. I don't have anything more to say after the first 3.
Initial reaction to the album reveal: I am 49 years old. Prior to beginning this project, my entire exposure to Joni Mitchell is the line in Janet Jackson's Got Til It's Gone when Q-Tip says, "Joni Mitchell never lies." Based on the albums of hers I've heard during the last year of this project, I wish that were still my entire Joni Mitchell experience. It's probably the best one of hers I've heard so far. It's still droning and tedious. I sincerely hope there aren't any more Joni Mitchell albums.
2,5
i didn’t like it
Not really music I enjoy but can appreciate why some people might like it
No reason to ever listen to this one again
Listened but didn’t hear.
Too many words. Always.
Way to boring. I couldn't even get through it
Not my vibe today. Might need to give it a second chance
meh
Road trippi-musaksi aika junnaavaa ja melankolistakin. Ehkä se oli sitten sellaista naisena matkustaa 70-luvulla. Ei oikein saanut kiksejä vaikka kivutonta kuultavaa.
Tylsä ja meni ohi vaivihkaa
Ok so I know Joni Mitchell is like one of the classic musicians of all time but I just think this is kind of boring. I mean it's not bad, I just would never listen to this on my own. I can't really point out anything that stands out to me, good or bad. It's boring at best but a little irritating at worst. Also, is that a penis coming out of the road on the cover? What the hell is up with that? This is my first album from her on this list, I would imagine that Blue is probably on here too, but it would be weird if this was the one album of hers that they picked for this... 2/5.
Have a lot of respect for Joni, but her music is really not my style.
I'm not a huge Joni Mitchell fan. This all kind of ran together for me. I think if I were really listening and reading the lyrics with it it would have spoken more to me. If i'ts just on in the background it's sort of bland. I couldn't tell where one song stopped and another started.
It was pleasant without being remarkable.
Bah. noodly and waily - definitely not Joni Mitchell's best. She warbles throughout the songs, and when finally she actually start singing, it's a 7 minute slog in the shape of song for Sharon. Boring.
I know Joni is beloved but I cannot for the life of me get into it.
het begint redelijk maar ook redelijk rap tegen te staan... niet voor mij
Not for me dog
вообще не оставило никаких эмоций. я гей
I know it was critically acclaimed, but definitely didn't enjoy the tracks as much as her earlier work.
This one felt like a step back musically compared to some of her prior albums I've heard from this list.
the best part of this album was Jaco. 51 minutes is too much joni mitchell for a single sitting
Poetic deluge A voice falling fast down stairs Wisped away by wind
every song sounded the same
Bit annoying
I do feel bad only giving this a 2 because her voice is 5/5 but I don’t like the songs at all
She’s just not for me.
It’s clear that this album, conceived on the road amid multiple lovers and new experiences, truly reflects its origins. While this genre doesn't resonate with me as much as others, the authenticity shines through.
Album 484 of 1001 Joni Mitchell - Hejira Rating : 2.5 / 5 She has just never really resonated with me. Never got the hype. "Blue Hotel Room" stood out for me.
Not too bad, just a bit meh of an album. Nothing too exciting, but it's a decent album just for leaving in the background.
Her song writing really emphasizes lyric above all else, the songs never resolve into a clear form, instead meandering from verse to verse with some nice melodic phrases but not enough repetition to anchor them as compositions. Combined with the very consistent instrumentation, it means the album sounds very monotonous and samey over the course of 50 minutes - all blurring together a bit. Her voice is expressive and emotive, really chewing over and delivering the verses, but has a thin warbly timbre that always feels underwhelming. The music itself is a washed out jazzy folk where the signature sound is the whoompy fretless bass cast against the bright acoustic guitar. Lots of open extended chords that defy resolution and keep everything open and ethereal and very heady.
well it was definitely something
why is this causing me actual stress to listen to and not in the fun way this feels pretentious without having the authority to be?? like its not musically complex or interesting enough to be weird which just makes it kinda.. annoying..? it feels crazy to say that but mannnn this was so disappointing so shocked that i didn't like this that much because i love folk of this style but i think if it was more guitar centric (like also if the guitar parts were actually interesting too!) i would enjoy it more 😔 as with most singer-songwriters, i appreciate the point of the album, and how inspired it is, but i feel often when lyrics are at the forefront of the project, it is so lost on me because i do not fixate on them as much as the music i want to be able to grasp the general idea of what the singer is trying to convey through the music and have the lyrics support that and build the song further in every listen, like new little slices of information that make the track more enjoyable and exciting every time its heard, but i do not get this off a single track on this album, the music itself feels so generic and doesn't give me a single indication of the mood of the song though i LOVE the tone of Joni Mitchell's voice, i am a bit sour on the rambly, formless delivery on this album, i understand WHY, i just don't particularly enjoy it Hejira was a highlight track that I actually enjoyed quite a bit, but it definitely doesn't save the rest of the album :( also, "Song for Sharon"????????? More like LONG for Sharon! EIGHT AND A HALF MINUTES??????? ITS FINE WHEN PINK FLOYD DOES IT BUT OHHHHHH MY GODDDDDD PLEASEEE STOP MAKING RIDICULOUSLY LONG SONGS WHEN YOU DON'T NEED IT TO EXECUTE THE CREATIVE VISION, YOU'VE JUST GIVEN ME 5 MORE MINUTES OF THE SAME IDEA???? between 2/5 and 2.5/5
All this lady’s music sounds the same. Honestly if you took away the gaps this could have been one long song since each song follows the same exact format without fail. Her voice is fine but she really is just rambling and describing things she “sees”. 4/10
4/10 - It was equally as mid as the other album but there was not a song I already knew. Plus I did not enjoy her switching between the singing and talking in one of the songs.
I like an occasional song by her, and I appreciate her place in the era but I wouldn’t listen to it on purpose.
Too monotonous for me to enjoy. I really liked one of the songs, but I have no idea what was the title.
Her voice is beautiful but the songs are boring for me.
I still just can’t get to grips with Joni Mitchell. I understand her talent, but it still just doesn’t feel like good song composition to me.
Kinda slow and rambling for my tastes.
could i write poetry to this? n
Never cared for this one
2 not really my thing. Nothing is really a song just a story with music
I took a plane to a taxi and a taxi to a train. Oh man. I grew up steeped in Mitchell, including this album many times. It's emblematic of her voice and poetic style, but not her best album by a few.
A Joni Mitchell 3-in-1 review to catch up… Joni Mitchell sadly doesn’t really do it for me. When her songs are upbeat and fast-paced, they are tolerable, but when they are slow they put me to sleep. The album “Blue” keeps the pace, but has Mitchell too often suddenly and sharply pushing her voice too high. She’s got a great voice actually, but that is not playing to its strengths. “All I Want” and “River” are deserved timeless hits, though. The album “Court and Spark” has less jarring highs, but too slow of a pace.” “Hejira” was the most forgettable of the three. We still have one more Joni to go. We’ll see if “The Hissing of Summer Lawns” grabs me any more.
I listened to this laying in bed at the end of the weekend. Appropriate because the album is sleep inducing. Coyote started it off well and then everything went down from there. The jazz musicians’ influence does not help either. I also correctly guessed that Joni was way into cocaine based on the album photo. While she had been cured of her cocaine addiction during her solo road trip back to LA, the effects lingered facially for this cover.
Meer gesinger-songwrite van onze Joni. Weinig dat opvalt of de aandacht vraagt, ik vind het verder wel prettig luisteren, al schijnt het dat dat niet voor iedereen geldt.
Iedereen kent mijn haat-haat verhouding met Joni inmiddels. En oh man, ze begint gelijk het eerste nummer al met Joni zijn. Expres uit de maat zingpraten. Hoe lang zou het duren voordat ze gaat goochelen met haar stem? Track 2 is nog wel te doen, ze houdt het ingetogen en het wordt begeleid met een galmend gitaartje en wat piano en strijkers. Het belerende boomertoontje waarmee ze haar verhalen vertelt, stoort nog wel natuurlijk. Die zelfingenomen bakkes op de hoes helpt daar ook niet bij. Wat vindt ze zichzelf toch goed. Zolang ze alles ingetogen houdt, is het redelijk te pruimen. Wat relaxte bluesy muziek op de achtergrond helpt daar zeker bij. De eerste 5 nummers houdt ze het daarbij. Ik ben gewaarschuwd dat we hierna alsnog de volledige Joni experience krijgen, dus ik zet me al schrap voor de nagels over het krijtbord. Het valt me nog mee. Ze laat het gegil als een krolse kat met haar kopstem grotendeels achterwege. En de bluesy achtergrond blijft. Dus ik kan het zowaar uitzitten. Ik zal het echter nooit uit vrije wil opzetten.
What is that sticking out of her pocket on the cover sleeve? Anyhow. Joni Mitchell. Can you recall more than one of her hits? Me neither. This is B O R I N G and indulgent. Take your pocket cock, old lady and never darken my earphones again!
I fell asleep listening to this It's a shame this album was so bad because the background music is good, and she has a lovely voice But it feels like she's singing a different tune to the song. And by singing I mean talking over 2 ⭐️
- a pleasant listen, but pretty boring tbh - her voice is nice at least
- good storyteller - female Leonard Cohen, but better - enjoyable style for a song or two but not a whole album
Okay. Structureless and freeform if that's your thing. Isn't mine
hated Joni’s vocals, ended up overshadowing the intriguing concept and amazing instrumentals, as well as the solid storytelling
Nicht meine Richtung
Tiene raíces muy norteamericanas, a mi me parece un plomo
Great voice
Not bad but didn’t grab me. A little monotone.
Couple of good songs, mostly have Jaco on bass. However, this was a tough listen for me, lost a lot of interest once the songs got to be over 5 minutes.
Not for me
Folk, Jazz, 1976 -> 2
The album is lyrically dense but her vocal performance is detached from the music, and perhaps that is the emotion she is trying to convey, but I was having difficulty emotionally relating to it, and therefore did not enjoy it much. I think the arrangements could have benefited from also exploring dynamics to keep from feeling quite so similar to one another. I prefer a different album of hers than this one. Also, apropros of nothing, I am aware that it is just the image of Joni's wrist and upper hand bleeding through the cover image, but it really looks like a penis on the cover and I'm having trouble unseeing it. It is unclear to me whether that was intentional or not.
They all sucked, she sounds good sometimes? But mostly it sounds like she’s trying too hard. Instruments are weird too idk what was going on. Lyrics no good Favorite: Furry sings the blue Least favorite: Hejira, Song for Sharon 2.6/5
I never had Joni on the list of most overrated artists of all time but maybe I should have. While vocals on Hejira are as great or as bad as some of her other albums but everything is so bland, it’s borderline offensive 3.9/10
This is just background music for me. I can appreciate the musicality of the tracks, but I just find them long and boring.
Love Joni Mitchell's voice but this album was more stories to backing music. She never really pushed her vocals like on the previous album, and the few times she sang properly just made it clear what the rest of the album was lacking. The stories suffered from the same issues as other indie storyteller songs, a lot of specific places names and discussing a conversation back and forth but strip all that back and its just vague chat about love. Some of the music was pleasant and I think Joni is great but this album didn't do it for me.
Good voice and good writing but I really switched off. Preferred her earlier stuff, even though I recognise this is a good album.
This was a lot more jazzy than I was expecting. It was still quite folksy though. It didn't fill with me joy, but I didn't feel the need to rip my ears off either. I went with 2 stars but it's probably closer to 2.5 stars (definitely not 3 though). No one reads these reviews anyway, so why the hell am I explaining myself.
Like fingernails on the chalkboard.
yeah lets see the next album.
This album kind of pours over you. It doesn’t really have enough of a punch to grab me. When I do happen to pay attention to what’s happening I find beautiful singing and descriptive and dancing lyrics. There is also an active bass line that is fantastic, but not in the texture I like.
listened 2x. not a big fan. 1.6/5
Se me ha hecho largo. Un poco repetitivo.
Still unable to resonate emotionally with Joni Mitchell
Gear: Focal Clear (ZMFed) Mix: herrlich detailreich und unbeschwert. Bass spielt besonders jazzig daher Musik: Die dichten Lyrics wollen erstmal interpretiert werden - lädt zum bewussten (Wieder-)Hören ein. Dadurch aber nichts für jede Stimmung und zwischendurch. Gesamtes Album aber doch nicht am Stück geschafft. Sorry. Wertung: 2-3/5
It’s very “writerly” and more than a little self-indulgent. Jazzy and poppy in the most boring way possible.
This is what you get when you prioritize lyrics over everything else in a song. I guess it's not terrible but I did not enjoy this and it was a chore to get through.
I don't think I like Joni Mitchell, but I guess I won't know what I've got till it's gone.
Doesn't have a bad voice but I found a lot of the music compilation incredibly annoying. Singing and then talking just isn't doing it for me.
I just don’t get it with Joni Mitchell. Her music leaves me completely cold. 5,6, 8 minutes at a time and they just meander on interchangeably, getting nowhere. 2 stars because I recognise some decent musicianship in there (hello Jaco Pastorius) and she would make a good poet or short story writer
Not for me
I admit, I just don't get Joni Mitchell. I like reading her lyrics, I like the music the musicians play, but put it all together with her singing and I just don't like it that much. I wish her singing was more connected to the music instead of doing its own thing
I need a full blown ACDC immersion to cleanse me of this pretentious intellectualism.
A bit wordy and just not my thing.
Not available on Spotify. Listened to title track on youtube.
The first Joni album this generator gave me was "Blue", so it has kind of ruined every other album by her for me, because nothing could ever live up to that one. This is still fine, but probably the weakest one by her that I've had so far. Listening to music on Youtube also makes me connect with it less for some reason. Put yer shit back on Spotify, the jig is up. Same with Neil. And the Cardiacs.
not my cup of tea
Taustoissa ei ole mitään mielenkiintoista, ei vaikka kuinka yrittäisi erotella niiden kerroksia. Laulussa on toki ääni on tosi kiehtova, toivoisin vain että Jonilla olisi muutakin kerrottavaa kuin Boheemin Naisen Elämä.
I can understand the musicality, and I’m sure the speak singing was chic and refreshing at the time, but in the current context it feels lazy and unfortunately reminds me of Coleen Ballinger/millenial women with Ukuleles. Was not a fan
I can’t seem to connect with Joni’s music and it was no different here. For me it sounds like a rambling of a slightly unhinged and neurotic woman.
I didn't vibe with album very much. Probably the coolest part is the bass, but that's because of Jaco Pastorius. I read that she was on the road when she wrote this and someone said her rambling vocals made sense with that in mind, but honestly none of the melody was very interesting to me. There really wasn't much dynamics happening with the instrumentals making this album just feel boring in general Favorite Track: Coyote Least Favoite track: Furry Sings the Blues (that name did not age well)
Ganske uinteressant
This just isn't for me. The songs are way, way too long. I'm sure this was revolutionary and inspiring to the people it hit at the right time, but it's quite dull to me.
Jaco Pastorius and the actual arrangements in this album are doing very, very heavy lifting for me here. Singer-songwriter albums rarely hold my interest, especially when they're based in folk. This album is no exception sadly. The instrumentals are good throughout, and are quite excellent at times (Hejira, in particular). But the main attraction of the album does nothing for me.
Perfectly fine, just like the other Joni Mitchell album on here. Not really anything I'd listen to again, but something that I decently enjoyed while it was on
This record was fine but very rambling both lyrically and melodically. There was no hook in anything - no rhyme, no repetition, no interest building. Just rambling poetry and no chorus haha that's how it felt anyway. I almost gave this a 3 then remembered the very cringey "we're like America and Russia" metaphor and decided on a 2.
Poetic in her observations, boring in her delivery. A departure from the catchy melody of Blue. An album of wandering through relationships like landscapes. Her guitar-playing evokes such wide open spaces. There's almost no melody to latch onto. A lot of meandering and returning to the same undulating rambling musical phrasings. Not afraid to underuse the harmonica. Title evokes idea of not only traveling but also one with overtones of "discovery".
I didn’t understand
i was talking to a friend about musical horoscopes. i really like sibelius. my friend really likes bruckner. i really like bob marley. they really like king crimson and yes (terrible). this is a lot of peoples favourite album. it really just does nothing to me. funny old world.
Boring
I found this really boring. I fundamentally don't like the song structures or compositions on any of these tracks. She effectively sing-talks over all the tracks, and each track is SO dense with lyrics, it's just incessant. She doesn't allow any of it to just breathe, or introduce any interesting hooks or melodies. She should have just written a book of poetry or something.
I did not care for the album. I was bored and I did not find the music or the lyrics good in any way. It was a relatively short album. I did not need to revisit this album. It is better than a one, but not really a two. I will round up only because I did not skip songs.
Too much to take in. Feels cramped, getting in as much as possible.
Hard to listen to. But I guess it must be some kind of influential. I don’t need to listen to it a second time
I mean… it’s alright…
I didn’t really like it. All the songs sounded the same and they weren’t interesting enough to overcome that. I also did not like Joni’s voice on this one.
2.5
kiinnostavan kuuloinen albumi...harmi että ei kiinnosta pätkääkään...laitappa joni ne laulunpätkät spotifyyhin...ai artisteja lyyrätään sielöä vai KYSYINKÖ? olinko edes LÄHESTYMÄSSÄ kysymystä..en... no juutuubista sitten, vähän nuo mainokset oli outoja miks laittanut levylle, miks laittanut mukaan noita mainoksia joku disney plus homma oli siinä häh song for sharon
I liked Joni's other albums but this didn't do it for me, I need a bit more musical energy to go with the poetry.
I’m just not into being told a long story while listening to a song. Beautiful voice but just not my cup of tea.
When the album generator gave me Blue I wanted to like it, but I simply didn't. Now looking at this album, the cover art and the album title really don't appeal. That beret, oof. But I still want to like Joni Mitchell and I'm up for giving it another try. The woman knows how to turn a phrase, that much is obvious. The guitar playing is really beautiful in places. But man, the songs are all absolutely hookless, wandering around aimlessly. Her voice is potentially pretty but without a melody to give it shape it's like a pretty dress on a hanger. Theoretically nice but inaccessible, shapeless, unengaging. I'm starting to think that, despite my aspirations, I am not a Joni Mitchell fan. Kudos to those of you who are.
Estaba en Tidal no en Spotify. Empieza bien con "Coyote" pero no terminó de engancharme ninguna canción más. Se deja escuchar pero no creo que sea algo imprescindible (repito mucho esta mismo opinión pero es lo que me parecen muchos de estos discos).
Nah
Joni Mitchell has a very specific audience and I am not it. I don't care much for her stories, the songs are fine and I can understand the appeal but it's not for me and it's a 2.
I mainly listen to albums through Spotify but as Joni Mitchell pulled her songs from Spotify this one had to be put on hold as I didn't care to make the effort to find it anywhere else. After one listen I can say that I didn't miss much as this was tiring the more it dragged on.
I was just very bored by this. The story teling aspect was too weak to be the centre piece of the album.
2nd Joni Mitchell album I got. Nice voice, but the long round about story telling with no structure just isn't for me
Joni is hit or miss, and this one misses. I think I need clear structure, with a memorable verse and chorus, and I never found it on this record.
I like Joni's voice but this one didn't land for me
There's a lot of merit to the argument that Joni Mitchell is a brilliant singer-songwriter. However, for me, this album lacks anything resembling an "edge," it's all so mellow and long and slow. Nothing to sink my teeth into, so it just washes over me.
Not really for me. Ok to listen to but not really enjoyable or anything that could be sung to.
i tried, I really tried. This is just not for me.
I don't know why, but this album just annoyed me. It felt very pretentious even though I wasn't really listening to the lyrics.
An okay folk album. I prefer the first album by Joni Mitchell as it had more melodic songs and wasn’t as folky. This album was about as folky as it gets as these songs were written were on a road trip. Didn’t feel like there were many songs worth revisiting in this one but I didn’t dislike the album. 5.5/10
Said it twice before, I don't get Joni Mitchel. The music is great, her voice is great. But her lyrical style is like singing a love letter she wrote to an ex. Like listening to Linda Belcher make up songs for dinner theater. But for like 6 mins apiece. Christ. From the first song I actually got anxiety about having to listen to this whole album. Really? Why do you keep doing this to me thousand albums? Ugh, here I go. Such relief when the last song came on after an hour.
Nice but all a little same paced and lost interest. Relaxing though.
Mitchell's voice is silken, her music understated. And holy heck it is a difficult listen. I can't describe these as songs. They're long-form narrative stories set to music. I tried to pay attention to the "lyrics" (story) whilst listening, but so often found myself just totally zoning out, because everything is enoted in much the same way. This album is, for sure, an experience. But not one I'd wish to repeat any time soon.
It's official. I don't like Joni Mitchell. Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.
I've realized that I do not like folk harmonica & folk in general. This was boring & a bit annoying.
I got really sick of her voice and lyrics by the end. I can’t even pick one song I enjoyed.
No es mi estilo. Supongo que hay harto que valorar en este tipo de música y Joni Mitchell tiene las credenciales como para aparecer en esta lista, pero no me cautivó ni me atrapó.
The fretless bass is bautiful, as are many of the guitar riffs. Not so great are vocals and the The fretless bass is beautiful, as are many of the guitar riffs. Not so great are the vocals and the lyrics - which is kinda the whole point of Joni Michell. The songs sound as though she is rushing to fit all the lyrics into each song. A breathless delivery agains the backdrop of some laid back music. I would have enjoyed this more as an instrumental album. Sorry.
Hippy music
Nope
Not on Spotify either! I never liked Joni Mitchells music.
Not horrible. 2.5
2.5 one of her least horrible albums. Not a Mitchell fan.
This wasn't it. Didn't really like any of the songs on this. Kinda repetitive and just didn't speak to me at all. Kinda boring frankly. Black Crow has some funk but I see no reason to return to this.
Couldn't wait to stop listening. Not a fan of Joni's music or this genre really. Just boring and repetitive. I suppose she's very talent but this is isn't for me. 5/10.
As with her previous album pushed at me here, Blue, I cannot claim to be on the Joni Mitchell wavelength. I do get why some people love her to bits, but me, I'm much more of a Jaco Pastorius fan than a Joni Mitchell one. All in all: a pretty boring album, even if not offensively so.
Joni Mitchell seems to believe that she's above such things as "melody" or "hooks" or "choruses". She seems to operate under the belief that she can take whatever poem she's written and just warble it tunelessly into a microphone and people will love her for it. Well, I do not. This was incoherent trash. The only reason it's not getting a one-star review is because the lyrics, while unbelievably self-indulgent, were well written. Had this been a spoke word album, it would have scored better.
Favourite track(s): Coyote All the tracks just blend into one another. Her style seems to be this relatively plain instrumental and her part-spoken, part off-key vocals on top of that. I am sure that is all technically more advanced than Cohen for example. But I just cannot get behind it.
Listened to one song and noped
Album lent, trop même. Je n'ai pas tant apprécier lors de ma première écoute, je vais essayer de le réécouter avant le changement d'album
This was not bad. Super spacey vibes on this record. This is not a conventional album, it sounds a little off somehow. Just some different noises on here than i am used to. Hejira Hejira Hejira 4/10
dug it more than i expected but that smooth jazzy sound is really not for me
I don't really vibe with Joni.
Todo folk, osea si me gusto pero para ciertos momentos
The album was fine. Good songwriting and musicianship.
This album is okay-enough. She has an interesting voice and overall vibe, but it's really hard to differentiate any of the songs on this album. It all kinda sounds the same. I feel like it would have been better if she either went full-acoustic (instead of a faint electric guitar with lame effects) or leaned all the way in the the electric sound with a full band and really rocked these suckers out. Overall, meh.
Couldn’t get into it.
Mournful and melodic, recognise the talent but all too beige for my taste
Couldn't listen since it isn't on Spotify. Still okay rating it as a 2 though.
I don't particularly like her voice but she is a great songwriter.
Certainly more unique and interesting than most of her work that I'm familiar with but this kind of poppy singer-songwriter stuff still just mostly isn't for me.
Its so bland, it just melts into the background and never comes back.
Pas vraiment ce à quoi je m'attendais d'un album de Joni Mitchell. Je ne connaissais pas non plus le lien entre Jaco Pastorius et Joni. Je reconnais son jeu maintenant sur les pièces où il est présent. C'est mon premier album de l'artiste. Vraiment pas mon genre habituel. Je trouve par contre intéressant le jeu entre la guitare et la basse dans la pièce Hejira. La groove de Black Crow est aussi intéressante. Donc pas mon écoute la plus emballante. Pas certain que je vais revenir à cet album.
It sounds nice and all, it just bores me. I'm not really into singer/songwriter stuff anyway. Lyrics and vocals usually take the backseat for me and here it's in the foreground. I do enjoy some of the guitar work here, especially on the title track. I just don't enjoy listening to this kind of stuff, especially in large doses.
"She later stated that when she chose the title, she was looking for a word that meant "running away with honor"" i ran away without it
Très agréablement surpris pas sur spotify donc tu casses les couilles à tout le monde Joni à suivre neil young, mais pas mauvais ce que tu fais
Lush guitars are this album's only appeal to me. Melodies are samey and the songs are sprawling. Some decent fretless from Jaco but Neil Young's harp on Blues is terrible.
Lekker klein albumpje. Klinkt niet slecht, maar ook een beetje saai. **
Like The Byrds yesterday, this is a real blind spot for me even though in theory it’s exactly my thing.
It's such a metaphorically dense album. Nothing is straight forward. Sometimes, I just can't get it as much as I should...
it feels like vocal jazz... i don't really get it... the music has rhythm, but the melody seems to be in joni's voice. it is interesting, but not really something that is easily enjoyable.
Earnest, boring
I don't really dig it. Nice but boring
Listening to this you can really hear the influence Joni has had on a lot of modern singer songwriters. Laura Marling particularly comes to mind. Not a type of music I’m much of a fan of but it’s fine for background music
this sounds ahead of its time, it sounds very 80s. however its a bit meh. I like the bit on the album cover where her arm looks a bit like a cock. it like when scott wears shorts and his cock tattoo hangs out for all to see.
Ooooooh she's a fine one. Joni could really do with a hot beef injection from her uncle Nigel stat.
don't enjoy her voice or style
Boring. One Roberta Joan Mitchell album in a week is more than enough to hear thank you. Rambling lyrics on overly long songs which could easily be interchanged with almost any other backing track. No more please!
Not really an enjoyable album.
Pure torture , what brain placed this in 1001 i know 1001 that are better than this , even from Joni herself , gimme a brak
Not even Jaco Pastorius's bass playing can save this for me. I just think her singing is awful.
I guess this is what happens when you travel as a member of Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour and become a frequent cocaine user. Take caution, children.
Cringey
Eh
Just one more Joni Mitchell album left and I wish I had died so I didn't have to listen all of them for this list.
I'm sure she had written very clever lyrics which were deeply profound. Sadly this was completely lost on me due to her very boring delivery of said clever lyrics. The guitar and bass work was pretty good for what it was, but got tedious after the third song as all the songs seemed to be in the same key and tempo. This became such a drain, I have to admit I gave up with 2 songs to go. File under 'up your own arse'. You are not for me Joni Mitchell.
Joni Mitchell, 4eme album =>1/5 Pas de Jazz dans cet album interminable, avec des morceaux trop longs et sans intérêt qui génèrent un ennui complet. Point positif : enfin, c'est le dernier.
nah
Smithers, I’m beginning to think that Joni Mitchell was not the brilliant songwriter I thought she was.
It sounds great but it’s just not for me. I don’t love how it often felt like one long, boring song.
no es jazz
This is very much not my tempo
aburrido, pesado,
Lovely voice but insanely boring. All the songs sounded the same. Black Crow is the only song I liked
😒 Take a Midol!
That went on forever. Music to sort the washing to.
This felt like music with a lady talking on pitch over it, but boring music and songs that are too long. No changes in any song and they are just to long. I get that this is supposed to be storytelling but I didn't like it.
DNF