Hejira

I struggled with where to rate this album. It's got some real cool, simple instrumentals - sleepy jazz almost. And Joni is at her lyrical best - she really is an amazing writer. But it felt a little repetitive at times. And I couldn't stand her half-singing half-speaking some of the lyrics, like in Coyote, Furry Sings the Blues (channeling her Furry voice apparently), and Blue Motel Room (German measles, ugh). The first two songs aren't bad though, just some cringeworthy parts. Amelia is a standout to me; her despairing motif, the wicked sound, it all comes together so well. I could listen to that one on repeat forever. The title track and Song for Sharon also had a great sound and of course poignant lyrics. A Strange Boy was solid too, so that was a pretty good 3-song middle sequence to the album. Black Crow felt like a departure, almost like Big Yellow Taxi was about to break out. Still I dug the crunchier sound. Refuge of the Roads ended the album on a high note. So I guess if I'm looking back, that's 6 out of 9 that I appreciated, which feels worthy of a 4.

On my first few listens, I felt this album makes for pleasant background music. I missed out by not listening closely. When I finally focused on it, I found depth and layers worth exploring. Jaco's bass playing certainly impressed right up front, but I appreciated the interplay of his bass and Joni's guitar much better when I focused (e.g., Coyote, Hejira, Refuge of the Roads). Her lyrics are always worth paying attention to. A couple of lines that hit me regarded life and death: "the granite markers / those tribute to finality to eternity / and then I looked at myself here / chicken scratching for my immortality" (Hejira); "It seems we all live so close to that line and so far from satisfaction" (Song for Sharon - after singing about a suicide). Refuge of the Roads made me want to drop everything and go drive aimlessly, even though there's a negative side to travel in this album. Overall, there's lots to like about this album, but I'm giving it a 4 mainly because the music itself was a bit repetitive in style. That said, I definitely will return to this album. Favorite tracks: Coyote (great bass!), Furry Sings the Blues (the background was interesting - seems she ticked off blues musician Furry Lewis by writing about their encounter without his ok), Hejira (this was one well worth focusing on), Song for Sharon, Refuge of the Roads.

8/10. muy weno joni mitchel te tkm. nose pq pero siento q blue es 10 veces mejor. este no tiene canciones malas ni nada pero el otro hits different

Why you gotta be like that Spotify/Joni? As of today, I can only stream Coyote there. Good thing my partner owns this album and I'm familiar with it through numerous listens. In my opinion, this is the most pleasant recording of Jaco Pastorius we have. His furious fusion finger work being awesome in a very different way. The restrained but virtuoso fretless is a wonderful, graceful compliment to Joni Mitchell's vocals. This isn't my favorite Joni record but it's up there.

I mean… it’s alright…

For some reason Spotify only has the first track and all the others are greyed out so I had to look it up on YouTube. I really loved the harmonica Neil Young does in "Furry Sings the Blues." I think my favorite song was "Black Crow" it's the closest to something that I'd personally listen to of all the songs. This feels like something my mom would really like listening to if she was a bigger fan of female artists.

I am not a huge Joni Mitchell fan this album is an important listen as she expands her sound and it is her version of a "road album." I do think it's a must-hear.

Legit this album is everything, it is perfection

Beautiful

A year ago, I hadn’t heard any Joni Mitchell. Today, when seeing that I was generated this album, I felt excited. I loved Court and Spark, and I loved Blue, so I have high hopes for Hejira. Songs I already knew: none Favourites: Coyote, Amelia I love the storytelling on this album. Most music that I tend to listen to might tend to have lyrics more about an idea or a feeling, whereas here we have music that pints a picture and tells a story. It’s a staple of folk music, and something I never expected that I would feel so drawn to. As usual, the vocals are the perfection that I’ve come to expect. I did want to also mention the bass playing on this album. It’s fairly simple, but complex enough to stay interesting, and very complimentary to the music in general. Overall, another fantastic album by Joni Mitchell that I enjoyed a lot.

Le style de musique était vraiment intéressant, super belle production, très envoutant. La voix de Joni MItchell est vraiment belle et les textes semblent tellement personnel que ça rajoute beaucoup à l'appréciation. Je ne suis toujours pas sûr d'aimer sa façon de chanter qui change constamment de rythme, mais définitivement mieux aimé que Blue. 8/10

She's got such a beautiful and soothing voice

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.

Couldn't listen because spotify only has one of the songs available?

This is where Joni kind of loses me. She abandons traditional pop/rock, folk/pop song structures and turns to modern jazz arrangements and chord progressions. And I'm not really down. Often I find it tough to latch onto a musical thread, and if I do the singing often doesn't follow tat thread. I'm sure that her poetic and lyrical talents are there in spades. However the music does not make want to discover them. 3 stars

Electric not acoustic

2.5

Didn't particularly grab me this one.

This album shows Joni at the peak of her creativity and is especially through the collaboration with Jaco Pastorius simply unique.

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

Skittery and gorgeous.

Not on Spotify and I'm not hunting it down

what an absolutely beautiful voice joni mitchell has. the style of music in hejira (soothing, folk, story telling lyrics) compliments her voice. most of the album is relatively slow, though the album opener "coyote" has her playing and singing at a faster pace. there's a fair amount happening in each song, but it's easy to listen whether focused or not. like a lot of singer songwriters, mitchell's lyrics aren't overwhelmed by the music. her voice is so clear. and every song contains such expansive lyrics! she creates such vivid pictures. pulling from her own life, mitchell touches on variety of experiences, but travel and journeys are the biggest recurring theme. i feel like i'm with mitchell in her "blue motel room". all of this together allows hejira to come off as effortless, though i know it was anything but. a lovely, calming listen, especially for a friday.

Joni Mitchell is just something special. This entire album feels like being wrapped in a warm blanket and taken on a cozy drive. It is the epitome of sung poetry. I feel like each song is a glance into one of Joni's life experiences, each wrapped in a certain amount of mystery for the listener to unravel. Joni's voice and the way that she sings is incredibly soothing and sweet all throughout. The music gives off a folky, familiar vibe, but not TOO familiar -- it's complex and rich and different in all the right places. I am not super familiar with Joni's discography, but I'm familiar enough with her to know that she deserves spots, multiple, on this project, and this album feels right being here.

Those jangly guitars got me, man.

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.

Joni on Joni.. 3/5 koska keskiverto miehen nimi heh

Never listened to Joni Mitchell before. Liked the album, bass was superb, Jaco P sliding all over the place.

I didn't get fully through it but it was really nice from what I heard !

Joni Mitchell has a liltingly lovely voice but this album felt like a lot of the same to me.

Pop?

Més musical que els seus treballs anteriors, i les cançons viuen per elles mateixes i no només per les seves lletres. Res per embogir, però una grata sorpresa, venint d'una artista que sempre m'ha semblat sobrevalorada

Waning on Spotify sadge

She's nice i guess

I’m just not into being told a long story while listening to a song. Beautiful voice but just not my cup of tea.

She is an amazing writer and performer.

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.

Goodness me another obvious and unavoidable five star. A thing of undisputed beauty.

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).

Powerful lyrics that truly make me feel like I was on the road with her Props to the other reviewers that pointed out the road head on the cover because I never would have noticed Can't wait for the generator to flip me some more Joni 5/5

Nah

Songs blend together in a lovely and smooth way. A very nice jazzy folk record.

I didn't enjoy this one as much as Blue, but I still liked this well enough that I'm not worried about the other Joni Mitchell albums on the list. I can only hope that I still haven't reached the peak of her music. I really adored Blue Motel Room off this album, though, may be my favorite song of hers, just not enough here to raise it to the four star rating.

Poetic lyrics, smooth guitar.

A jazz-kissed odyssey to find the world, and find oneself. Jaco Pastorius does phenomenal understated work here.

One of the greatest songwriters that ever lived. Bless this woman<3

Primer disco que no tengo dudas que es perfecto 10/10. Desde las letras, las melodias, todo es espectacularmente perfecto. No aburre, no cansa, no me pasó como en Blue que algunos temas rozaban lo monótono pero se veían salvados por la voz y las letras de Joni. Este caso es excelente, el mejor que he escuchado de ella.

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 enjoyed this - a pretty little collection of stories with mostly really good lyrics and a nice bit of sass. Occasionally gets a bit rambly, and the album is a little bit same-y, so 3/5.

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.

really sublime, and this is the album that brought me around to JM. Blue is fine, polished and good - but this has the delightful mixture of simplicity (both in the form of lyrics as well as vocals) tinged with an intricate layer of composition - which makes it heads and shoulders above Blue.

I was just very bored by this. The story teling aspect was too weak to be the centre piece of the album.

I like this woman and her 'big yellow taxi's and 'Blue' feelings. Joni is a brilliant lyricist, telling enticing and flowing stories that really captivate your imagination. She uses word play so well it really seperates her for the rest. Joni also has such a unique sound, both in voice and music. Her singing is spoken poem like and her music is folky but with inspiration from around the world. Overall 9/10

2nd Joni Mitchell album I got. Nice voice, but the long round about story telling with no structure just isn't for me

Listening to this album this morning my teenage son said, "She didn't really write songs, she's just telling stories in a singing voice." I don't think he was wrong, as confirmed by descriptions in the Wikipedia article: "Mitchell had abandoned melodies and memorable tunes in favour of "new, seductive rhythms" and "lush guitars,"" as well as "characterized by lyrically dense, sprawling songs." This is another album that needs time to absorb and discover new bits each time. I haven't yet connected with it like I did with the two earlier albums we've listened to. I completely lost track of what was going on in "Song for Sharon" for example, but this time that made me want to hear it again.

I think this kind of meandering jazzy song structure would not work for me, in general. However, the instrumentation was very nice and Joni's voice just had me from the first note. I kind of felt uneasy at times, but each time the album ended, I wanted to start it again.

Another gem from Joni Mitchell. We are truly blessed.

Such a lovely album from such a lovely woman. The songs have long, descriptive narratives that create such vivid images of their subjects. Just what I would want on a road trip with Joni Mitchell.

Not available to stream.

Love her voice and the songs really speak.

Aight.

Joni is a classic songwriter, a free spirited bard, and the songs had some great lyrics. “I know, no one's going to show me everything We all come and go unknown Each so deep and superficial Between the forceps and the stone” The album did start to feel repetitive though, even if it was a good jam. Glad I took the time to listen, and probably would do well to spend some more time on her prose, but I don’t currently feel a huge pull to replay.

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.

Perfect to me.

Once again, I will be unable to be impartial about Joni. She's fantastic, and this is another one of my favorites of hers. Songs like "Amelia" and "Coyote" have so much feeling to them. Her jazz influences continue to be more strongly felt than on her past works, maintaining the trajectory that she had been on, and due in no small part to Jaco Pastorius' fretless bass playing. This is maybe her last "perfect" album, but it's a perfect closer to an incredible run.

I like Joni's voice but this one didn't land for me

God I just find this boring. Something about Joni Mitchell’s way of singing just leaves no trace for me.

Great album, even if I had to search elsewhere for it because it's not on Spotify.

There's a popular thought that says if Joni Mitchell had possessed a cock she'd have been bigger than Dylan. There's probably a lot of truth to it. While the back end of this album never quite matches up with the staggering loveliness of the first half, I feel like rockist bores would put this up there with Blood on the Tracks were it not for Joni being a woman.

very good

Different, I'd give it another listen, love the contrast between some of the singing and the bass

Enjoyed

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.

What a stunning record by Joni Mitchell, the artwork alone makes me long for a road trip, far away from home. Hejira falls right in between pop songs and some more jazz structures, so that it remains nice and relaxed listening/musing music. This album is especially amazing with the combination of all these songs, written for guitar, with bass, vocal and guitar. After all the (deserved) praise for Jaco Pastorius, I would like to point out that he is not the only bassist on this album. Max Bennett and Chuck Domanico also leave their mark on the songs they play on. Hejira is therefore perhaps the highlight of Joni's impressive discography for me, a beautiful album!

People jizz their pants over Joni Mitchell but I just don't get it. Her voice is amazing but at times her songs seem like the ramblings of a crazy person. Good background music but just a 3 for me

The apex of Joni Mitchell's adventures into "Folk-Jazz" yields a wonderfully groovy album with long, winding songs about travels and tyrsts, all overdubbed by the masterful fretless bass of Jaco Pastorius. A great album shrouded in the haze of lounge cigarette smoke, coupled with the moodiness of someone who's traveled there and back again. Standout Songs: "Coyote" "Furry Sings the Blues" "Song for Sharon"

Not really for me. Ok to listen to but not really enjoyable or anything that could be sung to.

Really lovely album. Not one I knew and the jazz/fretless bass instrumentation great. Just not the songs.

Great album

Great finding.

i tried, I really tried. This is just not for me.

Фолк-джаз-рок который больше фолк и немного джаз. Довольно приятно, классно сведено и ясно понимаешь, что здесь концетрация на голосе и лирике, а музыка очень грамотно дополняет. Бас часть классная, ритм секция слишком классическая для бардовской песни. Тяжело сказать, что понравилось. Было довольно приятно и классно послушать пока колесишь куда-то вдаль, но не слишком зацепило. Буду идти по Теминой системе и поставлю 3

Хм, интересно, альбом был не доступен на споти... но не суть Первый раз услышал имя, услышал песни. Впечатления как от пластинки Сида Баррета: ну, вроде прикольненько, но как-то не особо цепляет. Мне даже много писать про альбом не хочется :( 3/5

Приятно, но в какой-то момент отвлекся. Внимание вернул black crow и последние 2 трека додержали. Хз, не оч мое. Без последних было бы 2, а так 3

god that was terrible. I may never get a boner again.

More like a 3.5, really enjoyed the instrumentation in a lot of the songs

Feel like with all Joni, no one song stands out, but somehow the whole thing is just...excellent

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.

This album flows like a river; very pleasant to listen to. Maybe laying on the romanticism a bit too thick in 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

Not as compelling as the other Folk albums I've listened to

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.

Beautifully intertwining ruminations on travel, relationships, and independence. Mitchell's elegance as a lyricist remains untouched on this album. She spins these intimate, highly detailed tales that are so relatable but also make me long for a Cliff's notes version of her writing. She moves quickly, and you have to keep up. It really is like peering into someone's private thoughts, which is so lovely. Fave Songs: Coyote, Amelia, Blue Motel Room, Hejira, Blue Motel Room, Song for Sharon

I can tell this is a good album, just hasn’t quite clicked with me yet. One I may come back to at a later point, but for now I can appreciate it is worth it’s place on the list.

Beautiful

I genuinely don’t get why Joni Mitchell is so popular.

One of her best

Nice but all a little same paced and lost interest. Relaxing though.

My brain is racked with anxiety over putting in my notice at work tomorrow. This record is calming that storm, at least temporarily. It’s beautiful, relaxing and Jaco Pastorius’ bass is amazing. 4/5 would recommend for helping to calm an anxiety attack.

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.

I literally never listen to this kind of stuff, but this went really hard.

Good music but most of it sounds too similar.

26th December 2022 Listened in the morning of the 27th while getting ready to drive to Norfolk. Had to listen on YouTube cos Joni hates Spotify. Sounded like I was sat next to her in a car as she drove across America telling me everything.

zzzzzzz

no

Beautiful album.

I’ve heard JM’s big songs but I’ve never really heard more than that. I was very surprised I liked this album as much as I did. Great vocals, strong voice, so clear in her singing, interesting lyrics, great music (bass and guitar especially)

Oh yeah it's Joni!! I do prefer her more melodical less jazzy music for sure, but I also enjoy this more jazzy album. Amelia is stunning and it's such a beautiful relaxing sound across this whole album. It really does reflect the feeling of travel for me and she wrote it while travelling. Really cool album.

I'm glad I listened to this twice. On first listen where I wasn't paying as much attention I felt I didn't appreciate it that much..on second listen I got way more into it. Mostly I love the story telling, tis obscure songs about people or places. I like that it feels distinctly American with the things she describes. Like being followed around by a coyote

Kind of the same as all Joni Mitchell but not bad at all

wow, such power, such incredible writing

Excluding the state I'm currently in, which is not the albums fault, it does have its merits.

Nice album although not something I'd listen to loads

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.

Verrassend sfeervolle en fijne muziek. Wat blues, wat jazz, wat country en bluegrass, met vlagen wat ambient-achtig en wat 'spoken word' uit een tijdperk waarin spoken word nog niet bestond. "Coyote", "Furry Sings The Blues" en "A Strange Boy" vind ik best geniaal. Van mij zou ze net iets vaker haar mond mogen houden en de muziek lekker laten doorlopen, maar het is niet gruwelijk storend. Na 5 nummers gaat het album harder over de klippen dan een zachte band op de straten van Bakoe. Het werd onverwacht toch een kleine aanslag op het uithoudingsvermogen. 5/5 voor de eerste helft, 2/5 voor de tweede helft. Ik hou het op 3 sterren.

Interesting

Certamente é uma obra-prima para ser continuamente revisitada.

I like her voice and I like her style. It's like one continuous stream of consciousness road trip without hooks or choruses. Quite jazzy which is a departure from her previous folksy origins. There is only one Joni.

Try as I might, none of her songs ever seem to make any impression on me. Not unpleasant though.

i like joni mitchells hippy folk groove. it feels a bit dusty, but still flows in an endearing way. her poetic language is challenging, silly, interesting. she not half bad.

Hot take: This is better than Blue. Somewhat related: I haven't listened to Blue yet. Props to Joni for the dig at Jackson Browne, cryptically implying that his wife killed himself because he was abusive towards her. That's some fucking shade. Carly Simon and Alanis Morrissette get universal props for their digs at exes, but Joni's are LEGENDARY. It helps that she's got a catalog of famous exes, and that she's five times the songwriter of Carly and Alanis.

7/10 relaxing vibe, i second what JJ said about how the lyrics are a bit densely packed in there.

7/10. Very pleasant, didn't get the opportunity to pay close attention to the lyrics unfortunately, may be worth revisiting for that reason.

I like the music but she really tries to fit so many lyrics into tight spaces when I’d prefer to let it breathe. 7/10

Love this record. Joni has made some of the most beautiful and unique music. Her voice and her phrasing, the songwriting- all are so good. I love how loose and open the folky/ jazzy vibe of all these songs are. The music really breathes and flows and goes on a journey in a way you don’t really hear in pop music. It totally feels like a road trip. I love Jaco’s bass playing on her records. It’s so melodic and his tone is so voicelike. It’s so different from what any other bass player would think of playing. It’s like he’s supporting her and singing a duet at the same time. They really perfected this sound on Mingus. Also, worth noting some really beautiful guitar playing by Larry Carlton, I like all the swelly stuff on Amelia. Kudos to her for taking her music off of Spotify, first album I’ve bought in a long time. 5

I have a hard time rating this one. The playing and arrangements are so cool. I love all the guitars on this record and jacos playing is beautiful. I have a lot of respect for Joni but there’s something about her voice that I never really got into. The spoken word kind of poetry singing doesn’t really do it for me.

I got really sick of her voice and lyrics by the end. I can’t even pick one song I enjoyed.

Best album ever

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.

Not a fan of the songs, the voice or the style.

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.

I'm blown away by her songwriting every time I sit down to listen. Best track: Amelia

Great album

This is very emotive and evocative and I feel like I am on a meandering journey with her. I do however feel like I’ve ended up nowhere and the meandering was fairly aimless. I love her voice and the songs are beautiful, but what I feel at the end of the album is hollow. There are other Joni songs and albums. I’d rather journey on.

Hippy music

her voice is nice!

Wonderful record all the way around – unhurried, mellow, contemplative – exactly like a great road trip (surely just a coincidence). The guitar playing is excellent – who knew Joni had such axe chops but Jaco's name should be on the masthead, too. Speaking personally, this feels like peak Joni: "We got high on travel / And we got drunk on alcohol / And on love, the strongest poison and medicine of all." First two cuts are most engaging and the last a beautiful closer.

It's not on Spotify! I'm so glad this came up, I've been meaning to properly listen to Joni Mitchell for ages but for some reason never got round to it. Such a beautiful voice. Favourite track: Hejira - haunting guitar and the lyrics are poetry, the 'comfort in melancholy'. The sadness of a breakup leads her to realise that love is the purpose of life, and also teaches her to cope with solitude

Can't get into this folkish pop kinda music. Seemed to be one long song with nothing that got me excited to hear. If I had this listen to this live, like she was playing live at a house party, I'd have to pull a Bluto (from Animal House) and smash het guitar to make it stop. At least I thought of a great movie and a great scene when I listened an for that, I'll give a solid 1. Will not listen again.

1 I really don’t get this. While it isn’t as folky as I was afraid it would be, there still isn’t much for me here. I was so bored. I haven’t got much else to say.

3 Pure folk. I found Joni's style of songwriting interesting, as it seems to be a form of personal storytelling and often lacks any kind of chorus. That being said, while unique, it doesn't necessarily result in overly-interesting music. Most of the songs sound pretty similar if not the same, and while personal, lyrics often feel very surface-level... like she's just describing the itinerary of her day spent in a new town. That isn't the case for all tracks though - the title track in particular I found to be pretty lyrically strong. That all being said, I really didn't hate any of it, and I really enjoyed her voice, so this is probably mid-tier for me. Would be curious to hear more of her music. Favorite songs: Hejira, Coyote, Blue Motel Room

Þetta er töff og skemmtilegt. Kannski fá lög utan Coyote sem grípa mann strax, en platan vinnur á við frekari hlustun, eins og góðar plötur gera.

Nope

Very good, with great lyrics, but all felt a bit restrained. Clearly very influential, especially on female singer songwriters, but not quite 5 🌟 for me.

Heard it before?: No Enjoy it?: Yes, has a western cowboy kinda feel to it, a certain oomph of a redemption arc for the first part, mellows out towards the end Favourite song: Track 4 - A strange Boy

Not on Spotify either! I never liked Joni Mitchells music.

Some good tunes on here, love the jazz mashup

Not horrible. 2.5

2.5 one of her least horrible albums. Not a Mitchell fan.

Amazing record! Shame it's no longer on Spotify, but still great.

Joni Mitchell is an acquired taste, generally speaking, but I'm sure glad I acquired said taste for such extraordinary music. I think *Hejira* is probably my favorite record of hers, along with the poppier *Court And Speak*. I even prefer those two records to her earlier classic albums on the Reprise label, including the all-time great *Blue*. *Hejira* is the one record where she burned all her ships behind her so as to fully embrace that jazzy, sophisticated sound she would never completely forget in the rest of her carreer. Jaco Pastorius' fretless bass does wonders on it, but the guitar parts are insane too. Yet what seals the deal in it is what Joni's voice is accomplishing here. Her vocal lines are incredible, and the lyrics exploring that theme of finding yourself while on the road are driven and focused, as many other reviewers already pointed here. Brilliant literary writing all around. What struck me as I read some of those reviews is how laudatory the four-star ones were--actually suggesting a 5/5 grade instead. I'm pretty sure those Joni fans couldn't bring themselves to bring that higher grade because of the "experimental" nature of this record, and the fact that it is not *Blue*. But the two should *at least* be considered as equal in their overall quality. Both are masterpieces exploring the American psyche, and this in moving and sensitive ways no other record had attempted to reach before. To sum it up, *Hejira* is not merely an "experimental" album, it's an album with a lot of heart and intelligence in it. 5 stars is the least I can give for it. Number of albums left to review: 765 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 118 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 57 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more important): 60

Intriguing that this was written amidst a period of lots of travel. The songs feel like that - some of them seem to be stuck in a state of waiting, thinking, the way you might feel if you were stuck at an airport or on a long train ride. It seems to make sense that this album didn't initially perform as well as her previous works, but became one of her most beloved. It's like a journal that you can keep reading and discovering new things each time.

Enjoy her move towards an even jazzier sound, but it kind of just washed over me on first listen. Enchanted by the concept of a road album, and would love to continue to examine this with repeated listens, but the experience is hampered by the fact that she removed her catalog from Spotify...

Definitely not my thing. It's fine, but too straight and cute for my tastes.

Yeah, I'm sorry but I can't get into that album at all. The production is surpringly cold for an album that seemingly wants to show a lot of depth. The fretless bass doesn't help with that. I'm still giving it a 3 because it's Joni and the compositions are mostly good, but I hate how this album sounds.

It's good, but I probably won't return to it.

Not her best at all, hope there's a few more from her in the 1001

It wouldn't be in my top 5 from Joni Mitchell, but it's still enjoyable as she's always doing quality and music with good vibes.

Joni Mitchell Isn't what I would normally listen to but I respect her as a songwriter and musician. She always does things with alternate guitar tuning's in the bass on this album is very pronounced which I always like.

I often wonder why I like Joni Mitchell's music so much; this album goes a long way to explaining it.

Folk raro... envolvente. Un 4.

Muy agradable. Cantautora. Folk jazzjazz-popjazz fusion

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.

The 1,001 randomizer granted me my wish for more 1970's Joni Mitchell rather quickly. "Hejira" is the eighth studio album from Joni Mitchell. The album was written during a series of three road trips in 1975-1976 including one as a member of Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue. The music is jazz-inspired and the best descriptor I saw was jazz-pop; she had distanced her music from what I would classify as folk. Many of these sprawling songs are about severed relationship including one of hers with drummer John Guerin. The music is guitar-driven, acoustic and electric, (as opposed to a piano). Joni also met fretless electronic bass player Jaco Pastorius during the writing and recording and he adds just great playing and a jazzy atmophere on four of the songs. Hejira is a transliteration of the Arabic word Heira or Hijra referring to the migration of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina; Joni used it to reference/describe "running away with honor." "Coyote" starts things off with guitar, percussion and Jaco's subtle bass. Great free-flowing lyrics. It's about a one-night stand with a ladies man; many say it's about Sam Shepard whom Joni had a fling with. One of my favorite Joni songs. "Amelia" is a slower song. Electric guitar. Vibraphone. A beautiful and sad song. It was inspired by her break-up to drummer John Guerin in the desert. Imageries of airplanes in the desert and Amelia Earhart disappearing. Another great and melancholy song is "Hejira" which Joni said was her toughest song to write. It accounts her reasons for leaving Guerin. Jaco's bass adds to the atmosphere. "Songs for Sharon" begins side two and it's about a woman deciding between freedom and her marriage. Allusions to Joni's break-up and road trips. "Black Crow" almost sounds like a fusion; the electric guitar reminds me of the Woodstock era which is justaposed with a clarinet and Jaco's bass adding a jazzy element. Great song! "Refuge of the Roads" finishes things in sprawling fashion with a song about Joni's trip to a Buddhist meditation which she attributes to helping kick a cocaine addiction which she was battling during the recording and writing of this album. This is an excellent album. It seemed very personal and autobiographical. The emotion carries through. It just added to my quest for re-visiting all of 1970's Joni Mitchell.

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.

This album was kind of boring to me. Basically every song is one note. They don't sound bad, but they don't do much to keep my attention. But this was alright. my favourite song was Song for Sharon.

Not really my thing but there's no doubt this is some good stuff. It's probably a 5 star album but I can't give it more than 4 stars when I balance my enjoyment of this kind of music (low) with how good it actually is (high).

The album gets off to a very good star with Coyote. I like that her music developed beyond folk. The rhythm section is very competent and she  lets them wander. They end up miles away from where folk music rhythms usually hang out. The guitars are very loose and continue to float all over the place even during the verses. In theory, loose wandering guitars shouldn't work with folk, but they do. Kinda the way Keith Moon's drumming isn't supposed to work, but it does. 

I think the inclusion of Jaco Pastorius is a big plus on this album and certainly a factor in why it got the nod to be on this list. When folk/soul artists venture into the free-form improvisational space (Tim Buckly/Van Morrison/Joni) I don't like it as much as when they sing catchy songs with memorable choruses. As a side note this LP reminds me of Bob Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks in that she has a song for every past lover.

A more experimental LP from Mitchell which still stays true to her singer-songwriter roots. Not every instrumental sound lands well (the filtery bass sounds especially dated), but they're still a small yet welcome departure from the artist's tried-and-true formula.

Sublime!

Coyote is so gorgeous. All of it is gorgeous. I think I start to lose interest towards the end around Black Crow.

perfect album. favorites: coyote, amelia, hejira, blue motel room, refuge of the roads

This has been on repeat all day as I try to solve the mysteries of this album. This is truly music as story telling.

Coyote is one of the most vivid experiences in the history of music, a must-listen to The rest of the songs were absolutely splendid, the atmosphere felt a bit dull at times but almost every Joni album is a 5

Musically, this is good but a bit past her peak (sorry Jaco). Lyrically, however, she is at the absolute top of her game. I just wish I cared about lyrics more.

Good, but God damn it I hate YouTube music Joni. In this case I found that Joni sounded a bit tired, detracting from her normal performance.

не впечатляет меня Джони(

I love a whole lot of the art Joni Mitchell has shared with the world, and this album is high up there in her work that I love most. The jazz influence, Jaco Pastorius' contributions, Larry Carlton's presence, and so on. She always composes brilliantly and is one of the finest lyricists. What an ear for harmony and her sense of melody is intricate and intriguing. Of course, her vocal performances are spectacular and she is quite underrated as a guitarist. Some truly beautiful and emotional stuff here. Brilliant.

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.

I enjoy Joni Mitchell and had heard this album had a huge influence on a lot of people. Unfortunately I don't quite get why. She is a super talented songwriter, but the music itself is pretty generic jazzy stylings and didn't strike me as all that inspired. I should like the jazz but it just didn't do anything for me. It sounded like a rock person trying to do jazz and not quite understanding what makes jazz jazz.

Never heard this one before. Not my favourite album of hers musically, but I really enjoy the writing. Ok I take it back it's got Jaco and it's starting to grow on me. 4 stars

Full disclosure, this is my favorite Joni Mitchell album. Haven't listened to it in a while, and never noticed the penis on the album cover before. Learning something new all the time. "Coyote" is such a great opening track. Lyrically, it is just fantastic storytelling, the bass tone and playing set the expectations for the musicality of this ensemble. I love it. "Amelia" has such a sense of longing. Mitchell has a gift for putting pain to melody. And on this album, it's the perfect lyrical blend — high-minded poetic construction that tells rich, beautiful stories. Whether Mitchell set out to create a concept album, I don't know, but there's something so cohesive about these songs, like we're spending a week on the road with her and the band. Quiet moments crossing the middle of the country. This album just transports me. I can listen to Jaco play like this all day. He's a master on the bass. And then comes "Black Crow," which is a clinic on how to be the coolest motherfucker on an instrument possible. Seriously. I get that this may not be her most accessible album, but it's brilliant. Road dick!

This is why I like this little exercise of ours. Before yesterday, I'd never been able to get past the third song of this album, which is a shame because I know it's widely considered one of her best albums and I love Joni. Blue might be my favorite album by anyone. So I've always wanted to like this one, but always turned it off after the first three songs. I don't know why, exactly. Something about the sound and the rambling tunes and her Sprechstimme delivery. But this time around, I kept listening and I'm glad I did. I enjoyed Strange Young Boy and the title track and I just kept liking it more and more from there on. Maybe I've finally cracked the code on this thing. My 3-star rating might seem a little low but I'm hoping this one grows on me. BTW, the Wikipedia article for this album is worth reading. She led (is leading) quite a life. Makes me want to check out a biography of her. (Also, somewhat unrelated, but that article led me down a dark rabbit hole about Jackson Browne and what an abusive shit he was/is. And I wonder how guys like that got away with that for so long.)

I was 55 years old when I realized that this album I've listened to hundreds of times has a penis on it! WTF? I guess you can chalk that up to CD vs LP? Or maybe because I was so mesmerized by Joni's beauty that my eyes never left those cheekbones except to glance down at how she holds her cigarette with her pinky in such a delicate position. I listened to this album on CD (as opposed to Spotify) and as my husband suggested, my good headphones with a CD was the complete aural experience. What fun to hear Joni's whispers on Furry Sings the Blues! I'm a lyrics bitch over the music and this time round some hit harder: "I do accept the changes at least better than I used to do." "I looked at my haggard face in the bathroom light" "I met a friend of spirit" "I well up with affection Thinking back down the roads to then" It feels so trite to attempt a review of any Joni Mitchell album (as well as Jacko's contributions). So I won't. This one is most definitely an 11.

I'm so torn on this stuff. I think the arrangements and rambling melodies work amazingly well for something that has no hooks. As non-engaged as I am by every song here, I can't say the songs are bad. Like the last thing we listened to of hers - the unpredictable nature of the tunes are great - breath-of-fresh-air great. But man, they ramble and I can't get into them. Seems like something that if I listened to it nonstop for a week it would click. But like this, I just can't get in the door.

I gotta be in the right mood to listen to something like this. And I was! I can't name a list of songs from this album that I'd say are incredible, or even pulling me back in to listen to them again immediately, but there was something about the overall tone and timbre of the record that I really enjoyed. It's moody and nothing but stories that unfold through Joni doing her Joni thing. Hell, it's almost spoken word. If you asked me to name a song on the album that has a repeated chorus, I'm not sure I could do it. But it worked. I also quite liked the clean guitar tones throughout. Here's a little exchange that stuck out to me from "Song of Sharon:" Well, there's a wide wide world of noble causes And lovely landscapes to discover But all i really want right now Is to find another lover That's my kind of poetry right there. Plus there's a dick on the cover?? Thanks for pointing that out, Andy. Irrefutable fact.

To cite John Mill: this one of Mitchell’s good, but not as good as her others

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

Never been a big Joni Mitchell fan. Or pop/country fan for that matter. Listened through track 5 “Hejira.” Didn’t really care for it. Not bad—just not my taste. I suppose I’ll finish it. Doesn’t compare to “In Utero” or “No More Shall We Part”—in my humble opinion.

Didn't have the chance to listen because the dumb bitch is boycotting Spotify. I'm sure it sucked anyway. Why is Joni Mitchell no longer on Spotify? In a note posted to her official website on Friday, Mitchell wrote, “I've decided to remove all my music from Spotify. Irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives. I stand in solidarity with Neil Young and the global scientific and medical communities on this issue.” Feb 3, 2022

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Wonderful. Loved it. Never heard it before

Wish I could enjoy JM. I like singer songwriters. I like (some) jazz. I like some odd voices (N. Young, Hammill) However I can't gel with JM. Frustrating. I can't get along with the tunelines of her vocal delivery and I find the wandering bass very annoying. It all washed over me in a very unsatisfying way. Sorry. 2.75

Thick bots, fresh tops Like a gentle rain, just let it wash over you Lyrically a mouthful, alot to digest. 3/5 4/5 if she just shut up and let the music shine

Wide open melancholy sailing through sound pictures and swirling tones. Pulls down. Don't know if I want to go there. Listening to the lyrics, interesting window to the singer's psyche. I think I prefer the Ladies of The Canyon era. I can appreciate the artistry here, although so far not bringing me to a place that i want to linger for very long.

Liked the concept, storytelling Joni has a great voice of course, and a few tracks had some great baselines from jaco pastorius Still didn’t stand out as especially fantastic as a whole

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

Jaco! Amelia and coyote are fantastic

Was not feeling it. There wasn’t 30 seconds throughout this album that I was vibin’.

Love her long rambling vignettes The music rambles with her Triggers my wanderlust Beautiful voice Captured by the cover art

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

Even after a few listens, this didn't stand out for me.

I ain’t mad at cha

dug it more than i expected but that smooth jazzy sound is really not for me

I don't really vibe with Joni.

Interesting concept from Joni that speaks for itself. I mean, it's Joni Mitchell. This album gets bonus points for having Jaco Pastorius on some of the tracks. While not her more familiar work, definitely a must listen. 4/5.

Pleasant album, nice songs, but listening to it looks like listening to endless album. As for me, It has to be more mo dynamics.

Todo folk, osea si me gusto pero para ciertos momentos

Not bad but nothing I was truly interested in.

Joni makes me cry

This is my first time listening to a full Joni Mitchell album, and it was really cool to hear as so many of my favourite artists are heavily influenced by her. However, I don't think this album really clicked for me on a first listen, mainly because I'm someone who relies heavily on hooks and melodies in songs in order for them to stick with me afterwards, but the songwriting and instrumentals were really amazing throughout and I'd be happy to revisit it at some point. ((final 4 tracks were my favourites))

cool

Joni Mitchell songs just sound like Joni Mitchell songs.

I don't know how to define "adult contemporary" but I think this is what it sounds like. Beautifully sung story songs that sound like they came from experience. And of course Jaco Pastorius is the man.

LINDA PERFEITA MARAVILHOSA

Beautiful. I've never listened to Mitchell before, and today I saw footage of Mitchell playing "Both Sides Now" at the Newport Folk Festival with Brandi Carlile which is one of the poignant performances I have ever seen. I usually hate music that comes out of folk, probably too much of it is blues based, but her music is refreshing with her alternate tunings and strong writing about the experience of girls and women. Now I will continue to dive into her catalog.

Another stunning album from Joni Mitchell. If less catchy then Blue or Court and Spark, this is still an exhibition of the songwriter’s craft. Beautiful singing, gorgeous guitar work, poetic and evocative, it’s is a delight to hear the artist create works like this.

Jazzy!

Love the guitar tone and the bass playing especially on this one.

Very soothing listen. Mitchell is an excellent songwriter and I know I'll be back for more. I might need a couple more listens of this to get a better grasp on it, but unfortunately YouTube is not my preferred way to listen to music...

Tydzien powtarzanych artystow, tym razem kolejny krazek od Joni Mitchell, Hejira bedaca jej osmym studyjnym albumem z 76, tak jak poprzedni pick jest to solidnie napisane i zaspiewane, czuc ze jest to material artystki ktora stara sie wyrzucic na papier swoje przezycia, a nie wyciskane na sile sztampowe zawodzenia byle by sie dobrze sluchalo, a przeciez najlepiej slucha sie czegos za czym artysta naprawde stoi i tym zyje, w tym przypadku motywami przewodnimi sa doswiadczenia z podrozowania lub zycia w podrozy, bo taki tryb zycia prowadzila w latach 70 pani Joni, ale nie bedzie jedynie o celach podrozy a raczej o drodze i rzeczach oraz ludziach przy niej spotkanych, a jak spotkania to musza byc rowniez rozstania, no i walenie po kablach, instrumentalnie jest to folkowy rock z influencjalmi jazzowymi w zaleznosci od utworu, w nagrania bylo zangazowanych bylo 10 muzykow sesyjnych, na uwage zasluguja zwlaszcza Jaco Pastorius na basie oraz Larry Carlton ktory gral gitarki elektrokowe oraz akustykowe, w zalenosci od tego na czym szarpala pani Mitchell, calosc sklada sie z 9 trakow na 52 minutach, o ile poprzedni album od niej urzekl mnie wokalnie i przyjemnymi dla ucha instrumentalami, tak ten robi to jeszcze lepiej, a dodatkowo trafia lirycznie w moja wagabondowa dusze, na plejke spotifajowa nie dodam nic, bo pani Joni zaraz obok Neila Younga wycofala swoja dyskografie, gdy dodali podkasty tego buca do biblioteki serwisu, ale chyba najbardziej zapadajacymi w pamiec trakami beda dla mnie openingowy coyote, z ktorego sampel slyszalem w jakims muryznskim traku oraz a strange boy

The album was fine. Good songwriting and musicianship.

Amazing guitar work and storytelling, along with a very interesting and laidback sound. However, I would have liked for the songs to have something change in them here and there, such as a change in tempo or dynamics as they tend to blend in with each other and it makes the album drag on a bit. Nevertheless, Joni is remarkable and underrated in my opinion!

This album very much felt like a natural progression for Joni: as time does by, she (had to?) evolve a bit away from the stripped down, guitar-only music and this album proved that she could pull it off as well. A overall enjoyable album full of nice songs that maybe have a bit less storytelling quality but make it up with ncie but subtle background arrangements

In love with the lyricism on "Furry Sings the Blues", and "Refuge of the Roads" is pretty dang groovy!

She has removed her stuff from Spotify

Elegant, folky, rocky and wry.

I'm not sure who is playing that guitar, but there is a lot of emotions behind those strings

Not on Spotify but presumed ‘I would be okay with this’

Joni is kind of like the female Randy Newman. She just kinda sings about what she sees as she's going around. There is a lovely ethereal quality to this, and I ended up liking it more than I expected, but the lyrics are just ridiculous. Also she looks like a frankenstein on that cover.

Dreadful hippy bollox

Really cool guitar tones on this one. Blue Motel Room is a sweet low swung song. totally worth a revisit.

Classic Mitchell

J'adore joni mitchell, un bon album mais pas extra comme d'autres du memem artiste 4

I've never been much of a Joni Mitchell fan. I recognize her talent, but her vocal delivery has always rubbed me the wrong way. Having said that, I enjoyed this album more than anything else I've heard from her. 3 stars.

Good album, but not really floating the old ketch at the minute. Must listen with more intensity.

This is the follow-up to my favorite Joni Mitchell record "Hissing of Summer Lawns." It sounds a lot like that record, only the bass is more prominent (Jaco plays on this one). I'm not a huge fan of the overwrought fretless bass work. But, that's Jaco. And, it isn't enough of a distraction to diminish this record for me. And and, for most people I realize Jaco is an asset here. I just gotta say that Joni's mid-70s run of records is criminally underrated. I could take or leave the early folk stuff (sorry), but this era is her finest.

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.

WOW! A beautiful album, with stunning vocals. Tired from travelling, so this will be short, but truly I loved this. Loved the bass so much, didn't know Jaco was on this album until I looked into it more, and he really added a lot on the songs he played in. Anyways, stellar STELLAR album. Favorite song was probably Black Crow.

listened to before great work

I couldn't listen to this because she's one of those old hippie boomers that left Spotify when Neil Young did, but that's ok because I hate her anyway. 1/5.

I enjoyed the time of this album and the production. Very crisp, good vocal, warm instrumentals. That bass was a stand out. The only thing that lacked (and I get it was on purpose) were hooks, choruses. It made the tracks blur together.

Couldn’t get into it.

Mournful and melodic, recognise the talent but all too beige for my taste

Absolutely love Joni Mitchell - Coyote is in my all time top 10 and Amelia isn't far behind.

I didn't know Joni Mitchell did sophi-pop a decade before it was a thing. Reminds me of a lot of indie folk from the area, especially Tim Buckley and Nick Drake. Guitars envelop you, and there are jazz and country influences to relax you. All songs start with Joni in some random setting in the country taking in the sights, feels like a drive on Route 66, although Memphis is a bit off the beaten path. Few complaints, maybe a little long overall but the songs were fine. Excellent songwriting, voice, and fitting instrumentals. Favorites: Coyote, Hejira, Song for Sharon

I found this interminably boring. I know people love Mitchell for all sorts of reasons, I have no idea what any of those reasons could possibly be. This is not for me, it's too beige.

Good album. Very Joni Mitchell.

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.

Not bad

I think this album/musician is important but I just didn't dig it.

Bit like Dylan - great songwriting but not good to listen to. No harmonica though, so that's a bonus

I just couldn't focus for a whole song.

Working my way through the albums that weren't available on Spotify when they came up for our group, but they are available now, playing catch up. All I knew about Joni Mitchell was Big Yellow Taxi, so not much to form an opinion on. Most of the songs on the album feel too talky and repetitive, could probably be much shorter, but still I quite liked the overall vibe. Quality listen.

Joni is de ultieme 'rebound'; Het werkt alleen als op hele specifieke momenten, houdt nooit lang stand, maar je kan er soms toch van genieten.

Nou vooruit, Joni krijgt een 3 omdat ze toch wel een prachtige stem heeft en mooie zanglijnen produceert.

Niets op aan te merken, wel op het feit dat zowat elk album van Joni in deze lijst terechtgekomen is. Ik wil diversiteit!

This wasn't available on Spotify, but I found all of the songs on YouTube. Overall this was okay. Folksy and Joni has a good voice. Nothing really grabbed me though.

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.

I wasn't into most of this but I did kinda like Coyote and I really liked A Song for Sharon :) And I can see it is an album maybe I'd enjoy a bit more in a different mood? 3

Folk. Soul. Aburrido.

Fine enough sound. Enjoyed the bass lines

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.

joni pucette remets les albums sur spotify je t’en prie

Best Song: Amelia. Something about the lyrics and the subject matter really works here. "Like Icarus ascending / on beautiful and selfish arms". Very hippy aesthetic in the instrumentals as well. Worst Song: A Strange Boy. The story-telling style here begins to deviate into rambling. And some of the lyrics are too on-the-nose (e.g., "drunk on love"). Overall: A wild and uninhibited set of stories that fluctuate between seemingly stream of consciousness to deeper, more poetic observations. The album feels very "free", but at times I wished it had more structure.

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.

Now I find myself in the weird position of reviewing an album that I've owned on vinyl for more than a decade but somehow never listened to. The reason why I've never listened to it is because Joni Mitchell has never "clicked" with me. The reason why I still have it is: 1) so people will think that I am smart and sensitive, and 2) because a lot of people who's musical opinions I respect really like Joni Mitchell. This album continues that trend for me. This album also doesn't click for me, but I can see why people like it. It's interesting, no question. It does not sound like it's tied to one particular time period. I definitely wouldn't say that it's of its time. Mitchell has a well-developed style that sets her apart. It doesn't particularly work for me, but it's also hard for me to dislike it because she is doing something different here and executing her vision well. 3/5

Lyrical songsmith weaving gentle poetic stories of the open road and freedom. Being trapped in a lift with her whilst she did this would be hell on earth.

"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

Gives dreamy vibes, that kind of sleepy awakeness of lying on the couch on a Sunday while trying to read a book. Enjoyed it and would probably listen again.

I can tell it's 'good'; the musical style is rich and exotic and self-assured, Joni's lyrics are always worth listening to, and I'm sure it would reward repeated listens (especially while road-tripping across America). But a chorus or a hook once in a while couldn't hurt, right?

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.

This is such an improvement over "Blue" This one is a keeper.

Coyote is a good song. Very laid back album.

Rating: 6/10

Lekker klein albumpje. Klinkt niet slecht, maar ook een beetje saai. **

she's just a queen.

Pleasant listening, with some interesting twists here and there

Had no way to listen

Perfect to me.

Like The Byrds yesterday, this is a real blind spot for me even though in theory it’s exactly my thing.

I think I've listened to Hejira before because I've seen this album from Joni Mitchell recommended elsewhere. None of the songs sounded familiar, but it's good to hear Mitchell's familiar voice. I don't think that any of the tracks have a traditional verse-chorus, verse-chorus structure. Mitchell has built the tracks around story-telling, but even if I wasn't paying 100% attention to the stories I could enjoy the music as a whole. I'm not sure if I'll remember to come back to this album again, but I enjoyed this visit.

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.

Nice and serene music. I love the dreamy guitar sound, and the nice bass playing. A lot of the songs were a bit slow and long for me. I'm having trouble remembering any of the songs specifically, but the vibe was nice. Wish she hadn't joined the censorship bandwagon and taken her music off Spotify.

I love Joni Mitchell. I need to listen to more of her work, but I love her.

No regrets, Coyote

Some good songs. Ended up enjoying it more than I expected.

Earnest, boring

There's not much folky jazzy goodness that's not here. An excellent road album. Jaco does his thing and at times shines out. The cores of the songs are dead simple classic, though: Voice, guitar, the language of the West.

Cet album extrêmement mystérieux a très vite attisé ma curiosité et s'est soldé par une découverte assez surprenante. Le point de départ de tout ceci est la non-disponibilité de cet album sur l'application Spotify, qui nous amène très vite sur une autre application : YouTube. L'album y figure bel et bien sous forme d'une playlist. Chaque morceau du projet est décrit dans l'onglet prévu à cet effet de la même façon : « Provided to YouTube by Rhino ». Très intrigant n'est-ce pas ? Après de longues recherches, voici ce que j'ai trouvé : le dénommé Rhino est en réalité un véritable rhinocéros blanc et possède l'intégralité des droits de la discographie de Joni Mitchell. Une fois tous ces faits vérifiés par deux fois, j'appelai donc Robert pour l'alerter sur la situation de la chanteuse. En quelques coups de fil, celui-ci parvint à faire capturer le rhino et à organiser sa réintroduction dans une réserve naturelle ougandaise.

Joni Mitchell nous propose sur cet album une démonstration de comment complétement rater son imitation de Lana del Rey. Tout est absolument raté, aucune émotion n'est transmise. A ne reproduire sous aucun pretexte.

Joni