This sounds like an album recorded by a school music teacher during her lunch break. A little harsh maybe, but I couldn't be doing with her warblings today. I wanted something a little more uplifting, and probably without all the endless storytelling as well. I lost interest three tracks in. And yeah - that voice. It doesn't half grate.
Bearing in mind my antipathy towards singer-songwriters, I didn’t mind this as much as I expected. It was pleasant and unobtrusive as I did my afternoon work shift. However, nothing really jumped out at me (except for one bit where Mitchell or the producer messed with the sound to make it appear that it was coming through a megaphone or similar). By the end it was all a bit 'same-old, same-old’ for me, though. The only songs I remember was a bit of River as it had a Christmas jingle lobbed in there, and the one about going to Spain up a dirt road for a bit and then going back to California.