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Joan Baez

Joan Baez

Group Rating: 2.67
Global Rating: 2.96
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megalist

I mostly enjoyed this. Some nice arrangements and I really like folk music that does interesting modal things like the song Henry Martin. There were a few songs I really didn't care for; the end of Fare Thee Well for example made me think "now I know who Nadja is trying to sing like in What We Do in the Shadows." House of the Rising Sun is a song I don't ever need to hear played by anybody, ever again; it's not a bad song, just played to f-ing death (admittedly mostly post 1960, but still).

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avaitor

This one is kind of tough for me, because while I get the significance and do really like most of these arrangements, I am not a fan of Joan’s voice. WAY too shrill, the same problem with earlier Joni Mitchell. Unfortunately, vocals are kind of a dealbreaker for folk. I wouldn’t listen to her music for my own enjoyment, but I understand why it resonates. C

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rattboi1001

Eh. It was fine. Most of the songs sounded the same to me though. I don't think I'd come back to this one either. 2.49/5

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