Joni Mitchell Blue ( RSD ) ( transparent vinyl LP )

Release date: 10-10-2022 (Originally released in 1971)

2022 reissue crystal transparent vinyl LP - Joni Mitchell's 1971 masterpiece, Blue. Featuring such memorable songs as "Carey," "All I Want," "California," "A Case of You," and "River,"

Tracks:

A1 All I Want
A2 My Old Man
A3 Little Green
A4 Carey
A5 Blue
B1 California
B2 This Flight Tonight
B3 River
B4 A Case Of You
B5 The Last Time I Saw Richard

Blueraised the stakes of confessional folk-pop to new levels of honesty and openness. Mitchell's music moves beyond the constraints of acoustic folk into more intricate and diverse territory, setting the stage for the experimentation of her later work. Unrivaled in its intensity and insight, the entire album is perfect from start to finish.

ALLMUSIC:

Sad, spare, and beautiful, Blue is the quintessential confessional singer/songwriter album. Forthright and poetic, Joni Mitchell's songs are raw nerves, tales of love and loss (two words with relative meaning here) etched with stunning complexity; even tracks like "All I Want," "My Old Man," and "Carey" -- the brightest, most hopeful moments on the record -- are darkened by bittersweet moments of sorrow and loneliness. At the same time that songs like "Little Green" (about a child given up for adoption) and the title cut (a hymn to salvation supposedly penned for James Taylor) raise the stakes of confessional folk-pop to new levels of honesty and openness, Mitchell's music moves beyond the constraints of acoustic folk into more intricate and diverse territory, setting the stage for the experimentation of her later work. Unrivaled in its intensity and insight, Blue remains a watershed.