Music CD - Joni Mitchell: Shine

	Music CD: Shine Artist: Joni Mitchell List Price: $18.98 Our Price: $5.95 Your Save: $ 13.03 ( 69% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: HEAR MUSIC
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Tracks: 1. One Week Last Summer 2. This Place 3. If I Had a Heart 4. Hana 5. Bad Dreams 6. Big Yello Taxi 7. Night Of the Iguana 8. Strong And Wrong 9. Shine 10. If
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0888072304574 Label: HEAR MUSIC Manufacturer: HEAR MUSIC Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: HEAR MUSIC Release Date: 2007-09-25 Studio: HEAR MUSIC
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Shine is Brilliant Comment: While I was at first put off by the opening instrumental on multiple listenings it really does fit. The songs remind me of an earlier Joni without sounding rehashed. A must for any Joni fan. I don't patronize Starbucks so I would have liked to have seen an earlier wide release. Customer Rating: Summary: Masterpiece Comment: Joni continues to evolve on this masterpiece. The harmonies are complex, her voice is mature and rich in timbre, and the production is stark and almost jarring at times. If you appreciate music, get the album. Customer Rating: Summary: Shine Comment: The message is very intense and profoundly spiritual, As usual, the musicianship is also very fine. Customer Rating: Summary: You Got Me Again, Joni Comment: You won't find a bigger fan of Joni Mitchell's work from her self-titled 1st album through Court and Spark (and to a lesser degree through Hejira)(sp?) than me, but save your money on this one. I hate to say this, but the main thing that shines here is the whining of an artist that dwells too much on the negative and the bitter. Ms. Mitchell: I know the world is a mess and there are a lot of bad guys out there, but is it not too late to lighten up a little bit sometimes? Customer Rating: Summary: Wonderful Supprise .... Comment: The voice, the music, the lyric all jell into what I consider a Stunning Melodic Bookmark of our Times...Joni's Rich Vintage Voice has reached peak Performance adding a magnificent and Soulful Quality to her Powerful Musical Poetry... More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: Shine may ultimately register as a "fans only" milestone, but it proves that Joni Mitchell retains many of the storied calling cards of her best albums. The searing lyricism of 1971's Blue and the penchant for self-redefinition hailed by 1974's Court and Spark make cameos here, but sadly, lesser efforts' drawbacks abound. True, "Big Yellow Taxi" reprises the environmental dystopia Mitchell first poeticized on 1970's Ladies of the Canyon, but the occasion only prompts new pedantic effrontery ("This Place," "If I Had a Heart"). In this regard, Shine's especially cloying title track marks the worst offender. Blissfully, though, "Hana" boasts a driving rhythm section and blurting squirts of electric guitar and saxophone in support of a compelling character sketch, and "If"--based on Rudyard Kipling's poem of the same name--paints a lyrical message of affirmation in bold strokes. Mitchell's songwriting shines brightest at such singularly poignant moments where specificity of images meets the vagaries of the instrumental arrangements, and, in the end, these and other highlights ("Bad Dreams," "Night of the Iguana") definitively carry the torch. --Jason Kirk