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Joni Mitchell – Blue
Joni Mitchell
Blue
Style: Folk
Label: Reprise Records
Catalog Number: MS 2038
Released: 1971
Joni’s most well-known and arguably best album, Blue is a quintessential confessional singer-songwriter album. Recorded during a tumultuous time in her life, Blue was largely inspired by Joni’s love affair with James Taylor and her restless travels away from home after Clouds went gold. “I was being isolated, starting to feel like a bird in a gilded cage… certain amount of success cuts you off in a lot of ways. You can’t move freely. I like to live, to be on the streets, to be in a crowd.” Amidst a failing relationship with Graham Nash, Joni traveled around Spain, France, and Greece wandering from hippie communes to Paris hotel rooms collecting characters and stories along the way.
Recommended – Full Listen
Tags: Acoustic / Essential Listening / Laurel Canyon / Singer-Songwriter
Tracklist:
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
Credits:
Art Direction – Gary Burden
Bass, Guitar – Stephen Stills (tracks: A4)
Drums – Russ Kunkel (tracks: A4, B1, B4)
Engineer – Henry Lewey*
Guitar – James Taylor (2) (tracks: A1, B1, B4)
Lacquer Cut By – BG*
Pedal Steel Guitar – Sneaky Pete* (tracks: B1, B2)
Photography By [Cover Photography] – Tim Considine
Written-By – Joni Mitchell
