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Joni Mitchell
LIST OF ALBUM REVIEWS: A Song to a Seagull (1968)
Joni Mitchell lllllllllovesssssssss you here. Brief album summaries:
A Song to a Seagull (1968)Put this album on ... and find yourself under her spell ... Overall Album Score: 9.4 out of 10 Average Song Score: 9.2
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Clouds (1969)The songs are more succinct-sounding here, but you'll still find Joni Mitchell in top form. Overall Album Score: 9.2 out of 10 Average Song Score: 9.0
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Ladies of the Canyon (1970)Hooray for the hippie! ... Mitchell gets even simpler here with this collection of succinct, organic-sounding songs that made every hippie happy. ... Although, ask me twice, and I'll say this is among her weaker albums. Overall Album Score: 8.6 out of 10 Average Song Score: 8.7
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Blue (1971)It's kind of like that last one, except there's more Joni Mitchell in it! ... And it's gorgeous, too. Overall Album Score: 9.4 out of 10 Average Song Score: 9.1
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For the Roses (1972)Another gorgeous album from everybody's favorite hippie. Not quite as personable as Blue, yet it remains an essential piece of the Mitchell discography. Overall Album Score: 9.0 out of 10 Average Song Score: 9.0
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Court and Spark (1974)This one had trouble connecting with me, but again not a single song sinks. This is another extremely beautiful album by Joni Mitchell!!!!!!!! Overall Album Score: 9.1 out of 10 Average Song Score: 9.3
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The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975)Joni Mitchell releases a supremely weird album? Awesome. Overall Album Score: 9.0 out of 10 Average Song Score: 9.1
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Hejira (1976)Let me put this as cheesily as possible: JONI MITCHELL RECORDS AN ALBUM FULL OF MAGIC!!!!!!! Overall Album Score: 9.5 out of 10 Average Song Score: 9.6
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Don Juan's Reckless Daughter (1977)Huh? ... Um ... Joni? Good album, but are you dying or something? Overall Album Score: 8.6 out of 10 Average Song Score: 8.8
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Mingus (1979)Mitchell collaborates with the jazz musician that bears the album's title, and comes up with quite an impressive artistic statement! Anybody who likes art music should defitely have this in their collection. ... The gimmick of including guerilla recordings of Mingus in his last days kind of spoiled the album. Overall Album Score: 9.1 out of 10 Average Song Score: 9.1
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