Joni Mitchell - Blue (CD)

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'Blue' is the fourth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, released on June 22, 1971, by Reprise Records. Written and produced entirely by Mitchell, “Blue” capt ured the zeitgeist of the times with its poignant portrayal of disillusionment. “Reading the news and it sure looks bad / They won’t give peace a chance / That was just a dream some of us had,” Mitchell sings in the opening verse to “California.” At the time she was writing these songs, the Edenic dream of the Woodstock generation was confronting grim realities: the reinstatement of the draft, the Kent State shootings, the revelations of the My Lai Massacre and COINTELPRO campaigns against Black activists. The way Mitchell renders “just a dream some of us had” makes clear she’s a world away from the wonder of the “carousel of life” she sang about on “The Circle Game” just a few years before. In 2020, 'Blue' was rated the 3rd greatest album of all time in Rolling Stones “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. Tracklist:A1. All I Want (2021 Remaster) A2. My Old Man (2021 Remaster) A3. Little Green (2021 Remaster) A4. Carey (2021 Remaster) A5. Blue (2021 Remaster) B1. California (2021 Remaster) B2. This Flight Tonight (2021 Remaster) B3. River (2021 Remaster) B4. A Case Of You (2021 Remaster) B5. The Last Time I Saw Richard (2021 Remaster) Show more