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Shine
by Joni Mitchell
from HEAR MUSIC

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• A sad disappointment
  As an avid Joni Mitchell fan, I had been waiting with baited breath for this album to come out. In fact, the day before its release, I was up until midnight so I could buy this cd at the first moment I possibly could. So when I listened to this cd on the way to work, I was hoping it was sleep deprivation that prevented me from enjoying this album. Sadly, after many, many listenings, I have to say that this is the worst album Joni has ever produced.
  With its jaundiced view on the world, and rehashing... more info

• Enough, Already
  The one star rating was involuntary on my part; no stars is, unfortunately in this case, not an option. No one likes a jaunt down Memory Lane more than I, but when the memories become your reality it's time to call a halt to the proceedings. Joni Mitchell WAS a major influence upon the music scene, and Joni Mitchell WAS relevant, and Joni Mitchell WAS an attractive woman. But all of these ceased over thirty years ago. Everything positive in this woman's career is in the past. I don't know which is... more info

• CONTEMPORARY DHARMA
  Joni didn't disappoint with her new cd. The second I heard "Shine" on CBC Radio, I knew wanted to hear more of her newest, long-time awaited, release. Many of the songs have a very Buddhist feel to them: The teaching of equanimity in "If" and "Shine", and Compassionate action, in "Hana." Her love of the environment is evident throughout the album. Her smokey voice is not the old Joni's, but it is still wonderful, as is her jazz piano. All around composition, instrumentals, lyrics, and voice are amazing. I... more info

• "Shine" by Joni Mitchell
  If you're a Joni Mitchell fan, you will love this. It's a very nice/relaxing album. Joni Mitchell just keeps puttin' out the good stuff.

Tracks:

1. One Week Last Summer
2. This Place
3. If I Had a Heart
4. Hana
5. Bad Dreams
6. Big Yellow Taxi (2007)
7. Night of the Iguana
8. Strong and Wrong
9. Shine
10. If

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