Shine

• Artist : Joni Mitchell
• Binding : Audio CD
• EAN : 0888072304574
• Label : Hear Music / UMTV
• Languages : Original Language: English
• Manufacturer : Hear Music / UMTV
• MPN : 888072304574
• Number Of Discs : 1
• Package Dimensions : 0.54 inches (Height) x 5.55 inches (Length) x 0.18 pounds (Weight) x 4.97 inches (Width)
• Package Quantity : 1
• Part Number : 888072304574
• Product Group : Music
• Publisher : Hear Music / UMTV
• Release Date : 2007-09-24
• Running Time : 47
• SKU : 11219
• Studio : Hear Music / UMTV
• UPC : 888072304574

In 2002, Joni Mitchell--folk legend and creator of timeless albums like Blue, Hejira and The Hissing of Summer Lawns--went into retirement. Following the release of that year’s Travelogue album, she denounced the music industry and at the same time announced plans to pursue her other passion: painting. Shine, Mitchell’s 17th studio album and her first collection of new songs in almost a decade, is therefore something of a surprise. Inspired by the need to speak out against warmongering politicos and environmental myopia, Mitchell has written ten elegant, sparse songs that match idiosyncratic arrangements (think chamber folk merged with curious 80s drum sounds and painterly daubs of sax and guitar) with incisive lyricism and her classic story-telling technique. Opening instrumental "One Week Last Summer" sets an optimistic tone, but the album veers mostly between melancholy, introspection, bitterness and even misanthropy. Mitchell’s voice is more cracked than it used to be--but there’s no denying her passion, nor her continued ability to write engaging tunes. -- Paul Sullivan

- Amazon.co.uk Review

Tracks:

• Disc 1

  • 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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