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- The Analog Vault // Essential Listening -

Confessional poetry has always been the province of folk music, but few (if any) albums in history of the genre have proven to be as raw, naked or emotionally honest as Joni Mitchell’s seminal 1971 album. Entitled Blue, the Canadian singer-songwriter’s fourth record is as unguarded and vulnerable as lyrical storytelling can get. Written and produced entirely by Mitchell after her breakup with Graham Nash and during her relationship with James Taylor, this acoustic album is an introspective rumination on romantic failures, sexual freedom and feminine appetites. Instrumentally, Blue’s sparseness and simplicity - built around minimalist piano, guitar and Appalachian dulcimer arrangements - is not only akin to Mitchell’s isolated melancholy, but also the perfect canvas for her porous, precise and probing reflections on yearning and regret. Filled with hard-earned, heartbroken wisdom, Blue offers bittersweet profundity in spades. — The Analog Vault

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Label: Reprise Records 
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, 180g, Gatefold
Reissued: 2022 / Original Release: 1971
Genre: Rock
Style: Folk Rock

File under: School Of Rock
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