Sad, spare, and beautiful, Blue is the quintessential confessional singer/songwriter album.
Forthright and poetic, Joni Mitchell's songs are raw nerves, tales of love and loss (two words with relative meaning here) etched with stunning complexity; even tracks like "All I Want," "My Old Man," and "Carey" -- the brightest, most hopeful moments on the record -- are darkened by bittersweet moments of sorrow and loneliness.
At the same time that songs like "Little Green" (about a child given up for adoption) and the title cut (a hymn to salvation supposedly penned for James Taylor) raise the stakes of confessional folk-pop to new levels of honesty and openness, Mitchell's music moves beyond the constraints of acoustic folk into more intricate and diverse territory, setting the stage for the experimentation of her later work.
Unrivaled in its intensity and insight, Blue remains a watershed.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All I WantJoni Mitchell | Joni Mitchell | Play | 03:34 | 8 MB | 21 MB |
| 2 | My Old ManJoni Mitchell | Joni Mitchell | Play | 03:34 | 8 MB | 17 MB |
| 3 | Little GreenJoni Mitchell | Joni Mitchell | Play | 03:27 | 7 MB | 16 MB |
| 4 | CareyJoni Mitchell | Joni Mitchell | Play | 03:03 | 7 MB | 19 MB |
| 5 | BlueJoni Mitchell | Joni Mitchell | Play | 03:05 | 7 MB | 13 MB |
| 6 | CaliforniaJoni Mitchell | Joni Mitchell | Play | 03:50 | 8 MB | 22 MB |
| 7 | This Flight TonightJoni Mitchell | Joni Mitchell | Play | 02:52 | 6 MB | 17 MB |
| 8 | RiverJoni Mitchell | Joni Mitchell | Play | 04:05 | 9 MB | 18 MB |
| 9 | A Case of YouJoni Mitchell | Joni Mitchell | Play | 04:23 | 10 MB | 24 MB |
| 10 | The Last Time I Saw RichardJoni Mitchell | Joni Mitchell | Play | 04:16 | 9 MB | 21 MB |
| 36 mins | 82 MB | |||||
| 36 mins | 192 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gary Burden | Art Direction |
| 2 | Sneaky Pete Kleinow | Guitar, Guitar (Steel), Main Personnel, Pedal Steel, Pedal Steel Guitar |
| 3 | Russ Kunkel | Drums, Main Personnel |
| 4 | Henry Lewy | Audio Engineer, Engineer |
| 5 | Joni Mitchell | Audio Production, Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Main Personnel, Piano, Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 6 | Stephen Stills | Bass, Bass Instrument, Guest Artist, Guitar, Guitar (Bass), Main Personnel |
| 7 | James Taylor | Guest Artist, Guitar, Main Personnel, Vocals |
| 8 | James Taylor Jr. | Guitar |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |