Paul Headon wrote:
<< I am expecting Travelogue to arrive tomorrow I have already listened
to the MP3 files. I think they are great but the backing musicians are a
little muffled, but that will be sorted with the higher quality yes? >>
Omygod Paul are YOU in for a total surprise (even if you don't
have a good stereo, which helps)!
The MP3 files played on my good PC speakers didn't prepare me for
the overwhelming beauty of Travelogue.
This could well be the finest album Joni has yet released.
I've been listening to it every day for two weeks now and love it
more every time I hear it.
Slouching Toward Bethlehem is just AWESOME!!!
Love & The Sire of Sorrow frame it in platinum. She should do a
Gospel album sometime, hopefully including Passion Play.
Disk 1 seems to me a commentary on the current world situation,
appropriately beginning with Otis & Marlena (always among my fave Joni
tunes) & ending with God Must be a Boogie Man (how appropriate).
Woodstock is the weakest song on the CD IMHO & For The Roses takes
several listens to begin to grasp.
Disk 2 is flawless! Be Cool finally gets the orchestration it
deserves; Wally would weep uncontrollably over Refuge of the Roads;
Joni's voice has never sounded better on Chineese Cafe & I finally LOVE
The Last Time I Saw Richard (a song that has bored me for decades).
WHY aren't more people talking about the stunning packaging???
I have never seen anything like it!
& the Quicktime video tour of Joni's latest paintings on disk 1
is the coolest thing I have ever seen!!!
As I've long maintained, Joni Mitchell is the greatest artist of
the 20th Century (& now the 21st Century).
SIQUOMB~~~~~~~~
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NP: Travelogue
