Mags writes: > I also wanted to know how this album was received when it was initially > released. > Speaking for the general public...the reception was not good. After her commercial peak with C&S, she continued to slide downward and for most "AOR" fans bottomed out with DJRD. After all, it was TOTALLY out of step with the zeitgeist, it wasn't rock, punk, or disco, or the easy listening jazz of George Benson. Of course, being out of step with the zeitgeist is what Joni does best!
Speaking for me...I felt like Hejira was a masterpiece, even then, in 1976 when I hadn't a clue as what a lot of it was about. I was starving for more, craving the followup. When it arrived, and the radio station played it in its entirety, I was in awe. She had taken the textures and lyrical grandeur of Hejira and raised the stakes. Cotton Ave? What an intro! Paprkia Plains? What the feck was this, an entire album side, 16 minutes? And it was awesome. The title track took me right back to Hejira, Jaco was still all over the place, and it closes up with Silky Veils of Ardor...man, I was speechless. So I was out of step with most, but marching in time to Joni! Didn't care for Tenth World then and still find it tedious. Bob NP: Sonic Youth, "Radical Adults Lick Godhead Style" (yet another cd John Calimee wouldn't be caught dead with!) :~) PS: The kid in the tux is Brei - I auumed you knew THAT! :~)
