hey Joni fans, I'm 22 years old, (I was born right before the "Mingus" album was released), so it's hard for me to see Joni's career in a proper retrospective. Now, we all know that C&S was a huge hit and THOSL had a lot of expectations on it when it was released. When THOSL didn't meet those expectations, the critics and most fans were infuriated and rejected the album. The album did pretty well regardless and even "In France........" peaked at #66 on Billboard. OK. Well, "Hejira" had no singles that charted, nor did "Don Juan"............(why does everyone say that "Mingus" killed her radio airplay when it looks like it was dead by the "Hejira" period???? Would Mitchell's outrageous musical turns and public fickle taste be equal to Madonna's outrageousness with her "Sex" book and popularity dive in the mid 90's???? Because both women were still very famous and in the spotlight???? Except, Madonna got back on track a lot sooner than Joni did...................but none the difference............. help me visualize this.........
