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> I admit that most of the album took a little while to grow on me, I'd like
to find someone who vcould jump right in on that album after one
listen!!!!!!!
Me, me, me! I loved HOSL on the very first listen, which was fragmented
when I heard most of the songs on the radio the weekend before it was
released in stores. HOSL and C&S are the only two Joni albums that didn't
take me any time to warm up to. I loved the experimentation of The Jungle
Line and Shadows and Light. I loved all the melodies. I found the lyrics
intriguing, esp. The Jungle Line and Don't Interrupt the Sorrow. I couldn't
understand the people who were pissed that Joni wasn't being "confessional."
Now, many years later, I hear some things that could have been different.
The instrumentation on a couple of cuts was a tad conventional for Joni. In
France, Edith, the title track sound very "70ish" to me, very Tom Scott
Larry Carlton. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but most of Joni
doesn't sound rooted in any time period.
All in all, though, still one of my favorite Joni works, and I'm glad it's
been critically rehabilitated.
