In a message dated 15/08/01 18:40:52 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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<< Rarely, if ever, have we looked at WTRF, DED & CMIARS on their own.
So lets! ;-) Which of those 3 80s albums do YOU think is the best? The
worst? Why? >>
Honest to goodness Don, I don't think any of them are much cop, and by that I
don't only mean by Joni's standards. I think DED gets my vote for the best
of that bunch as it has the most good songs and the fewest clunkers, and has
a strong, feisty spirit to it. I still think Good Friends could and should
have been a hit, though it's a comparative throwaway. Ethiopia is the best
song for me, Tax Free is very fine. The production is pretty horrible,
though.
Chalk Mark has a shocking number of duff songs. Reoccurring Dream, Dancing
Clown and Snakes & Ladders are especially weak. The sound is quite pleasing,
though bland. My Secret Place is beautiful, though.
Wild Things is for me the weakest. Take away the first and last songs (I've
said this before: Chinese Cafe is the one true classic on these three) and
I'm left with a forgettable album. The bog-standard LA production is
downright depressing. It's a shame, as her voice was sounding superb at this
time.
Azeem in London
NP: Memphis Slim - Legend of the Blues Vol 1 - vintage stuff from a true
gentleman, a good old-fashioned mono vinyl record from 1969 ( I didn't buy it
then, I was only 4 :-) I had the privilege of meeting Slim, one of two great
American Bluesmen I met, the other being Champion Jack Dupree. Ah,
memories...
