Deb wrote:
> Number three is easy - CMIARS. The absolute nadir of Joni's career, IMO
(at
> least, I fervently hope so! Her career ain't done). Ditto previous posts
on
> the overproduction, too many guest appearances, and let me point out the
> lazy and uninspired lyrics. I don't own the CD.
>
> For the other two, it's a real tough call, but this week DED comes out on
> top, I think. There are some lovely songs buried in that crappy
> production - I like the title track, Good Friends, Impossible Dreamer,
Lucky
> Girl and even Fiction. When I heard live versions of Three Great
Stimulants,
> I longed for Joni to re-record this entire album.
Which pretty much sums it up for me too, although I'd give DED higher
praise. I love this album. I just don't hear all the "bad production" etc.
that everyone else talks about. But then I don't analyse music to the same
extent that I know some on this list do. And I'm not saying it's a bad
thing to do that, but I never have. I've always been more into the lyrics
than the music, and DED has some brilliant lyrics. CMIARS I play very
rarely. I just don't like it that much. WTRF was the first Joni album I
really heard properly and I've loved it ever since, so it has a special
place.
So in order, DED, followed closely by WTRF, with CMIARS limping along in
last place, and holding up the medal ceremony because it's taking so damn
long to cross the finish line.
Hell
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