i don't think any of her albums is a stinker.
my fav of the 80's is Dog Eat Dog...
its got a punch, a "bite" - i have a living room main painting called "barking
dogs": a dog is abstractly barking on t.v....it fits, very much like joni's
paintings and very much like DED...an edge to the album...the synths are
punchy on this one ...
the other two are toss-ups to me...as an album, CMIARS seems more consistent
as a whole...number one is memorable...up in alberta at least, secret place
and cool water were radio hits, which they deserved...
WTRF, romantic in spots, too poppy an attempt at "west-coast rock" (?) in
others..."yes i do i luv ya" drives me up the wall for someone with joni's
ability...the discoish lean to a few tracks might be her poorest work ...but
then there's "fire and ice" "love" "chinese cafe"...others...
like i say, i'd buy all 3 albums over again if i had to...don juan's
reckless daughter and hejira though can't be touched by them...(imho)
shane
(by the way, judaism, christianity, and islam largely the same about not into
reincarnation...john the baptist embodies typology, that is, instead of being
elijah, he came in the spirit and power of elijah - a related vocation,
symbolic - a preparer of the messianic...though the real elijah is prophesized
as returning before the judgment day...)
