Blue

by Joni Mitchell

Overview

Sad, spare, and beautiful, Blue is the quintessential confessional singer/songwriter album. Forthright and poetic, Joni Mitchell's songs are raw nerves, tales of love and loss (two words with relative meaning here) etched with stunning complexity; even tracks like "All I Want," "My Old Man," and "Carey" -- the brightest, most hopeful moments on the record -- are darkened by bittersweet moments of sorrow and loneliness. At the same time that songs like "Little Green" (about a child given up for adoption) and the title cut (a hymn to salvation supposedly penned for James Taylor) raise the stakes of confessional folk-pop to new levels of honesty and openness, Mitchell's music moves beyond the constraints of acoustic folk into more intricate and diverse territory, setting the stage for the experimentation of her later work. Unrivaled in its intensity and insight, Blue remains a watershed. ~ Jason Ankeny

Product Details

Release Date:	10/25/1990
Label:	Reprise
UPC:	0075992719926
Rank:	1210

Tracks

1. All I Want
2. My Old Man
3. Little Green
4. Carey
5. Blue
6. California
7. This Flight Tonight
8. River
9. A Case of You
10. The Last Time I Saw Richard

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Joni Mitchell   Primary Artist,Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Keyboards
James Taylor   Guest Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Stephen Stills   Guest Artist,Guitar (Bass),Bass,Guitar
Sneaky Pete Kleinow   Guitar (Steel),Pedal Steel,Guitar
Russ Kunkel   Drums
James Taylor Jr.   Guitar

Technical Credits

Henry Lewy   Audio Engineer,Engineer
Joni Mitchell   Audio Production,Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Vince Mendoza   Arranger
John Mayall   Composer
Steve Thompson   Composer
Gary Burden   Art Direction