NewCC0019: Joni Mitchell
Submitted by lbangs on Mon, 04/30/2001 - 11:43
Tags:
- Court & Spark (74): *****
- Blue (71): *****
- Hits (96): **** 1/2
- Ladies of the Canyon (70): **** 1/2
- For the Roses (72): **** 1/2
- The Hissing of Summer Lawns (75): **** 1/2
- Turbulent Indigo (94): ****
- Misses (96): *** 1/2
- Taming the Tiger (98): *** 1/2
- Joni Mitchell (aka Song to a Seagull) (68): ***
- Clouds (69): ***
- Miles of Aisles (74): ***
- Hejira (76): ***
- Mingus (79): ***
- Shadows and Light (80): ***
- Wild Things Run Fast (82): ***
- Night Ride Home (91): ***
- Both Sides Now (00): ***
- Don Juan's Reckless Daughter (77): ** 1/2
- Dog Eat Dog (85): ** 1/2
- Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm (88): ** 1/2
This is a new entry in an up-dated series I'm calling the New Critical Consensus. Several people have requested updates of the older series, and since critical opinions shift, I am revamping the entire system. I am averaging the opinions of several excellent music critics to produce a list of each artist's albums. Rather than using a number system, which was perhaps a bit clunky, I will now be using a five-star system. The albums will be listed in a recommended purchasing order, so new fans will have an idea of where the best place to start buying an artist's work is.
These are not my opinions, although, since I have chosen the critics used (and I'm using many), my taste will perhaps seep through a bit.
Terribly nerdy, I know, but maybe this will help people only now beginning to dabble into certain artists' bodies of work.
Scale:
***** - Masterpiece
**** 1/2 - Classic
**** - Great
*** 1/2 - Good
*** - Above Average
** 1/2 - Average
** - Below Average
* 1/2 - Bad
* - Terrible
1/2 - One of the worst albums ever