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77 out of 100

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8.7 out of 10

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  • Summary: The latest studio album for the Canadian singer-songwriter.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. Mojo
    100
    Joni Mitchell delivers a counter-intuitive, brilliant artistic response. [Oct 2007, p.90]
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  2. Entertainment Weekly
    91
    Joni Mitchell's first album of (mostly) new material in nine years is reminiscent of a chapter from the singer-songwriter's past--not her famous, acoustic balladeering Blue period but her subsequent, jazzier albums.
  3. Uncut
    60
    There's an elegiac beauty to these tracks. [Oct 2007, p.114]
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  1. Positive: 10 out of 11
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  3. Negative: 1 out of 11
  1. DaveL
    10
    Absolutely fantastic.
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  2. JoeH.
    10
    This album is brilliant. Joni is amazing.
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  3. ToddW.
    1
    Joni Mitchell is my all-time favorite female artist. So literate and her melodies are always spot-on. But when she starts to rant about society's ills while at the same time cozying up to corporate America, can anyone say 'double standard?' It's time someone told her the queen has no clothes.… Expand
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