Shine
by Joni Mitchell
  • Record Label: Hear
  • Release Date: Sep 25, 2007
Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. Rolling Stone
    60
    Her most nuanced new lyric details an apostate tour-bus driver's descent into a luscious sin she probably knows better than she lets on.
  2. Uncut
    60
    There's an elegiac beauty to these tracks. [Oct 2007, p.114]
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  3. Blender
    60
    The album’s dense, electronically seasoned pop includes her catchiest tune in two decades.
  5. Q Magazine
    60
    It might not add up to vintage Joni, but her artistic integrity and sheer class are never in doubt. [Nov 2007, p.140]
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  6. Hot Press
    60
    Shine is over-ripe with hokey Casio drum machines, soprano sax, and other things that nudge the tone towards easy listening.

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User Score
8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 25 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 25
  3. Negative: 1 out of 25
  1. someonewhocares
    Jan 6, 2023
    4
    Mitchell has never made an entirely happy album throughout her entire career, so to hear that 2007's Shine was another record about saving andMitchell has never made an entirely happy album throughout her entire career, so to hear that 2007's Shine was another record about saving and standing by the world you have widely criticised far too often, it feels a bit hypocritical now than it did with past works.… Full Review »
  2. DaveL
    Dec 23, 2007
    10
    Absolutely fantastic.
  3. roccoc
    Nov 7, 2007
    9
    Amazing...and n° 9 is one of her most beautiful songs. I love you Joni!
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