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

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  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 and standing by the world you have widely criticised far too often, it feels a bit hypocritical now than it did with past works.

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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. AllMusic
    80
    Musically it's imaginative, fresh, full of a more studied elegance and a leaner kind of pomp that we heard during her Geffen years.
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  2. Amazon.com
    80
    Mitchell's songwriting shines brightest at such singularly poignant moments where specificity of images meets the vagaries of the instrumental arrangements, and, in the end, these and other highlights ('Bad Dreams,' 'Night of the Iguana') definitively carry the torch.
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  3. Billboard
    80
    Joni Mitchell's first album of new material in nearly 10 years is a return to the form that made her a star.
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