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Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews What's this?

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8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 25 Ratings

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

Critic Reviews

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. Los Angeles Times
    88
    The songs are fairly compact and easy to follow. But they're far less easy to track and more interesting to live with than the work of most pop bards
  3. NOW Magazine
    80
    Shine is built around her voice and guitar (or piano) and will appeal to fans who'd rather hear yet another rendition of a familiar fave than anything experimental, which is probably why we get 'Big Yellow Taxi' (2007).
  4. 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.
  5. Hartford Courant
    70
    Sparse arrangements enhance the material's mood and texture, which range from the chipper instrumental splashes that color a revision of her iconic 'Big Yellow Taxi' to the supple pulse that lends a meandering flow to the hopeful, grounded meditation of the title track.
  6. The Boston Phoenix
    63
    Subdued but not entirely resigned, Mitchell sings in a strong, assured voice that’s still warm and welcoming, though lowered by decades of ecologically unhip tobacco smoke.
  7. 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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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
  1. AllisonFernley
    Oct 5, 2007
    10
    Ever-evolving, Joni never disappoints. Zydeco Big Yellow Taxi. Shades of Paprika Plains to start, a rethining of Kipling to end. Wherever she Ever-evolving, Joni never disappoints. Zydeco Big Yellow Taxi. Shades of Paprika Plains to start, a rethining of Kipling to end. Wherever she wants to go, I'm there with her.… Expand
  2. JoeH.
    Oct 6, 2007
    10
    This album is brilliant. Joni is amazing.
  4. DaveL
    Dec 23, 2007
    10
    Absolutely fantastic.
  5. jeffb.
    Oct 8, 2007
    9
    Joni Mitchell has made herself a gem of a collection which will surprise many but this timely masterpiece is spot on, our culture needs to Joni Mitchell has made herself a gem of a collection which will surprise many but this timely masterpiece is spot on, our culture needs to hear this message, we're blasted by messages from a current culture that is so out of wack with the reality of this world yet there is a light refusing to be put out and the likes of Joni Mitchell continue to lead us with this beauty and insight. sure many would love to put her and everything about global warming and such out to pasture, its time we take control of the shallowness in this culture and take back before its to late. Very impressed with this collection of new mitchell tunes.… Expand
  6. DavidF.
    Oct 8, 2007
    8
    A most welcome return, and her best album in 25 years.
  7. JustinF.
    Oct 5, 2007
    8
    Solid
  8. ToddW.
    Oct 5, 2007
    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 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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