Title: Just doesn't do it for me
Review: I was such a huge fan of Joni's in the 1970s; 'Hejira' remains on my top ten all-time favorite album list (by anyone). 'Don Juan' really sank things for me back in 1978, and I hadn't listened to it probably 20 years. But I've been going through a Joni renaissance lately so I got the CD and figured I must have written it off too early. Sad to say, I think I was right the first time. It rambles and preaches and is almost completely lacking in melody. It has much more to do with 'Mingus' than 'Hejira' or 'Hissing.' I can see the ambition in 'Paprika Plains,' but it commits a cardinal sin in my book - it's just boring. I never cared much for her Geffen stuff, and unfortunately this is really the first salvo - a lot of it is formless and self-indulgent. I'm all for an artist evolving - Joni is the great example of that - but this one is going to the used CD store, and I am going to forget about it all over again.
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