Title: Travelogue
Review: Joni's final disc is a big disappointment. It is too over-produced. The overblown orchestration overwhelms so many songs and unfortunately comes over as predictable and unadventurous - far too many lush strings. "Chinese Cafe" & "Cherokee Louise", in particular, sound positively mawkish/ maudlin. Joni's voice is rich and powerful as ever though, but it is hardly cheerful. I can't imagine listening to it again very often - there is an air of depression to it. I am a huge Joni fan but prefer to keep the original versions to memory. Beautifully packaged boxed cd though, lets hope she changes her mind and releases a disc of new original songs one last time.
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