Title: Non-original tracks better
Review: Like that '80s depth of field, enjoy the synthesizer when it's used sparingly and tastefully, as it is here. Funny that the '80s now sounds more dated than some of the music Joni references from the past, a cool cover of "Cool Water", plus a few other songs recalling "Johnny Angel" and "Corrina, Corrina" (Mitchell's gotta be thinkin' 'bout Big Joe's version, yeah...).Opening song, "My Special Place", is pretty okay - sounds like the theme to an unsold 1987 TV pilot about a coffee shop run by two 36 year old divorced feminists.Once again, her lyrics stand alone as poetry - and there isn't, and never was, a whole lot of rock and rollers who could seriously sell their words separate from their music. And this keeps Chalk in a Rainstorm on the home carousel.
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