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This bizarre two-disc recording finds the loftiest of singer-songwriters collaborating with a seventy-piece orchestra, revisiting her past work. The arrangements treat Mitchell's tunes as precious artifacts, making little attempt to seduce the listener; only on "The Circle Game," for example, do the strings provide the kind of romantic sonic brocades associated with great orchestral rock. Mitchell -- in strong, ultraconfident voice -- proceeds with her famous jazz inflections, delineating characters such as "Cherokee Louise," who lives under a tunnel. But, the occasional sax flourish notwithstanding, the music does not swing or get loose. Sometimes the album sounds wrongly monumental, as on "Woodstock"; other times, it misses the boat, as on "The Last Time I Saw Richard," which ignores the song's thrilling harmonics. Travelogue translates Joni Mitchell as a scrupulously constructed puzzle.
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Track List
- Otis And Marlena
- Amelia
- You Dream Flat Tires
- Love
- Woodstock
- Slouching Towards Bethlehem
- Judgement Of The Moon And Stars (Ludwig's Tune)
- The Sire Of Sorrow (Job's Sad Song)
- For The Roses
- Trouble Child
- God Must Be A Boogie Man
- Be Cool
- Just Like This Train
- Sex Kills
- Refuge Of The Roads
- Hejira
- Chinese Cafe / Unchained Melody
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Cherokee Louise (track not available in Rhapsody)
- The Dawntreader
- The Last Time I Saw Richard
- Borderline
- The Circle Game
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