A Tribute to Joni Mitchell
Status of copy at Case Memorial Library
Kirk Miller wrote in Sky: "Joni Mitchell … has remained unpredictable. … Mitchell was a musical pioneer … and she earned commercial success without the help of prefabricated pop singles, big-budget music videos or image consultants. Her body of work crosses musical boundaries with ease; Mitchell may be the only artist who has directly inspired Prince, k.d. lang and Sarah McLachlan. Those artists and nine others appear on A Tribute to Joni Mitchell, an A-plus reimagining of her best work. Some fans may mourn the lack of better-known songs — there’s no 'You’re So Square (Baby I Don’t Care),' no 'Woodstock' — but the selection here is as eclectic as the performers. Icelandic alt-rocker Björk turns 'Boho Dance' into a chill-out groove of bells and electronic distortion, while Prince turns on the falsetto charm for 'A Case of You,' morphed from a ballad into an R&B vocal workout. … Elvis Costello['s] … rendering of 'Edith and the Kingpin' … is … ultimately rewarding. Though it’s virtually impossible to improve on a musical iconoclast like Joni Mitchell, this collection is at least a perfectly varied and suitable tribute" (6/07, pp. 59-60.)
Kirk Miller wrote in Sky: "Joni Mitchell … has remained unpredictable. … Mitchell was a musical pioneer … and she earned commercial success without the help of prefabricated pop singles, big-budget music videos or image consultants. Her body of work crosses musical boundaries with ease; Mitchell may be the only artist who has directly inspired Prince, k.d. lang and Sarah McLachlan. Those artists and nine others appear on A Tribute to Joni Mitchell, an A-plus reimagining of her best work. Some fans may mourn the lack of better-known songs — there’s no 'You’re So Square (Baby I Don’t Care),' no 'Woodstock' — but the selection here is as eclectic as the performers. Icelandic alt-rocker Björk turns 'Boho Dance' into a chill-out groove of bells and electronic distortion, while Prince turns on the falsetto charm for 'A Case of You,' morphed from a ballad into an R&B vocal workout. … Elvis Costello['s] … rendering of 'Edith and the Kingpin' … is … ultimately rewarding. Though it’s virtually impossible to improve on a musical iconoclast like Joni Mitchell, this collection is at least a perfectly varied and suitable tribute" (6/07, pp. 59-60.)
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