Turbulent Indigo - Joni Mitchell

Turbulent Indigo

Joni Mitchell

  • Genre: Pop
  • Release Date: 1970-01-01
  • Explicitness: notExplicit
  • Country: USA
  • Track Count: 10
  • Album Price: 9.99
  • ℗ 1994 Reprise Records
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Tracks

Title Artist Time
1
Sunny Sunday Joni Mitchell 2:36
2
Sex Kills Joni Mitchell 3:57
3
How Do You Stop Joni Mitchell 4:09
4
Turbulent Indigo Joni Mitchell 3:34
5
Last Chance Lost Joni Mitchell 3:14
6
The Magdalene Laundries Joni Mitchell 4:04
7
Not to Blame Joni Mitchell 4:18
8
Borderline Joni Mitchell 4:47
9
Yvette In English Joni Mitchell 5:16
10
The Sire of Sorrow (Job's Sad Joni Mitchell 7:07

Reviews

  • Grammy Winner From the 90s

    5
    By Uncle Joe's Tunz
    This is one of Joni's last great albums. Most of the songs are good to great and her vocals and the background vocals are very good. Best songs are Yvette, Magdalene, and the last song on Sorrow. I rate it four stars and play it 2-3 times a year except when I am binging on this talented artist. At 5.99, you should grab it if you do not have the CD. The artwork with the CD is very nice to have also. Uncle Joe's Tunz!
  • Strong, but could have been better

    4
    By Orchestra
    The first three songs are pretty forgettable. But the last seven songs - particularly the elliptical, drone-filled "Turbulent Indigo," the devastating "Magdalene Laundries," and the operatic "Sire of Sorrow" - are stupendous. Those last seven tracks would make a great EP by themselves. This is a very good album, considerably better than Mitchell's "Taming the Tiger," but nowhere near as good as "Night Ride Home," "Hejira," and "Blue."
  • Ms. Mitchell does it again!

    5
    By Rexavier
    With lyrics at times angry and scornful, great spare arrangement,and some of the best singing she's done in years Joni gives us her take on our modern society with all its' crassness,and bass narcissism. Bravo! by Bobbyboy
  • Borderline timeless

    5
    By Joni lover
    From the first moment I listened to this song, its plaintive theme of youth lost struck me with awe and understanding. That was more than a decade and a half ago ..."I lay down golden in time...and woke up vanishing." Joni Mitchell's art is astounding...and from the very first...back in the 60s...I felt she was singing just for me...as we all must feel who appreciate her creativity and depth.
  • Best Pop Album of 1994

    5
    By rangerjr
    Doesn't anyone remember Joni was awarded a Grammy for best Pop album as well as another for best packaging for this album?! A truly outstanding collection of Joni's work. Her social commentaries and criticisms are spot on. Anyone affected by HiV/AIDS cant help but appreciate her take on commercialism with "Sex Kills." She is able to bring all of Van Gogh's suffering and pain boiling to the surface with "Turbulent Indigo." Those poor catholic girls "sentenced to dreamless drudgery" in "The Magdalene Laundries" finally get their voices heard through Joni's song. "Borderline" is universal and relevant. I bleed too, every time I listen to "Not to Blame." The "beauty" is actress Daryl Hannah and the batterer is Jackson Browne. Shame on all who batter women. The lyrics will move you and the music is flawless. You will find yourself listening over and over again. The Grammy was well deserved and long overdue. All of Joni's albums are worth getting. She is truly one of the greatest artists of our lifetime.
  • very rich

    5
    By tfsor
    Most of Joni Mitchell's work from this era has not been instantly accessible. I shelved Chalk Mark in a Rainstorm, Night Ride Home, and Taming the Tiger and grew to understand and love the music over subsequent listenings. Turbulent Indigo, however, was clear to me from the first listen. The arrangements, the tone, the production, the songwriting, performance and singing are all perfect and so in character for Joni Mitchell. Borderline is "Best Joni Mitchell song ever" -- such a sharp, sharp song with a perfect balance of observation, commentary, and soft scolding over very visual, not overly moody arrangement. This song and this album have taught me a lot about myself. I'm surprised to find I'm the first reviewer for Turbulent Indigo. To me, this is one of the times where all of Joni Mitchell's ideas, experiments, collaborations and the chances she has taken work together perfectly.

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