Gordon wrote: I tell Amelia, it was just a false alarm. >From the tracks I heard, I am blown away by nothing and have not been able to discern any new musical statement being made by this album. At my most cynical, it is like the release of U2's Greatest Hits, just in time for Christmas gift giving. And this album is kind of a greatest hits of Joni thing.
Hell yes I am buying it - I had it preordered a long time ago - but I wonder what is the real purpose here, what is supposed to blow me away, what is the new thing, why? I am aching to hear new Joni material. And as a seasons ticket holder to the opera and great lover of classical music, I am not impressed by what sounds to me more typical overblown orchestrations. Kind of like the Hollywood Sgrings playing Beatles songs, except in this album we have Joni singing. Damn I tried to like what I heard on the links, tried real hard, and maybe when I play the album I will hear it differently. I will now duck from the angry responses that I will get.
