It's interesting how we listen to Joni, isn't it? There are certain albums I tend always to play all the way through -- B, FTR, C&S, THOSL, H, TI -- because they feel like one solid suberb "dream."
I'd say the same for DJRD, but I sometimes skip PAPRIKA -- which I have to be in the right mood for. And MINGUS? I fast-forward to avoid the ending of WOLF (I think it's a wonderfully mysterious song but that cacaphony drives me crazy). NRH? I'm afraid I can't listen to WINDFALL. BSN? DON'T GO TO STRANGERS and SOMETIMES I'm happy don't do it for me -- as songs. Though TTT is deeply flawed (for me), nothing can beat (with the help of fast forward) the run of LOVE PUTS ON, CRAZY CRIES, STAY IN TOUCH, FACE LIFT) -- Joni at her most personal, singing some of her most tender lyrics. AND now T'LOG? I have to admit that I skip the following, if I'm not in the right mood: SLOUCHING, LUDWIG, JOB, TRAIN, SEX KILLS, BORDERLINE. If I am in the right mood, however, I like the sheer drama -- and audacity! -- of the first three. If there's a God in heaven, Joni is writing again. We want more.
