Joni Mitchell - Blue Album

Working equally well as poetry and pop music, Joni Mitchell's Blue album concerns itself with the vagaries of love lost and found. Although the production is stripped down to the gentle acoustical accompaniment of James Taylor and Stephen Stills, these songs are powerful all the same, mining an emotional landscape that almost everyone can relate to. The absolute beauty of the music is worlds apart from what you hear on the radio or MTV. And it's a gateway to much of the other fantastic work Joni has done—work that remains as intimate and gracious today as it was when she recorded it. Joni Mitchell will never go out of style because her talent will outlast all musical trends.