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Track Listings
| 1. I Had A King |
| 2. Michael From Mountains |
| 3. Night In The City |
| 4. Marcie |
| 5. Nathan La Franeer |
| 6. Sisotowbell Lane |
| 7. The Dawntreader |
| 8. The Pirate Of Penance |
| 9. Song To A Seagull |
| 10. Cactus Tree |
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Also known as Song To A Seagull, Joni's David Crosby-produced debut is simpler and more stark than the meticulous tapestries of her later and more celebrated work. It showcases the fragile Sixties style Crosby called "art-folk": hushed and demure, courtly and mannered. The young Joni sometimes sounds cloyingly virginal, and the flowery mooncalf affectations grate, but her unique sense of rhythm and melody is already blooming, most beautifully on "I Had A King", "Michael From Mountains" and "The Dawntreader". Raw and clear, Joni Mitchell is the sound of arguably the 1970s finest songwriter warming up, her approach, musical and lyrical, coming into focus, her vision ghosting past the boundaries of the folk form. --Taylor Parkes
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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A legend's beautiful, quirky debut,
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This review is from: Joni Mitchell (Audio CD)
Joni Mitchell was already an acclaimed songwriter by the time she recorded her first album. Characteristically, she chose not to include any of her well-known songs on "Song to a Seagull," opting instead for a loosely-constructed song cycle charting her moves from Detroit to New York City and, ultimately, to Los Angeles. The real subject matter, though, is the clash between Mitchell's little-girl fairyland fantasies and the cold, hard reality of life in the big city. Her final destination, L.A., is more tolerant of her fantasy life, but lessons have been learned, and illusions shattered. The record has an odd, brittle beauty, and includes three of her finest songs: "I Had a King" (maybe the best sad divorce song ever), Cactus Tree (a litany of abandoned lovers which established her popular, if largely undeserved, reputation as a classic rock & roll "Old Lady"), and my personal favourite, "Marcie," a small, beautifully-observed tale of a lonely woman in New York which would sound right at home on any of Mitchell's 1990s releases.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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How it all began . . .,
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This review is from: Joni Mitchell (Audio CD)
I have been a fan of THE GREAT ONE for a good while now, but it was only recently that I discovered this debut Joni Mitchell album. I had not heard much about it so I expected a good effort, nothing more. How wrong I was. Every last track (even the esoteric and odd Pirate of Penance) weaves a beautiful tale that sounds heavenly in Joni's pure performance. My favorites are "Song to a Seagull", "The Dawntreader", "Nathan LaFreneer", "Cactus Tree" and "I Had a King". Though this album predates me by more than a decade (I am a child of the eighties, no less), there is nothing I cannot relate to on it. There is a purity to it which I have never encountered on any other musical venture: no synthetic chords, no vocal enhancements, no audio engineering. Just one's woman's voice and her guitar. Incredible.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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The measure of a masterwork,
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I think that the proper measure of whether a musical album canbe considered a masterwork, or masterpiece is whether it stands the test of time. "Song To A Seagull" is most definitely such a recording. I first bought this album in vinyl form in 1970 while serving in the Royal Air Force in Bahrain. I was just 19 years old at the time. The fact that I still enjoy listening to it (the CD version) almost 34 years later speaks for itself. The music has a purity that is matchless. Joni's crystal clear voice is complimented by her perfect self accompaniment and the uncluttered arrangements of the songs allow the quality of the melodies and lyrics to shine through. Although it's "concept" is simple, in that the listener is taken on a music journey from a city to the seaside, it is absolutely superb. This album would be considered brilliant by an established artist. Because this was Joni's first album, it only under- lines just how great her talent is. If you like this album, check out Joni's album "Hits" which contains "Urge For Going" In my opinion, it is the most atmospheric song she has ever written. She seems to have captured the very essence of Winter.
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