The Rewind Button is a group blogging project that I’m participating in. We’re taking on Rolling Stone‘s Top 40 albums of all time and writing our own reviews of them.

All I could think of while listening to this album was, “Make it stop! Make it stop! Make it Stop!” Yep, I’m not a fan. In fact, I like Astral Weeks by Van Morrison better than Blue. Really, that’s not saying much.

It really comes down to vocal styles that determine if I enjoy an album or not. Joni Mitchell’s vocals are not enjoyable. They grate and remind me of bad American Idol contests who equate theatrics with seriousness.

The music was alright, and as I mentioned with Astral Weeks, maybe I’ll appreciate this album, too, later in life. Right now, though, if I saw it walking down the street, I’d quickly turn around and run away from it as fast as I could.

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