Travelogue by Joni Mitchell

Pros: Beautiful orchestral interpretations of Joni's music. Lavishly packaged. An appropriate send-off for a legend.
Cons: The rendition of Woodstock is rather sterile, but I'm nitpicking.

Over the past few months, I've been endavouring to buy the entire Joni Mitchell catalogue - the 1968-1988 albums on vinyl, and the 1991-2003 albums on CD. I had done a good job of tracking down most of her albums, but I was going to leave out ...

Pros: nice jacket production with extra media
Cons: the original songs sound much better

I think this disk sounds like what you would get after putting some very good songs in a blender and then pouring them out. There are no highs or lows. All songs sound the same with the orchestration behind the voice. I'm a long time Joni fan, but I'm...