Joni Mitchell - Turbulent Indigo (1994)

1 Sunny Sunday		2:37 	
2 Sex Kills	3:56 	
3 How Do You Stop	4:09 	
4 Turbulent Indigo 	3:34 	
5 Last Chance Lost 	3:14 	
6 The Magdalene Laundries 	4:02 	
7 Not To Blame		4:18 	
8 Borderline	4:48 	
9 Yvette In English	5:16 	
10 The Sire Of Sorrow (Job's Sad Song) 	7:08 	

Musicians:
    Joni Mitchell - vocals, guitar, bass
    Jim Keltner - drums (1)
    Larry Klein -  bass, organ, percussion
    Michael Landau - guitar electric (2, 3)
    Greg Leisz - guitar pedal steel (7, 8)
    Seal - vocals (3)
    Wayne Shorter - sax soprano ( 1, 4, 7, 8)
    Carlos Vega - drums ( 3, 4, 7)
    Stewart Smith - guitar (3)
    Bill Dillon - synth (9)
    Charles Valentino, Kris Kello – backing vocals (9)

Joni Mitchell returned to the relatively spare style of albums like Hejira and her early folk collections on Turbulent Indigo, emphasizing her acoustic guitar strumming and singing on a series of songs that detail the political and social discontent she had previously explored on Dog Eat Dog and Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm. In the brief opener, "Sunny Sunday," a woman tries to shoot out a streetlight with a pistol and misses every night, a metaphor for the individual's futile struggle against civilization, and Mitchell repeats much the same message in songs like "Sex Kills," a generalized criticism of everything from lawyers to the hole in the ozone layer; "Turbulent Indigo," which describes the inability of people to understand artists; "Last Chance Lost," which treats romantic disappointment; and "Not to Blame," about spousal abuse. The low-key music and restrained vocals stand in contrast to the lyrics -- over and over, Mitchell's imagery refers to guns and violence. Turbulent Indigo provides a disturbing view of modern life made all the more compelling by its calm presentation. ---William Ruhlmann, Rovi

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