Condition:
JONI MITCHELL - CHALK MARK IN A RAIN STORM
Geffen Canada LP
Cover: Slight corner wear, lyrics printed clearly on cover inside,
Record: VG + VG ++
Tracklisting:
Side A:
1. My Secret Place
2. Number One
3. Lakota
4. The Tea Leaf Prophecy (Lay Down Your Arms)
5. Dancin' Clown
Side B:
6. Cool Water
7. The Beat Of Black Wings
8. Snakes And Ladders
9. The Reoccurring Dream
10. A Bird That Whistles
This atmospheric album contains several gems, like My Secret Place, a duet with Peter Gabriel. Lakota is a political protest song with a lovely Native American feel, and on Dancin' Clown, Billy Idol and Tom Petty help out on vocals. I don't know if it's mean as a comment on dance culture, but it's an uptempo love song with a catchy tune and contains the phrase "cherchez la femme" which may or may not be a reference to the song by Dr Buzzard's Savannah Band. If so, it's very gentle, inlike for example Frank Zappa's funny but acerbic Dancin' Fool. Cool Water is a dreamy poetic piece with Willie Nelson adding vocals. The lilting, swaying Beat Of Black Wings is ominous and disturbing as it probes the psyche of a disillusioned veteran - a line from the lyric gives the album its title: ""I'm just a chalk mark in a rainstorm." One of my favorites is The Reocurring Dream - a criticism of advertising and shallow materialism that Bongwater's Ann Magnuson explores so delightfully on Bongwater's work - with its interesting arrangement. Chalk Mark concludes with A Bird That Whistles, her gentle interpretation of the traditional Corrina, Corrina. This is a brilliant album that contains some of her most compelling songs.
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