Joni herself said of this classic album, "The Blue album, there's hardly a dishonest note in the vocals. At that period of my life, I had no personal defences. I felt like a cellophane wrapper on a pack of cigarettes. I felt like I had absolutely no secrets from the world and I couldn't pretend in my life to be strong. Or to be happy. But the advantage of it in the music was that there were no defences there either." There's a good case to make for this being one of, if not the most influential album of all time. It changed people's lives, especially women who saw their own lives and emotions reflected in the amazing songs. A record whose timeless brilliance will move every generation to come. It actually only made #15 in USA And #3 in UK but is it a rare collection of songs which even now stir the soul.