$12.99   MPN: 30457 UPC: 888072304574 Shine Artists : Joni Mitchell Tracks : One Week Last Summer This Place If I Had a Heart Hana Bad Dreams Big Yello Taxi Night Of the Iguana Strong And Wrong Shine If Release Date:  25 September, 2007 Manufacturer:  HEAR MUSIC Availability:  Usually ships in 24 hours List Price:  $18.98   Accessories: (none) Similar Products: River: The Joni Letters (with Bonus Tracks) - Amazon.com Exclusive Songs of Mass Destruction Magic Kill to Get Crimson Raising Sand   Shine may ultimately register as a "fans only" milestone, but it proves that Joni Mitchell retains many of the storied calling cards of her best albums. The searing lyricism of 1971's Blue and the penchant for self-redefinition hailed by 1974's Court and Spark make cameos here, but sadly, lesser efforts' drawbacks abound. True, "Big Yellow Taxi" reprises the environmental dystopia Mitchell first poeticized on 1970's Ladies of the Canyon, but the occasion only prompts new pedantic effrontery ("This Place," "If I Had a Heart"). In this regard, Shine's especially cloying title track marks the worst offender. Blissfully, though, "Hana" boasts a driving rhythm section and blurting squirts of electric guitar and saxophone in support of a compelling character sketch, and "If"--based on Rudyard Kipling's poem of the same name--paints a lyrical message of affirmation in bold strokes. Mitchell's songwriting shines brightest at such singularly poignant moments where specificity of images meets the vagaries of the instrumental arrangements, and, in the end, these and other highlights ("Bad Dreams," "Night of the Iguana") definitively carry the torch. --Jason Kirk   Customer Reviews