Which Patricia Barber album floats yer boat?

Every month or so I go through the music threads looking for something I may want to add to my collection...sometimes I hit the jackpot.

One thing you do notice very quickly, our musical tastes are all over the map...a good thing I'd say, something for everyone.

Joni Mitchell, nothing she has recorded flips my switch as an album buy?...Not even "Blue", she may have made a few songs that I liked over the years...I think?

Dave

none at all. I have heard three recordings and have liked 5 or 6 songs total

I have all of Patricia Barber’s albums, not because of my stereo system, but because I like the way she plays and sings. I recently went to see her and her band in Davis, California and she is two-fold better live. My wife and I were lucky enough to get cancellation seats in the front row for the second performance that we saw, which was right beside her piano. It was quite different watching her put her ear right next to the piano keys to play and hear her moan and grunt. She was definitely in control of the band, but she gave every one in her band the opportunity to improvise on almost every song. She played a third of the same songs for each show that I saw, but the songs did not sound the same because of the improvising that she allowed her band to do. I wish I had gone to all five of her shows.

I don't doubt that she is better in concert, but she has just as many losers as winners in her recordings. That will get you into the hall of fame if you're a baseball player, but not in this medium.

One person's favorite CD is another's frisbee. That and 25 cents won't get you a cup of coffee.

I'm sure the clout that audiophiles command doesn't amount to a fly spec on the wall of the music industry...so much for "the medium". Can anyone actually define "the medium"?