Dog Eat Dog
Cold, synthetic 1980s pop driven by Fairlight samplers, drum machines, and sharp political commentary. A fascinating, high-tech departure from her acoustic roots.
October 1985 · Geffen Records
Cold, synthetic 1980s pop driven by Fairlight samplers, drum machines, and sharp political commentary. A fascinating, high-tech departure from her acoustic roots.
October 1985 · Geffen Records
Spiky Fairlight samplers and cold synthesizer pads replace the familiar acoustic guitar. You are dropped into a slick, neon-lit landscape of eighties anxiety, where sharp political anger cuts through the digital sheen.
How does Dog Eat Dog sound next to the rest of Joni Mitchell's catalogue?
An unprecedented sense of being anxious takes root here, replacing her usual warm introspection with a jittery, high-strung dread that perfectly mirrors the political paranoia of the mid-eighties.
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