pistolpete
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Re: Bob Dylan
I don't like every Dylan album, but if you're a fan, you're missing out on some good albums he released after Blood on the Tracks. Especially Desire, Street Legal, and Love and Theft in my opinion. I like Modern Times, Together Through Life and Tell Tale Signs too.
I don't think they live up to the magic of his '60's stuff, but they would be landmarks for most other artists. When you release as much as Dylan and Young have, you're going to miss every now and then.
I do like Dylan a lot, but I've never understood his status as poet laureate of American popular music. I respect his achievements early in his career. But he stalled out somewhere along the lines and never really recovered after "Blood on the Tracks"...IMHO, of course, and I admit that he is a critical blind spot for me...a huge one...I don't think of him that way, because I do enjoy a good chunk of his output. But he's kind of like Neil Young, in that for every one classic record there are probably three or four considerably less stellar albums he's put out.
I don't like every Dylan album, but if you're a fan, you're missing out on some good albums he released after Blood on the Tracks. Especially Desire, Street Legal, and Love and Theft in my opinion. I like Modern Times, Together Through Life and Tell Tale Signs too.
I don't think they live up to the magic of his '60's stuff, but they would be landmarks for most other artists. When you release as much as Dylan and Young have, you're going to miss every now and then.