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Bob Dylan
LIST OF ALBUM REVIEWS: Bob Dylan (1962)
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Bob Dylan (1962)Two originals and 11 covers --- It's an enjoyable little album, but I guess this is just Bob Dylan's warm-up exercise. Overall Album Score: 7.9 out of 10 Average Song Score: 8.2
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The Freewheelin' (1963)Isn't that cute? They let the little dude from Minnesota record his own stuff ... Whoah, but it's awesome though, isn't it? Overall Album Score: 9.2 out of 10 Average Song Score: 9.0
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The Times They Are A-Changin' (1964)That little dude from Minnesota suddenly becomes the little dude from Minnesota with a big attitude. Grrrrr! Not to mention: he gets boring. Overall Album Score: 7.4 out of 10 Average Song Score: 7.6
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Another Side of Bob Dylan (1964)And we see another side of that little dude from Minnesota. He's not mean anymore, at least. Overall Album Score: 8.8 out of 10 Average Song Score: 8.8
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Bringing it All Back Home (1965)And, the little dude from Minnesota suddenly becomes the big dude from Minnesota. This is one of the world's most significant albums and, to an extent, it's even timeless. Overall Album Score: 9.2 out of 10 Average Song Score: 9.2
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Highway 61 Revisited (1965)I've never actually visited Highway 61 in the first place, so I'm wondering exactly how I'm going to revisit it. This has simply got to be some sort of right-winged conspiracy. By and large, the big dude from Minnesota suddenly becomes better! Overall Album Score: 9.8 out of 10 Average Song Score: 9.5
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Blonde on Blonde (1966)Bob Dylan takes his electrified folk sound, improves it, and makes a double album out of it ... HE'S UNSTOPPABLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Overall Album Score: 9.5 out of 10 Average Song Score: 9.1
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John Wesley Harding (1968)Now, Dylan lays back and gives us some mighty-fine country-ish numbers. Overall Album Score: 9.7 out of 10 Average Song Score: 9.5
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Nashville Skyline (1969)Dylan lays back even more and gives us some real country songs that are nice and calm. Overall Album Score: 9.0 out of 10 Average Song Score: 9.1
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Self Portrait (1970)Wow ......... this is one mightily long album full of songs that are almost entirely unremarkable. Oh well. It's still Bob Dylan. It can't be all that bad. Overall Album Score: 7.9 out of 10 Average Song Score: 8.3
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New Morning (1970)Bob Dylan returns with his good old songwriting skills, but this time, it's with a graaaaaand piaaaaaanooooo! Overall Album Score: 8.5 out of 10 Average Song Score: 8.4
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Pat Garret and Billy the Kid (1973)Whoah ............. soundtrack ............ Overall Album Score: 8.1 out of 10 Average Song Score: 8.2
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Planet Waves (1974)Bob Dylan returns after his album-making hiatus to make an album with THE BAND and ... well ... it's not so good for a Dylan album. Unfortunately. Overall Album Score: 7.8 out of 10 Average Song Score: 8.4
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Blood on the Tracks (1975)Hey! Bob Dylan might actually start getting good again! ... But why is he so danged normal? Overall Album Score: 8.7 out of 10 Average Song Score: 9.0
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Desire (1976)Whoah! Whoaaaaaaah! Bob Dylan is getting strikingly close to pop music. But when it's all said and done, this is still my good old Bob Dylan. I really dig that violin. Overall Album Score: 9.2 out of 10 Average Song Score: 9.2
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Street Legal (1978)Very disappointing! That's all I have to say. No, wait. I have something else to say. And that is: "Tuppence." Overall Album Score: 6.9 out of 10 Average Song Score: 7.3
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Slow Train Coming (1979)Bob Dylan sees the light ... and a better album ... Overall Album Score: 8.4 out of 10 Average Song Score: 8.7
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Saved (1980)Bob Dylan still sees the light ... and takes a dump ... Overall Album Score: 5.1 out of 10 Average Song Score: 5.7
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Shot of Love (1981)It's better! That's the good news. It's still not that good. That's the bad news. Overall Album Score: 7.4 out of 10 Average Song Score: 7.8
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Infidels (1983)Bob Dylan gave up his Christianity! He shall be smoted! Overall Album Score: 7.9 out of 10 Average Song Score: 8.3
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Empire Burlesque (1985)Bob Dylan. 80s pop. The world is coming to an end. I think you'd better repent and go back to the Christian albums, brother. Overall Album Score: 7.9 out of 10 Average Song Score: 8.1
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Knocked Out Loaded (1986)Wow. Here, Bob Dylan really dug deep inside himself, put his contents appropriately into a barf bag, and called it an album. Overall Album Score: 5.0 out of 10 Average Song Score: 5.6
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Down in the Groove (1988)*****MUCH****** better, but it's still hardly adequate for the man whose boots I'm not worthy to lick. Overall Album Score: 6.5 out of 10 Average Song Score: 7.0
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Oh Mercy (1989)Boooooooooooooooooring! ... but Dylan's still getting better ... gradually. Overall Album Score: 7.0 out of 10 Average Song Score: 7.4
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Under the Red Sky (1990)The melodies are certainly better, but these songs are awfully trite and childish. Overall Album Score: 7.5 out of 10 Average Song Score: 8.1
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Good As I Been To You (1992)WHOAH!!!!! Bob Dylan returns to doing straight folk! These are covers to be exact. But wait ... folk is a bit boring for me, isn't it. Eh! Never mind! This is the best thing he did in ages ... Overall Album Score: 8.1 out of 10 Average Song Score: 8.2
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World Gone Wrong (1993)This is essentially the sequel to Good As I Been to You. Again, it's full of folk covers, except these ones are more serious. Overall Album Score: 8.1 out of 10 Average Song Score: 8.2
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Time Out of Mind (1997)Danged brilliant! ... Bob Dylan is back by all accounts! ... It's an album with resonance, and it's even unique for Bob Dylan! Overall Album Score: 8.7 out of 10 Average Song Score: 8.5
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Love and Theft (2001)The latest and greatest Bob Dylan album is sure to please all! He croons, rocks, and does all sorts of awesome things in here. Overall Album Score: 8.5 out of 10 Average Song Score: 8.6
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Modern Times (2006)Not that I don't want to respect the master, but ... zzzzzzzzzzzz ... Overall Album Score: 7.7 out of 10 Average Song Score: 8.0
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Field of Dreams Concert Review: Wichita, Kansas (Sept. 1, 2004)Bob Dylan and some other famous guy came to Wichita, Kansas? ... And guess what they did there? ... Right! They sang some songs! Overall Concert Score: Bob Dylan Was Freaking Awesome! Link to the full review:
alien_chick182@hotmail.com (Kate Rua) received March 23, 2005 Alright, i might be very young to be a Bob Dylan fan.. actually he has been alive about 40 years prior to my birth. But thats besides the point. My Name is Kathryn and i am just madly inlove with bob dylans poetry and music... which is pretty much the same thing. I am 18 years old and i just wanted people to know... He is a great poet. This is coming from one abstract poet to another. Some of the things this man talked about was just crazy and non-lucid.. and thats why i liked it. He is something of a different time than mine... but also of his. Either ahead or behind his own. He has a mind i would love to pick at, and see how and why most these songs were written. |
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