What Are You Listening To?

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BOB DYLAN "empire burlesque" cd, 1985

album stats: #33 US, #7 AU, #11 UK

singles:
" a tight connection to my heart".....................#103 US, #65 AU
"when the night comes falling from the sky"......no chart action

it was always going to be a difficult task to top his previous effort "infidels", and this,his twenty third studio album tanked with its singles really badly...
the album didnt fare much better in his homeland, but fans stayed on board in Australia and in the UK....
i find this album almost unlistenable, from the dated 1980s synth-drums, through to the horrible production and over dubbing on his vocals, and even with the tunes and lyrical content...
to the lyrics...this stuff had no meat attached, it was lightweight pop material, so unlike the Dylan i know and love...
half the album is terrible and for themost part, the rest isnt much better...
even with help from Petty's Heartbreakers playing on this one, it still sounds bad, not sure how many albums he has released that are worse than this one as i only own half of his material, but "down in the groove" makes this one sound great, and his Xmas album is pure novelty.
sorry Bob but you dissapointed me big time with this release mate!

I DO NOT LIKE THIS ALBUM!

worst track: clean cut kid
best track: something's burning

tracks:

1. tight connection to my heart **
2. seeing the real you at last *
3. i'll remember you *
4. clean cut kid *
5. never gonna be the same again *
6. trust yourself *
7. emotionally yours **
8. when the night comes falling from the sky **
9. something's burning **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdMjt9BJSo4 audio
10.dark eyes **

3s=0
2s=5
1s=5

rating: 1.5