What Are You Listening To?

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BOB DYLAN "self portrait" cd, 1970

career stats:
studio albums........36(and one to be released in a couple of weeks time)
singles..................58

this albm stats: #4 US, #3 AU, #1 UK
singles:
"wigwam"...........#41 US, #24 UK

Bob's tenth studio album...
slammed by the critics initially but has gained cult status recently with the official bootleg version "another self portrait" released last year...
about half this album is covers including his version of Simon and Garfunkel's "the boxer" in which Dylan duets with himself...
he also,IMO, nails "let it be me"...best version ive ever heard of this song!
even his version of the old "blue moon" song is pretty darn good IMO...
on this album Dylan actually tries to sing in tune similar to his "lay lady lay" vocal style and it works bloody well for me....
im not sure if his re-recorded versions of "like a rolling stone" and "the mighty quinn" are new studio recordings or whether they are live versions, either way, theres no need to re-hash the old...just ''ring in the new'...
only track on here i dont like on here happens to be the only single released off it and thats a stupid instrumental called "wigwam"...
then theres "woogie boogie"...why change the words round????
i believe Dylan himself is on the record as saying he hates this album with a passion and that he only recorded it to try to distance himself from the "spokesman of a generation" tag he got back in the 1960s(another thing he is uncomfortable with)
and to boot...
Music Head, our Dylan man on the forum doesnt like this album much neither with it barely making the pass mark, but me...
i think it one of his best works...and thats what makes music great, each person has their own opinion!
sorry guys...no links for this one which is not out of the ordinary for a Dylan album

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

worst track: wigwam
best track: i forgot more than you'll ever know

tracks:

1. all the tired horses **
2. alberta #1 ***
3. i forgot more than you'll ever know ***
4. days of 49 ***
5. early mornin' rain **
6. in search of little sadie **
7. let it be me ***
8. little sadie **
9. woogie boogie **
10.belle isle ***
11.living the blues ***
12.like a rolling stone **
13.copper kettle ***
14. gotta travel on **
15.blue moon ***
16.the boxer ***
17.quinn the eskimo **
18.take me as i am **
19.take a message to mary ***
20.it hurts me too ***
21.minstrel boy **
22.she belongs to me **
23.wigwam *
24.alberta #2 **

3s=11
2s=12
1s=1

rating: 2.4