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CitoyenHarrison
Pretty good album, really. I get the impression a lot of people don't hear the songs for the production, to coin a phrase, but if you listen to Dark Eyes it's pretty clear that he absolutely still had it at this point. If the whole album were done in that style, without the big 1980s sound, it'd be considered a classic.
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MisterJunior
Something of an underrated effort, I think. It's far from a masterpiece, but "Tight Connection" is a nice song and the last three tracks are terrific. Don't buy into the party line that the late 70s up through the 90s were a wasteland for Dylan that only ended with Time Out of Mind, because there is definitely some good material scattered throughout that supposed 20 year funk (Slow Train Coming, Infidels, this album, Knocked Out Loaded, Oh Mercy, Good as I Been to You and World Gone Wrong all range from spotty with several nice songs to consistently strong throughout).
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MisterJunior
I've really come around on Shot of Love and to a slightly lesser extent Saved since posting this shout. Just another example of how our tastes have some fluidity to them and can change with time.
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TheGreatChupon
Dylan on Empire Burlesque: "'I asked Allen [Ginsberg] what he would think a good title for this record was. And he listened. And he thought for a moment. And he said, "Razzmatazz."' Dylan laughs and says, 'I was kind of speechless. It was not the kind of title that I was expecting. I wasn't sure about that idea. Later on, though, I realized that he might be right. I probably should have called it that.'"
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TheGreatChupon
Not a great album by any means, but addictive and enjoyable nonetheless. And considering my favorites, it's set up damn well: Tight Connection is a great opener, Never Gonna Be the Same Again lifts up the middle, and there's always motivation to pull through because of the mighty When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky/Something's Burning, Baby/Dark Eyes reward at the end.
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