The outlier is "Brownsville Girl," a stunning collaboration with Sam Shepard.ĭylan said he made this album to get the hippies off his lawn, which didn't work. "Dark Eyes" is a sublime acoustic exception.Ī mostly disposable collection from Dylan's era of collaborating with Tom Petty. Producer Arthur Baker should be tried for crimes against music, burying some good songs in appalling '80s synths and drums. "Silvio," co-written with Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter, is a minor standout on this critically reviled album. The sole highlight is a goof on Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi." Assembling the list is journalist and Professor of English at Syracuse David Yaffe, whose latest book, Bob Dylan: Like a Complete Unknown, is just out from Yale.Ĭolumbia Records threw together this album of schmaltzy outtakes as revenge on Dylan for defecting to Asylum Records. The author of a new Dylan biography assesses the canon.īob Dylan turns seventy today in celebration, we're ranking his entire studio discography. Ranked: Bob Dylan Albums From Worst to Best
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