Street Legal - Bob Dylan

The previous reviewer of this album gained a crowned review for their efforts, so i feel that to make any sort of impression, i have to make this good. But then looking at the previous review, i am not sure that i agree with all of what they say, for instance, they seem to lack the admiration for the lyrics on this album, which after Blood On The Tracks was his best showing in the 70s. The instrumentation and style of the album is another world away ...
...be a put off for some fans, and the debate stills goes on as to the merits of this album, but i am firmly in the lovers of this album camp. I see this as a masterpiece and view it as one of my favourite albums by him, although then i would probably say that about the majority of his albums, but never mind. 1. Changing Of The Guards - This is a great track to strat the album and at over seven minutes long, it is almost another epic by Dylan. This ...

Robin_Hod12 07.04.2009 · Read full review
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Street Legal Bob Dylan I had a look to see what I could write about and I found “ Street Legal” I like some of Dylan’s music not all of it. I love the first one on this album .I especially love the beat as it is brilliant to keep time to on my glider as I do my exercises. One of our favourite albums the family owns is Bob Dylan’s “Street Legal”. Said to be Dylan’s most passionate and questioning albums ...
...this song uses vivid imagery. Street Legal is Dylan first album after the divorce with Sara, and it shows in the extremely bitter "New Pony." We Better Talk This Over when read as pure poetry read as a confession. The first two verses reads as a man who desperately wants to confess. He seems to be pleading to get out of this relationship. “This situation can only get rougher. Why should we needlessly suffer? Let’s call it a day, go ...

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"Street Legal" saw the advent of a new Dylan sound. With gospelly backing vocalists, Steve Douglas's saxes, David Mansfield's violin and mandolin and Billy Cross's lead guitar to the fore, His Bobness's songs were enriched with a style that made for an easier-on-the-ear listen than the 1975 classic "Blood On The Tracks", without smoothing out the rough edges. In some aspects, they're probably closer to soul than he had ever got before. Mighty fine ...
...enigmatic, swirling, oddly infectious "Changing Of The Guard", with that memorable sax hook, followed by the slower, bluesy "New Pony". The waltz-time "No Time To Think" is the longest track, clocking in at over eight minutes yet never flagging for a moment. Following that comes one of the less inspiring numbers, "Baby Stop Crying", a rather slight love song yet, thanks to massive interest in Dylan at the time, was released as the first single and ...

JOHNV 14.07.2000 (21.07.2001) · Read full review
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i didn't buy this album for quite some time after becoming a dylan fan... mainly because nothing grabbed me about it. there are no tracks that one unfamiliar with the great man's work will know merely from the titles... like a blowing in the wind or tangled up in blue would alert you to their parent albums... the cover art isn't striking... it would seem there is nothing special within... oh how wrong could i was... this is a really really great ...
...changing of the guard" is a really infectious opener... with a great melody, and you get a real urge to sing along... odd for a dylan song. the only weak point of the song is the slightly comical aspect of the saxophone hook, it sounds a bit like a seventies tv show theme... but it's still good. then "new pony". wow, what a song. better than the opener. this is because the gospel backing is just as good, but hook is on a guitar, which seems to suit ...

spoffy 11.05.2001 · Read full review
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There isn't a bad track here, its majestic stuff. Strangely, some don't regard this as a Dylan classic. OK, so the production isn't perfect and it sprawls a little, but that perfectly suits the obscurity of a lot of the lyrics. In retrospect, one can see the imminent conversion to Christinity that would lead to Bob producing 'The Christian Albums' trilogy. Probably not the best introduction to Dylan for newbies, but for fans there is plenty of what ...

BennyOnTheLoose 27.10.2000 · Read full review
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