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BigFactory posted:I mean, yeah, you're talking about some of the most highly regarded albums of the 20th century, but Times and Another Side don't really belong in the conversation. I think the first album is stronger than Times and his early 70's albums are easily better and more important than Another Side. Disagree on your Another Side assessment, if only because it is one of my top-3 Dylan albums. It's his shift away from the socially conscious folk music that was contained in his first two albums (I am ignoring his s/t for a moment), all captured perfectly in the song "It Ain't Me Babe", which, even if you disagree with my interpretation (that the song is his rejection, or him saying that he can't be what they want) it is still a stinging indictment to a lover. ANNNNNNYWAYS, the album features some of my all-time favourite Dylan songs, like "To Ramona", "My Back Pages", "I Don't Believe You", and "All I Really Want to Do". It also features Dylan being silly, which may not be some people's cup of tea, but I am down with. Really, I just love the feel of the whole album. Also, "Blood on the Tracks" is peak-Dylan for me, but I also really love the follow-up, "Desire". I am also a huge fan of "Nashville Skyline". In Dylan's "lost period" (a term I just made up, somewhere from 77 until 97), I think "Oh Mercy" gets overlooked. Not an all-time classic, but it's still a very good album.
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BigFactory posted:I never said Another Side was bad. It's not, it's really good. Empire Burlesque is bad. I never said you said it was bad. I just mean that I think it deserves the "classic" label. And, I think it gets overlooked from people who overlook that whole period of Dylan.
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