BlueHammer85
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Really sorry Dylan fans, but I could barely listen to this album. His voice at his peak grates with me, but on this album it's absolutely dreadful. I thought it was a joke at the start of the first track! But no, it carried on. No one who recorded this with him had the decency to tell him his voice is shot to pieces and really annoying. For me it's a typical Dylan album, clever and brilliantly written lyrics and decent music but let down by a guy who just can't sing.
I love Dylan's songs, but not when he sings them. Nearly every cover version of his songs are better than his, but I do appreciate he's a titan of 20th Century music. I feel really envious of those who love his music, but I just can't get into it.
I really don't know how to score this album. I actually liked the songs and the music. If he was in a pub singing like this on a Tuesday afternoon, the landlord would throw him out. His voice means it gets one play only for me, but I'd love to hear this album in the careful hands of someone who can sing. Imagine how much better this album would sound by getting Sinatra to sing it and Nelson Riddle doing the arrangement? Or even just sung by McCartney, Jagger... even Britney Spears! :)
This is the toughest album yet for me to score. It's Friday and I'm feeling slightly generous so it's a 3. Sorry Bob, it would be a 8 I think if you didn't sing it.
cracked me up some of that, I think I'm just to accustomed to Dylan over the years that I don't even judge his voice when I hear his records - however! watching some of his recent live performances - he really does sound dreadful.