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Commonly regarded as the worst album in Bob Dylan's catalog, Dylan is a collection of nine outtakes from the Self Portrait album Columbia assembled after the singer briefly jumped ship for David Geffen's fledgling Asylum Records. Dylan didn't want the record to be released, and it's easy to see why -- the album is a collection of covers that are poorly performed on purpose. Tackling both contemporary writers (Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi," Jerry Jeff Walker's "Mr. Bojangles"), pop songs ("Can't Help Falling in Love," "A Fool Such as I"), and traditional numbers ("The Ballad of Ira Hayes," "Spanish Is the Loving Tongue"), Dylan attempts to sabotage each number, but none of the results is quite so shocking, or funny, as the deconstructions on Self Portrait. While Dylan is indeed a negligible album, it isn't unlistenable -- it has a pleasant pop/rock sheen and Dylan sings in his Nashville Skyline croon. Nevertheless, it adds nothing to his canon, and only die-hard fans with a perverse sense of humor will find the record worth a listen.
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Google Books — Loading... GenresNo genres Melvil Decimal System (DDC)781.66The arts Music General principles and musical forms Traditions of music Rock {equally instrumental and vocal}LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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1 Lily of the West (Eileen Davies), 3:44
2 Can't Help Falling in Love (Luigi Creatore / Hugo Peretti / George David Weiss), 4:17
3 Sarah Jane, 2:43
4 The Ballad of Ira Hayes (Peter La Farge), 5:08
5 Mr. Bojangles (Jerry Jeff Walker), 5:31
6 Mary Ann (Traditional), 2:40
7 Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell), 2:12
8 A Fool Such as I (Billy Abner), 2:41
9 Spanish Is the Loving Tongue (Traditional), 4:13