Dylan (1973 album)
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| Studio album by Bob Dylan | ||||
| Released | November 19, 1973 | |||
| Recorded | April 24, 1969 – June 4, 1970 | |||
| Genre | Rock, folk rock | |||
| Length | 33:22 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Bob Johnston | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau | E[2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | F[3] |
| Rolling Stone | [4] |
Dylan is the thirteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released in November 1973 by Columbia Records. Dylan was compiled and issued with no input from Dylan himself, using outtakes—two from Self Portrait and the remaining seven from New Morning. It followed the artist's departure from Columbia for Asylum Records, and the announcement of his first major tour since 1966.
Although Dylan received very poor reviews, it managed to hit #17 in the US and become a gold record. Perhaps not surprisingly, it became his first album never to chart in the UK, where his albums generally charted higher than in the US.
It is the only non-compilation Dylan album not to be released on CD in the North American market; in Europe, the CD was called Dylan – A Fool Such as I.
Notes [edit]
A different recording of "Spanish Is the Loving Tongue" had been issued as the B-side of Dylan's 1971 single "Watching the River Flow".
Until December 2009, the album was available on iTunes as part of the download Bob Dylan: The Collection.
Track listing [edit]
First seven tracks recorded June 1970 for New Morning sessions, last two recorded April 1969 for Self Portrait sessions.[5]
- Side one
- "Lily of the West" (Trad, arr E. Davies, J. Peterson) – 3:44
- "Can't Help Falling in Love" (George Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore) – 4:17
- "Sarah Jane" (Trad, arr Dylan) – 2:43
- "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" (Peter LaFarge) – 5:08
- Side two
- "Mr. Bojangles" (Jerry Jeff Walker) – 5:31
- "Mary Ann" (Traditional) – 2:40
- "Big Yellow Taxi" (Joni Mitchell) – 2:12
- "A Fool Such as I" (Bill Trader; wrongly attributed to James Buford Abner, who wrote a gospel song with the same title) – 2:41
- "Spanish Is the Loving Tongue" (alternate take) (Charles Badger Clark) – 4:13
References [edit]
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Dylan (1973 album) at Allmusic
- ^ "Robert Christgau review". Robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 2012-02-07.
- ^ Flanagan, Bill (1991-03-29). "Entertainment Weekly review". Ew.com. Retrieved 2012-02-07.
- ^ "Rolling Stone review". Rateyourmusic.com. Retrieved 2012-02-07.
- ^ "DYLAN". Retrieved 2012-02-07.
