Dylan (1973 album)

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Dylan
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
Bob Dylan chronology
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
(1973)
Dylan
(1973)
Planet Waves
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 1/5 stars [1]
Robert Christgau (E) [2]
Entertainment Weekly (F) [3]
Rolling Stone 1/5 stars [4]

Dylan is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's 13th studio album, released by Columbia Records in November 1973.

Dylan was compiled and issued with no input from Bob Dylan himself, using outtakes, two from the odd and much-derided Self Portrait album, the remaining seven from New Morning. It followed the artist's departure from Columbia for Asylum Records, and the much-hyped announcement of his first major tour since 1966. Thus it was seen as a cash-in and even a "revenge" move by Columbia, diluting the Dylan market just two months before the release of Planet Waves.

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, though it has recently surfaced as a digital download on iTunes. The album was released on compact disc in Europe, under the title Bob Dylan (A Fool Such as I).

Contents

[edit] Notes

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.

[edit] Track listing

First seven tracks recorded June 1970 for New Morning sessions, last two recorded April 1969 for Self Portrait sessions.[5]

[edit] Side one

  1. "Lily of the West" (Trad, arr E. Davies, J. Peterson) – 3:44
  2. "Can't Help Falling in Love" (George Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore) – 4:17
  3. "Sarah Jane" (Trad, arr Dylan) – 2:43
  4. "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" (Peter LaFarge) – 5:08

[edit] Side two

  1. "Mr. Bojangles" (Jerry Jeff Walker) – 5:31
  2. "Mary Ann" (Traditional) – 2:40
  3. "Big Yellow Taxi" (Joni Mitchell) – 2:12
  4. "A Fool Such as I" (Bill Trader; wrongly attributed to James Buford Abner, who wrote a gospel song with the same title) – 2:41
  5. "Spanish Is the Loving Tongue" (alternate take) (Charles Badger Clark) – 4:13

[edit] References

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