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- Summary: Picking up where 1997's resurgent 'Time Out of Mind' left off, 'Love And Theft' finds the 60-year-old Dylan self-producing the album's 12 tracks.
- Record Label: Sony/Columbia
- Genre(s): Rock
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Top Track
Mississippi | |
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Every step of the way, we walk the line Your days are numbered, so are mine Time is piling up, we struggle and we stray We're all boxed in, nowhere... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 20 out of 20
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Mixed: 0 out of 20
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Negative: 0 out of 20
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"Love and Theft" sees Dylan roaring back from Highway 61 at full bore, reminding us -- as he did on Blonde on Blonde, The Basement Tapes, and Blood on the Tracks -- that, like him or not, there isn't anybody else who can do his job.
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[Dylan's] most cohesive work in over a decade...
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It may not be a better album than ''Time Out of Mind,'' but it glides from genre to genre with a sprightly glee, as if Dylan were traversing the American musical landscape in search of thrills, revenge, and reparation.
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"Love and Theft" showcases the gloriously sloppy spontaneity he's displayed onstage but only rarely captured on record.
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It doesn't really break any new ground, but that's not the point. This record is about Dylan cutting loose and celebrating the richness of American music.
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Love and Theft is a strange trip through Dylan's personal relationship with the blues, whether it's the silly story-song "Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum," the mandolin lament "Mississippi," or the solid blues-rock of "Lonesome Days Blues" and "Summer Days."
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Shredding PaperDoesn't come together as a cohesive effort, as a number of songs just don't fit in. [#11]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 61 out of 69
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Mixed: 3 out of 69
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Negative: 5 out of 69
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Sep 7, 2010
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kathcJan 2, 2005" .. got nothin' for you, had nothin' before.." But you did and you still do
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JohnD.Oct 3, 2001
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PeterESep 14, 2006An astonishing album. This is up there with Dylan,s masterpieces.
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RossM.Nov 2, 2001The record if a happy man who no doubt gets up in the morning looks in the mirror and thinks he now likes what he sees.
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JamesBJun 21, 2007
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BubbaHickJan 7, 2006Bob Dylan sucks he's a fruitcake and should dye, He's like fucking Cher!!!
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