• Record Label: ATO
  • Release Date: Mar 25, 2014
Metascore
69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 9
  2. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. Magnet
    Apr 18, 2014
    80
    Well worth a listen. [No. 108, p.61]
  2. Uncut
    Mar 26, 2014
    80
    Remarkably, almost every performance resonates. [Apr 2014, p.83]
  3. Mar 26, 2014
    80
    It sure does prove that Bob Dylan isn't bigger than rock and roll--while also proving that rock and roll needs ace songwriters more than many current rock and rollers think.
  4. Mar 26, 2014
    70
    Some of these versions work better than others, but they're all imaginative and worthy and, best of all, they prove the producers' thesis that there is a lot to discover within Dylan's '80s catalog.
  5. Mar 26, 2014
    70
    In hindsight, Bob Dylan's recordings in the 1980s deserve their bad rep less for the songs--which can be tremendously potent--than for the bland production and often half-baked performances. This revisionist tribute drives that notion home.
  6. Apr 3, 2014
    67
    Some of the covers on Dylan in the 80s work because they restore the troubadour aspect of Dylan lore.
  7. Mojo
    Jul 24, 2014
    60
    The most maligned period of his career, the 80s still served up the odd Dylan gem and 17 are re-ignited here. [Jul 2014, p.96]
  8. Apr 9, 2014
    60
    The rest is a mix from great (Glen Hansard’s “Pressing On” and Deer Tick’s “Night After Night”) to the not so much (Aaron Freeman’s “Wiggle Wiggle”).
  9. Apr 7, 2014
    40
    Suffice it to say, Bob Dylan in the ‘80s is no place to start.

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