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| ARTIST: | Bob Dylan |
| CATEGORY: | Music |
| MANUFACTURER: | Sony |
| MEDIA: | Audio CD |
| TRACKS: | All the Tired Horses, Alberta, No. 1, I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know, Days of '49, Early Morning Rain, In Search of Little Sadie, Let It Be Me, Little Sadie, Woogie Boogie, Belle Isle, Living the Blues, Like a Rolling Stone, Copper Kettle (The Pale Moonlight), Gotta Travel On, Blue Moon, Boxer, Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo), Take Me as I Am (Or Let Me Go), Take a Message to Mary, It Hurts Me Too, Minstrel Boy, She Belongs to Me, Wigwam, Alberta, No. 2 |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 074643005029 |
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Customer Reviews of Self Portrait
"how am I supposed to get any writin' done?" The AMC online review says one must either be a diehard Dylan fanatic or someone with a perverse sense of humor to enjoy this. I guess I'm both. This album is part of the "Woodstock" continuum of albums--Basement Tapes, John Wesley Harding, Nashville Skyline, New Morning, and Planet Waves--my favorite period of Dylan. In terms of artistic quality, this album doesn't rate with Dylan's five-star albums such as...you name 'em. However, this remains one of my most-played albums. In the summer of '70 when this came out, we were all tired horses in the sun. After two years of protest marches, I was sitting around waiting to be drafted. The country was psychologically exhausted, and frankly we didn't need any more angst from anyone for a while. Dylan seemed to understand this, and he gave us an album that basically says, "Hey, take it easy. Enjoy simple pleasures and see things (including my music) in a broader context. Be able to laugh, including at yourself. Hang in there for the long run." I'm glad that Bob has.
quintessential woodstock!
I can't believe Dylan himself panned this album! It's hard to argue with that, but I'd like to anyway. In a nutshell, Self-Portrait is a chronicle of Dylan kickin' back, unwinding, enjoying the country air, taking a load off. Possibly dealing the corporate world a joker, to see just what they'd do with it? Listen to the Basement Tapes, Nashville Skyline, and The Band's Music From Big Pink before even trying to approach this album. The landscape will then seem quite familiar: the laid-back country blues of Living The Blues, the timeless balladry of Days of '49. the gentler side of the great man in Early Mornin' Rain. Yes, there are clunkers on this album. In Search of Little Sadie is an interesting experiment in melody gone embarassingly awry, and All the Tired Horses, while lush and poignant, only needed to be about a minute long. The heart of the album is his cover of "Copper Kettle," ostensibly the narration of a bootlegger. Here Dylan is clearly reveling in his bucolic idyll: "You'll just lay there by the juniper while the moon is bright.." It's the anthem of his Woodstock sojourn if there were such a thing. At least one reviewer has noted that the Isle of Wight tracks peppered throughout break up the continuity of the album; think of the album as a documentary and I think the puzzle pieces fit together a little more nicely, all spread out to give you a feel of the larger picture. The so-called "lackluster" Isle of Wight performances sound just like the Dylan and Band I would expect from this period: laid back, more than a little bluesy. It sounds like they might even be- gasp- enjoying themselves. Just perfect. To sum it up, leave it behind if you would be disappointed by anything less worthy than Blonde on Blonde. But if you are already into The Band, or american roots music, or dig Bob's country stylings, this album may surprise you.
Genius per usual
Anyone who doesn't get the brilliance of this album has no connection with true poetic soul. The man remains a prophet. I would put Dylan above all authors of the Bible. Listen to the music, the words; cannot you realize its transcendent opulence? Compare this album, SELF PORTRAIT, to ANY ALBUM RELEASED in the last twenty years...can you honestly say there is better songwriting, loose-in-the-backyard production, sounding like Dylan and the band members are playing you a barbecue show just as a favor for you, and you thereby receiving Sacrament---can this honestly be equaled by product by any other so-called artist, band? He is above music, he meets the poets and straddles the line of literature for the man and woman who can remember a soul. Miss this album at your peril, and be relegated to the soulless chasm of Dave Matthews and Britney Spears. With Love, Jimmy Diamonds