Bob Dylan - Self Portrait (CD 1991)

A COMING OF AGE ALBUM THE 196O,S WER AT AN END , A NEW MORNING WAS COMING,BOB WAS HITING 30. ROCK AND ROLL WAS DORMENT, COUNTRY OR PROG ROCK WER THE CHOICES'
DYLAN TOOK NIETHER INSTEAD TAKING A LITLE TIME TO MAKE A PROPER STUDIO RECORD.
COMPLETE WITH OVERDUBS AND STUDIO TECHNOLOGY.
THIS IS NOT A COUNTRY ALBUM OR A COLECTION OF OUT TAKES THIS IS A CRAFTSMAN AT WORK.
RE WORKING HISTORY WITH NEW SONGS AND SONGS AS OLD AS TIME,NO CLAIMS FOR THE SONG
WRITER TO BE ALL IMPORTANT, JUST THE SONGS DELIVERED WITH EQUAL IMPORTANCE
NOT ONE MORE OR LESS WORTHY.
ALL THE TIRED HORSES,IS HE SINGING HOW AM I SUPOSED TO GET ANY RIDING DONE, OR WRITING DONE. LISTEN TO THIS ALBUM ON A LAZY SUNDAY AND IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE/
CLASICS LIKE COPPER KETLE, SIT ALONG SIDE NEW SONGS BY UP AND COMING WRITERS
LIKE GORDON LIGHTFOOT,PAUL SIMON,
THE BOXER BOBS FIRST ATEMPT AT DUAL TRACK HARMONY,YEP BOB IS SIMON & GARFUNKLE.
AND THE EVERLEY BROTHERS.
BUT NOT GUILTY OF MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE.
THIS IS A BETTER ALBUM THAN NEW MORNING . THE OUT TAKES FROM THIS ALBUM MADE UP
THE CBS REVENGE ALBUM .DYLAN(A FOOL SUCH AS I) WICH HAS ITSELF BECOME A COLLECTORS ITEM ,
SELF PORTRAIT IS THE REAL DEAL.

bought this cd for my uncle who couldn find it anywhere in the shops!!
delighted hes very happy with it

You know from the opening song that this is fickle Dylan, so if you are expecting classic Zimmerman be prepared to be dissapointed but keep an open mind as there are top class songs aplenty.Overall its liking running up a hill until you get to the top you dont how far the journey is.

By Dylan's own admission, this album was a joke. He knew it was not good to put it politely, but he also knew that he had 'New Morning' coming out (4 months later).
In Dylan's enforced absence due to a mishap on a Triumph Bonneville, a load of bootlegs of new stuff had been kicking around. Also, 'fans' had been besieging his house, even after moving. Almost deified, he was regarded as the leader of the 'Woodstock Nation'. He implied the he wanted to sabotage this status, but the record company view was probably to just get something out to pacify the waiting crowd. No. 1 in the UK shows the public were willing and waiting.
It's not entirely second rate, check out 'Copper Kettle'. But really for fans or collectors.

Not one of his very best albums, but even below par Dylan is in a class of his own. With 24 tracks, not short on value.