Bob Dylan & The Band - Planet Waves
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Artist: Bob Dylan & The BandBrand: Sony
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2004-06-01
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- On a Night Like This
- Going, Going, Gone
- Tough Mama
- Hazel
- Something There Is About You
- Forever Young
- Forever Young (Continued)
- Dirge
- You Angel You
- Never Say Goodbye
- Wedding Song
Music reviews of Planet Waves
Music Review: Great album, but just misses the mark.
Rating: 4 Stars
I wish that I could give this album 4 1/2, but 4 will have to do. Planet Waves is a GREAT record musically and a very enjoyable listen, but I have just a couple of quibbles with it...
1) Some of the music is a little bit dated-- i.e. You Angel You and Something There Is About You-- which are both beautiful but have a distinctive 70s sound about them. For this reason, Planet Waves doesn't hold up as a timeless classic the way that Highway 61, Blonde On Blonde and Blood On The Tracks do.
2) Someone already mentioned here that the songs are a bit forgettable. It's true that I listened to this album a few times before I even noticed "Never Say Goodbye," maybe because the songs are generally shorter than typical and many of them have similar tempo.
3) The utilization of The Band could have been much better. They provide excellent backing for Bob, but aside from Robertson's prominent guitar work, they just don't shine like they could. I was hoping to hear some of Levon's powerful vocals, Garth's entrancing organ...but they're just not here. I realize that it's a Bob Dylan album, but considering the breadth of their collaborative efforts and The Band's own immense success as a group, you would think that they'd have been given a bigger creative role. Unless you are intimately familiar with their instrumental style, you may not even know that The Band was involved here.
I feel bad criticizing Planet Waves because I certainly don't want to discourage people from buying it. It's an upbeat, energy-filled, ROCKING album with some truly great and passionately sung songs-- Dirge, Wedding Song, Tough Mama, Hazel, and of course the unforgettable Forever Young (I like both versions, but the first is the classic version performed on The Last Waltz). Bob's voice is very melodic and expressive here and the music is strong. I just would have liked to have heard more of The Band because I'm such a big fan and I know that more of their input would have given this album the depth that it needs. They do and always have provided a solid bottom for Bob and they really get what his music is all about. The magic is here, but in my opinion, this album had the potential to be much more memorable and just slightly misses the mark.
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