Bob Dylan - Empire Burlesque
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Artist: Bob DylanEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2008-02-01
Music Label: Sbme Special Mkts.
Soundtracks:
- Tight Connection to My Heart (Has Anyone Seen My Love?)
- Seeing the Real You at Last
- I'll Remember You
- Clean Cut Kid
- Never Gonna Be the Same Again
- Trust Yourself
- Emotionally Yours
- When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky
- Something's Burning, Baby
- Dark Eyes
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Music Review: Some great songs buried in a crappy 80's mix....
Rating: 4 Stars
This is a troublesome album, as it has a lot of good songs on it, but the production is very 80's, and the album sounds dated, which affects the music negatively. I sometimes think if Bob redid this album with his current band, it would be really good.
There are some wonderfully moving songs here, like I'll Remember You and Emotionally Yours. The song Clean Cut Kid is a great rocker, and manages to outshine the bad, overly "punchy" mix. When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky is a great Dylan song, but again, the production, with the cheesy synthesizers, undermines it. There's a version on the bootleg series with Dylan backed by the E Street Band, and that's superior to the version here. There are a couple junk songs, like Never Gonna Be the Same Again, a simplistic, annoying song. The most haunting song is the final one, Dark Eyes. It's just Dylan on his acoustic guitar and harmonica, and it really works. It's one of his best acoustic songs, and it's a great way to close the album. It's the opposite of the 80's sound on the rest of the album. Luckily on most of these songs, Bob's voice is out in front, so the album isn't a complete disaster.
Despite the 80's production, this album is a lot better than many subsequent 80's album, like the abymsal Knocked Out Loaded, the erratic Down in the Groove, and the beyond the abyss Dylan and the Dead. This was also the last decent Dylan until Oh Mercy. If you really dig Dylan, you should listen to this. But if you're a casual Dylan fan, you can skip this one.
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Description of Empire Burlesque
Out of print in the U.S.! Originally released in 1985, Bob is backed by a stellar band including Ron Wood, Mike Campbell, Al Kooper, Mick Taylor, Benmont Tench, Sly & Robbie and others. 10 tracks. Sony.Classic Rock CDs
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