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Beneath all that bombastic Vegas-style production (saxophones! backup chicks!), there are some spectacular and expansive songs here — Dylan reeling off verse after verse of half-mystical, half-earthbound visions of travel and transcendence like "Changing of the Guards." There's also a curiously nasty, dominant streak of sexuality, especially on the seething blues "New Pony."
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Arriving after the twin peaks of Blood on the Tracks and Desire, Street Legal features a set of songs with no connecting themes, and Bob Dylan replaced the sprawl of the Rolling Thunder Revue with a slick, professional big band featuring a horn section and several backing vocalists. The interesting thing about this 1978 release is that, despite the music and slick production, the songs are as dense as anything Dylan had written since before his motorcycle accident. So, Street Legal becomes an interesting dichotomy: although the arrangements might discourage close listening, the album is filled with songs that deserve attention. And Street Legal is fascinating for just that reason -- in another setting, these are songs that would have been hailed as near-masterpieces. Consequentially, it's not surprising that, while some consider Street Legal a missed opportunity, there are factions of Dylanphiles that find the album worth the time.
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| 01. |  |
Changing Of The Guards |
7:03 |
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| 02. | |
New Pony |
4:39 |
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| 03. | |
No Time To Think |
8:22 |
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| 04. | |
Baby, Stop Crying |
5:19 |
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| 05. | |
Is Your Love In Vain? |
4:32 |
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| 06. | |
Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power) |
5:42 |
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| 07. | |
True Love Tends To Forget |
4:14 |
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| 08. | |
We Better Talk This Over |
4:03 |
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| 09. | |
Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark Heat) |
6:16 |
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09 Total Tracks, 50:10 Total Length
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- Bob Dylan - Guitar // Bob Dylan - Harmonica // Bob Dylan - Guitar (Rhythm) // Bob Dylan - Keyboards // Bob Dylan - Vocals // Bob Dylan - Main Performer // Bobbye Hall - Percussion // Steven Soles - Guitar // Steven Soles - Guitar (Rhythm) // Steven Soles - Vocals // Steven Soles - Vocals (Background) // Billy Cross - Guitar // Biff Dawes - Engineer // Don DeVito - Producer // Carolyn Dennis - Vocals // Carolyn Dennis - Vocals (Background) // Jo Ann Harris - Vocals // Jo Ann Harris - Vocals (Background) // Steve Madaio - Trumpet // David Mansfield - Guitar // David Mansfield - Mandolin // David Mansfield - Violin // Alan Pasqua - Keyboards // Jerry Scheff - Bass // Jerry Scheff - Guitar (Bass) // Jim Seiter - Engineer // Helena Springs - Vocals // Helena Springs - Vocals (Background) // Ian Wallace - Drums // Billy Youdelman - Engineer // Stan Kalina - Mastering // Howard Alk - Photography // George Corsillo - Design // Tim Bryant - Art Direction // Doug Field - Engineer // Dennis Mays - Engineer // Les D. Cooper - Engineer // Steve Douglas - Saxophone // Steve Douglas - Sax (Soprano) // Steve Douglas - Sax (Tenor)
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