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Street Legal

  • AMG Review of Street Legal

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    Stephen Thomas Erlewine
    All Music Guide

    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.

Bob Dylan
13 days ago

Nice song. This is one and the only song what's very very nice; "Changing of the Guards", yes and "Senor". This are most beautiful songs on this Album - "Street Legal". Kristian Zeljko Regler

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Bob Dylan
13 days ago

Nice song. This is one and the only song what's very very nice; "Changing of the Guards", yes and "Senor". This are most beautiful songs on this Album - "Street Legal". Kristian Zeljko Regler

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Bob Dylan
over 2 years ago

I had a pony, her name was LuciferI had a pony, her name was LuciferShe broke a leg and needed shootingI swear it hurt me more than it could ever have hurted her.Sometimes I wonder what's going on with me backSometimes I wonder what's going on with me backYou know she got such a sweet dispositionI never know what the poor girl's gonna do to me next.I got a new pony, she knows how to fox-trot, l...

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Where Are You Tonight?....... Bob Dylan
over 2 years ago

"The truth was obscure, too profound and too pure, to live it you have to explode.In that last hour of need, we entirely agreed, sacrifice was the code of the road."

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