Street-Legal (studio album) by Bob Dylan

Street-Legal by Bob Dylan
Year: 1978
Overall rank: 2,343rd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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72/100 (from 309 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1978 (47th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (449th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,343rd)
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Street-Legal is ranked 18th best out of 78 albums by Bob Dylan on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Bob Dylan is Highway 61 Revisited which is ranked number 27 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 29,632.

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72/100 (from 309 votes)
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70/100
From 03/11/2022 11:36
Really great album - the follow up to the awesome Desire I think and honestly I love them both.
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90/100
From 01/01/2021 22:01
This is in my top half dozen Dylan albums. I think the second side is as good as any, and No Time to Think from the first side is also great. Where are you Tonight is one of my all time favourite Dylan tracks.
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From 05/29/2020 04:32
Definitely a hidden gem in the Dylan discography.
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From 05/10/2020 19:42
Standout tracks: Changing of the Guards and Senor. But apart from that, another of Dylan's below average efforts.
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75/100
From 11/11/2018 02:43
One of Mr. Zimmerman's less celebrated releases. Maybe not up there with his classic material but still strong and Señor and Changing Of The Guards are right up there with his best material.
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From 05/03/2016 18:37
Señor is such an overlooked song... love it! It's a pity that the album has very few standout tracks and no one as that one, but it's still nice to listen, as is most of Dylan's discography.
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From 03/30/2016 15:27
This is one of Dylan's most underrated albums, at least in my opinion. I think it gets kind of forgotten, as it comes after the high artistic achievements of, blood on the tracks, and, desire, and the forthcoming 'god' trilogy. Opener, changing of the guard's, is great, with some nice E-street band sax on it. Pony, is an excellent dirty blues, one of Bob's best twelve bars. Baby stop crying, and, is your love in vain? , are nice pop songs. The best of the bunch though, are, Senor, and, where are you tonight?. The rest is fine too. Street legal has it's own sound with the female backing vocals and the saxes. It's also got a new decent re-mix on the CD. Good album
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From 09/25/2015 02:55
Best Track: Changing of the Guards
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90/100
From 01/05/2015 04:33
Dylan goes for a different style on this album with a large backing arrangement and singers. He definitely goes for it sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't and it drags a bit towards the end but Changing of the Guard and Señor are classic tracks.
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From 11/23/2014 07:47
Dylan never fails even on this lesser talked about album
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Best Albums of 1978
1. Darkness On The Edge Of Town by Bruce Springsteen
2. Parallel Lines by Blondie
3. The Cars by The Cars
4. This Year's Model by Elvis Costello
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7. Some Girls by The Rolling Stones
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13. Ambient 1: Music For Airports by Brian Eno
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19. The Modern Dance by Pere Ubu
20. Powerage by AC/DC
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