The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack (soundtrack album) by Bob Dylan
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The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack is ranked 45th best out of 79 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 27,916.
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A companion album rather than a soundtrack, and in that sense it works, but as opposed to the other releases in the bootleg series, this album doesn't have a core theme, and in turn makes it uneven and inconsistent. Still, there are treasures to be found, and since it is for the 'no direction home' documentary, I will accept that songs previously on other albums in this series also appear here. Possibly the least interesting and least essential of the series.
This package is a soundtrack to a documentary. For fans of Mr. Dylan this collection is a must have document containing many rare and unreleased tracks. A great album for the uninitiated who want to know more about one of the greatest artists of a generation.
Mercury 09/30/2013 04:20
29 September 2013-
This album has several functions:
First of all it serves as a nice "soundtrack" to the excellent documentary of the same name.
Second is it serves as a an interesting study of Dylan's career from being an 18 year old kid playing some blues-folk in '59 to his being the most divisive figure in folk and rock come 1965-'66.
Third it is a great little batch of live cuts and alternate takes of his most classic songs in interesting and fresh forms.
And fourth it contains some essential recordings of his Newport folk festival 1965 appearance and his "Royal Albert Hall" concert.
All in all this record flows pretty well. And unlike bootleg series 9, The Witmark Demos, I feel this can be really great to even an uninitiated and new Dylan fan.
Highlights include the beautiful rendition of Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land", that legendary moment when Dylan "went electric" at Newport with a downright filthy performance of "Maggie's Farm", and the much more morose and dramatic live version of "Blowin' In the Wind". The song "I Was Young When I Left Home" gets me everytime. One of my new favorite Dylan songs that one is.
As for hearing Dylan at 18 and 19 with those first few tracks, I adore that! In and of themselves they aren't terribly fantastic, but knowing that is a young man who would later make so much great music is amazing!
Anyway, this is great! Possibly the best document that tracks Dylan in this period of his career. Both the album and movie are highly recommended for anyone trying to get into this great man.
Grade: 89/100
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