|
BOB DYLAN : PLANET WAVES |
|
Label : Columbia Length : 42:12 Released : 1974 Review (AllMusic) : Reteaming with the Band, Bob Dylan winds up with an album that recalls New Morning more than The Basement Tapes, since Planet Waves is given to a relaxed intimate tone - all the more appropriate for a collection of modest songs about domestic life. As such, it may seem a little anticlimactic since it has none of the wildness of the best Dylan and Band music of the '60s - just an approximation of the homespun rusticness. Considering that the record was knocked out in the course of three days, its unassuming nature shouldn't be a surprise, and sometimes it's as much a flaw as a virtue, since there are several cuts that float into the ether. Still, it is a virtue in places, as there are moments - "On a Night Like This," "Something There Is About You," the lovely "Forever Young" - where it just gels, almost making the diffuse nature of the rest of the record acceptable. |