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Dylan's last pre-Christianity batch of tunes, STREET LEGAL achieves a comfortable balance between the staid professionalism of the same year's live recording AT BUDOKAN and the rough-and-ready aesthetic of previous albums like DESIRE. As was often the case in his post-BLOOD ON THE TRACKS records, some of the most effective tunes on STREET LEGAL are those that he seems to have labored over least. A good example is the way the simple 12-bar blues of "New Pony" eclipses the more elaborately constructed opener "Changing of the Guards."
Naturally, that's not to say Dylan's vaunted wordplay had hit a valley on STREET LEGAL. Anyone who can rhyme "where we're headin'" with "Armageddon," as he does on "Senor (Tales of Yankee Power)," plainly has more than a few lyrical tricks left up his sleeve. Those searching for subtext in the tunes here may note the evidence of a spiritual turmoil that would soon lead to Dylan's theological metamorphosis.
Recorded at Rundown Studios, Santa Monica, California.
Personnel: Bob Dylan (vocals, guitar); Steven Soles (guitar, background vocals); Billy Cross (guitar); David Mansfield (mandolin, violin); Steve Douglas (soprano & tenor saxophones); Steve Madaio (trumpet); Alan Pasqua (keyboards); Jerry Scheff (bass); Jan Wallace (drums); Bobbye Hall (percussion); Carolyn Dennis, Jo Ann Harris, Helena Springs (background vocals).
Q (7/95, p.141) - 5 Stars (out of 5) - "...the songs are brilliant and the preoccupations that fuel them only add to the slightly fevered atmosphere..."
Dirty Linen (10-11/99, p.81) - "...[producer, Don DeVito] remastered the tapes to give them an added punch....not without its charms, and certainly worth it just under $10 list price." Bob Dylan Street Legal Songs Street Legal Music Review Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)  Excellent visionary CD
This is the one he did before his christian period, interestingly it has a similar sound and feel to it musically and lyrically as Empire Burlesque does, which was the first one he cut after the christian period. Many of these songs are quite visionary as they address things like what happened later in south america in the '80's, along with other historical and apocolyptic imagery in the songs. Some great political yet timeless songs, and then the love songs are also truly great. On this CD, he employs a horn section in a sort of rythm and blues type of sound combined with the blues rock type of stuff he's usually aiming for. The songs are more musically elaborate than you usually have with Dylan, but not over done, just rich. Strangely, when he performed this on tour that year, he went glitter and wore sequins and stuff which was kind of odd and a strange mix with this more visionary political and plaintively passionate love song CD. If you like Empire Burlesque, get this one too, it's very good.
Submitted by Andrew M. (Santa Rosa, CA)
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