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~ Bob Dylan
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  • Audio CD (11 Feb 1991)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Sony
  • ASIN: B000025YG9
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
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Track Listings

1. All The Tired Horses
2. Alberta No 1
3. I've Forgotten More Than You'll Ever Know
4. Days Of '49
5. Early Morning Rain
6. In Search Of Little Sadie
7. Let It Be Me
8. Woogie Boogie
9. Belle Isle
10. Living The Blues
11. Like A Rolling Stone
12. Copper Kettle
13. Gotta Travel On
14. Blue Moon
15. Boxer
16. Mighty Quinn
17. Take Me As I Am
18. It Hurts Me Too
19. Minstrel Boy
20. She Belongs To Me
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4.0 out of 5 stars Curiouser and Curiouser, but Some Sublime Moments!, 28 Mar 2006
By SJOxford "SJOxford" (Oxford, England) - See all my reviews
"That album was put out because...at the time...I didn't like the attention I was getting. I [have] never been a person that wanted attention. And at that time I was getting the wrong kind of attention, for doing things I'd never done. So we released this album to get people off my back. They would not like me any more. That's...the reason the album was put out, so people would just at that time stop buying my records...and they did." Bob Dylan 1981.

If the huge body of fans that Bob Dylan had created in the sixties were expecting a so called return to form after the negative reaction to 1969's "Nashville Skyline," the record they got was an even bigger surprise. The most succinct response to the June 1970 release of "Self Portrait" was Greil Marcus writing in Rolling Stone who headed his article "What is this shit?" and went on to call it "...a concept album from the cutting room floor." He was not alone in his opinion, most of the reviews were even less kind than they had been to "Nashville Skyline" and of course they focussed not only on the paucity of original material, but also the quality of the material that was used. Comprising twenty four tracks, "Self Portrait" could realistically have been one mediocre album but it simply did not have the substance to justify a double album. Criticism ranged from "...astonishingly contemplative" in Time to "The revolution is over. Bob Dylan sings Blue Moon to Mr. Jones" in Record World, and most felt that they had a point. Of the twenty four tracks, some were instrumentals, some were different versions of the same song, there were four live tracks (and not the best) from the recent Isle Of Wight concert and a version of Simon and Garfunkel's "The Boxer" that was surely a joke. But there are a few high points, "Copper Kettle" has a superb vocal, "It hurts Me Too" and "Let It Be Me" are both stand out tracks, and there is some merit in the version of Gordon Lightfoot's "Early Morning Rain," but these few highlights could not hide the overall insignificance of the album. Amazingly, it sold very well and by the end of June had grossed three million dollars, so the attempt to demystify himself that Dylan claimed that it was had proved to be a financial success. Critically it was a different story altogether.

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Unfortunate Title But NOT dispensable, 25 Nov 2004
By John Heaton (Budapest, Hungary) - See all my reviews
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OK this is not as good as Nashville Skyline but as with ALL double albums by great artists at least half of it is QUALITY. Yes, it's in the style of "Nashville" but who cannot be moved by "Take Me As I Am Or Let Me Go" or "Take A Message To Mary"? And the covers of "Early Morning Rain", "Blue Moon" are enchanting as also is the Dylan originals "Belle Isle" and of course "The Mighty Quinn" has a ragged glory! OK, forget "Wigwam" and forget the tired "Alberta". But from the opening charm of "All The Tired Horses" not even feauturing a Dylan vocal to the amusing and respectful hats off to his contemporary Paul Simon on the cover of "The Boxer", there is far more on THIS album than on other Dylan albums more deserving of ridicule such as his mid 80s efforts. Dylan still dispayed enough magic here to prevent any derision from THIS camp. With the CD you can at least be selective. For at least half the songs here, this album is Worth Having or as The Man said "Take Me As I Am Or Let Me Go". Nuff said.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This is a good album, 15 Jul 2006
By Reddot Books Ltd "RedDot Books" (Pembrokeshire) - See all my reviews
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Roundly dismissed at the time as Bob's "worst album" I think the tide is starting to turn on this one. This is Dylan's first post 60s album and I think there is a strong element of "how did that happen" about this record, a sort of benchmark. I could go on but its good, not 5 stars good but I had to get the average back up. It's not polished and it's too long but it has "All the Wild Horses" and a warmth, charm and humanity that some other albums lack.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Didn't Dylan do what you wanted him to, then?
The pure vitriol directed at this album when it came out is perhaps understandable. What I find mystifying is the fact that it remains as derided as it does. Read more
Published 6 months ago by hypergod

4.0 out of 5 stars Better than it's reputation!
This record is much better than the reputation that proceeds it. It all stems from way back then, june 8, 1970, when it was released. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Niklas Dabolins

5.0 out of 5 stars Not what a Dylan-Fan might expect?
This is a compilation, largely of covers of other artists' songs, seeming to be a trawl through Bob Dylan's personal record collection. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Talc Demon

3.0 out of 5 stars Unfairly treated
A good entertaining album unfairly ridiculed by people who hated Dylan to try something different. Throughout his career Dylan experimented with different styles - this is just... Read more
Published on 25 Jun 2005

1.0 out of 5 stars He succeeded...!
I once heard that Dylan got fed up with all the popstar adulation he was getting in the sixties, and that he felt that he could pretty much release anything and it would win... Read more
Published on 8 Feb 2003 by Mr. A. Keen

1.0 out of 5 stars Not much
"Self Portrait" would hardly make it into a top ten list of Dylan albums. Perhaps it reflects a wish to regain some kind of lost innocence, a state of relaxation with nothing... Read more
Published on 13 Dec 2002 by Christian Aalling

4.0 out of 5 stars Wierd, perverse even, but fun nevertheless.
Slated on its release, "Self Portrait," is an enjoyable listen with some fun tracks and only one or two stinkers. Read more
Published on 13 April 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Stating the amount of credit this album deserves
This is, by far, the most under-rated album by any artist! The cover versions from Elvis' "Let it be me" to Paul Simon's "The Boxer" are all perfect... Read more
Published on 30 May 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars THE MANY SIDES OF DYLAN UNIQUE AMUSING DYLAN AT HIS BEST
Here is Dylan at his very best imaginative,humourous and versatile showing his wide range of music sources from rock to folk,blues to country. Read more
Published on 15 Jan 2000

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