Bob Dylan - Street Legal LP

"Street Legal" is the 18th studio album by Bob Dylan, released on June 15th, 1978 by Columbia Records. The last album released before Dylan's late '70s / early '80s three-album foray into Christian music, "Street Legal" is both fascinating and flawed.

At the time, Dylan was enthralled with the slick stage presentation of Neil Diamond, which he clumsily attempted to re-create on this 1978 collection. Say what you will about Diamond, but he ran a tight ship; the clunky drumming and rudimentary brass that mar these nine tracks reflect a misbegotten attempt to make Dylan's wing-it studio approach work for an under-rehearsed 12-member backing group.

Songwise, "Street Legal" is a mixed bag.

Despite a few missteps, the wordsmith navigates dense terrain in the masterful Senor (Tales Of Yankee Power) and the open wound of a closer, Where Are You Tonight?.

Tracklist:

1. Changing of the Guards
2. New Pony
3. No Time to Think
4. Baby Stop Crying
5. Is Your Love In Vain?
6. Senor (Tales of Yankee Power)
7. True Love Tends to Forget
8. We Better Talk This Over
9. Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark Heat)

About this product: this reissue is pressed on black vinyl.