Record Details
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Record ID
299
Artist
Bob Dylan
Title
Planet Waves
Field / Genre
Rock
Year Recorded
1974
Label
Asylum
Pressing
Am
Rating
****
Discs
1
Media
R
Date Bought
1 Jan 1900
Cost
¤8.00
Cover Name
dylan-planet.jpg
Review
<p>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.</p><p>—<strong>Stephen Thomas Erlewine</strong></p>