Mammoth Book of Bob Dylan
A Music, Nonfiction book. There are better Dylan books out there. Essentially, an album by album account of his...
Bob Dylan transformed not only folk music, but rock 'n' roll as a whole: he brought the intellectualism of folk lyrics to a genre still dominated by romantic conventions. From the phenomenal commercial success of his 1965 epic, gritty single "Like a Rolling Stone" to "Time Out of Mind," rock's first treatise on mortality, in 1997, Dylan has been fearlessly breaking new ground. The" Mammoth Book of Bob Dylan" explores his phenomenal legacy in over 500 pages of Dylan expose!
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- Pages: 618 pages
- ISBN: 9781849014663 / 0
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This is one of the strangest books on rock music I have ever read. The subtitle, the greatest anthology of writing about rock's greatest poet is misleading as most of the articles are written by the book's editor Sean Egan. Egan comes off as more of a sports fan than a music fan, treating every album that does not live up to Dylan's... There are better Dylan books out there. Essentially, an album by album account of his work with essays and other writings mixed in throughout the different time periods. Astonishing how Egan completely dismisses the quality of his work during his late career comeback, especially Love and Theft and Modern Times. Not the best book about Dylan. The album reviews by Egan are quite bad. He might not like Blond on Blonde but his review adds nothing to one's understanding of the album, and if you don't listen to it because of this review, then you're missing out on a great album. His analysis of the later Dylan albums also seems unfair. They might...
