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Title: Pain.
Review: I'm a new fan to Bob Dylan's music. Oh Mercy, Another Side of Bob Dylan and Desire is where I started. After listening to Empire Burlesque I have to think that Bob somehow was blindsided by the 80's. Every cheesey production trick to come out of the 80's is on this album (reverb, background singers, glossed up production). So it's kind of a hard listen. You get through all that crap to get to the songs which aren't Bob's best (in my humble opinion). My suggestion is to stop wasting you time and move on to Bob's 90's music which is far superior to his 80's music. His 90's music is good but not as good as his 70's music. However, his 60's music is probably close to scripture at this point in a lot of peoples minds. Enter this record at your own risk. At the end of it you might be searching for spandex pants.Maybe Bob could re-record this album and free the songs of the bad production? That's a thought...
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