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Originally Posted by Chives
Is Dylan and the Dead as bad as every review I've ever read says it is? I know very little about the Grateful Dead but I find the overwhelmingly negative reactions towards the album very amusing.
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You would expect the album to be mind-blowingly epic, but in all honesty I think it's pretty sub-par for both Dylan and The Dead. I couldn't believe how disappointed I was when I first heard the album. A different setlist would have made all the difference in the world, but honestly, aside from
Queen Jane Approximately, all the songs are either quasi-mediocre to bad songs of Dylan's: (
Slow Train Coming,
Gotta Serve Somebody,
Joey), or songs that don't particularly do justice to The Dead's style of playing (
All Along The Watchtower,
Knocking on Heaven's Door). In my opinion, had they chosen more appropriate Dylan songs to play, the album would have been fantastic.