Audio CD review:
Bob Dylan, The Band - Before The Flood [Live With The Band, 1974]

Bob Dylan, The Band - Before The Flood [Live With The Band, 1974]

Band: Bob Dylan, The Band Title: Before The Flood [Live With The Band, 1974] Rating: Release Date: 25 October, 1990 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) 2: Lay Lady Lay 3: Rainy Day Women #12 and 35 4: Knockin' On Heaven's Door 5: It Ain't Me, Babe 6: Ballad Of A Thin Man 7: Up On Cripple Creek 8: I Shall Be Released 9: Endless Highway 10: The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down 11: Stage Fright 12: Don't Think Twice, It's All Right 13: Just Like A Woman 14: It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) 15: The Shape I'm In 16: When You Awake 17: The Weight 18: All Along The Watchtower 19: Highway 61 Revisited 20: Like A Rolling Stone 21: Blowin' In The Wind

Editoral Review Dylan had recently brought the Band into the studio to record the chart-topping (yet still somehow underappreciated) Planet Waves, which was the first (and, as it turned out, only) studio record he made after leaving Columbia for Asylum. Dylan has issued a large number of live albums in his day, but 1974's Before the Flood deserves special mention because of the presence of the Band behind him. He then asked them along on the subsequent tour, which at the time became the most successful rock tour in history. The fruits of that partnership are contained on this two-CD set, which actually ignores Planet Waves completely in favor of older classics. Although the album includes several strong collaborations, the highlights ironically come during Dylan's solo-acoustic portion, which yields powerful and gritty versions of "Don't Think Twice" and "It's Alright Ma," and during the Band's own exhilarating numbers with Dylan sitting out. --Marc Greilsamer .. You can see a complete list of all Bob Dylan, The Band discography, or go back to the Bob Dylan, The Band tabs