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Before The Flood is a live double album recorded during Bob Dylan’s 1974 comeback tour backed by The Band. It was his first live release and provides an opportunity to hear alternative versions of some of his best known songs. (US:3 UK:8)
“It’s a live album with a bunch of Bob Dylan’s best songs plus a couple of masterpieces by The Band sprinkled in. Obviously it’s going to be good. As far as live albums go, it’s decent, but there isn’t anything special about it in that regard. The music is killer, the delivery is good, but it could be better.”
“Dylan's first live concert album documents his wildly successful 1974 tour, his first after an eight year hiatus. Unfortunately, these performances have all the subtlety of a sledge hammer, with Dylan bellowing every line over The Band's anaemic noodling. Dylan's brief but fiery solo acoustic set on the third side is the only redeeming part of the album.”
“Bob Dylan shares the stage with The Band on this two disc live album. Dylan reinterprets many of his hits with mixed results. It may not always be excellent but it is always interesting.”
“This is a true collaboration by these artists with both Dylan and The Band in top form on this record. The song selection is excellent, although leans towards the classics of both. The music is weighted to the great sound of The Band with the idiosyncratic charm of their instrumentation.”
“The Dylan songs are all the extremely popular ones that everybody has heard a million times before, but no matter how many times I hear them, they are still great. This live album also includes some songs from The Band which are mostly good too with a few exceptions.”
“The music is not superior to the studio tracks, but its another decent look at the ones you've most likely exhausted playing. You can hear some real personality coming out of the songs.”
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