I'll preface my comments by saying that I really like this album. It's a good solid collection of songs without any real filler. I say that in advance because I kind of feel like this album is a bit 'too' even, the songs feel like they're all roughly the same tempo and sound, in fact it's not until towards the end (the mellow 'lonesome Suzie' and the raucous "this wheel's on fire") that you get some noticeable variety. This doesn't ruin the album or anything, it just makes it slightly less exciting listen than I'd like.
For those that don't know (I'm sure that many do), the Band was Bob Dylan's backing band of the time. Bob co-writes some of the tracks here, but this is largely the band making their own name. The music eschews the popular fuzz guitar and psychedelic buzz of the time by sonically digging into a little American music history, utilising violins, mandolins and organs.
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