(**½) April 9, 1969 Ninth Studio Album
After recording his last few albums in Nashville, and following his (at-the-time) unreleased sessions with the Band near his home in Woodstock, Dylan went full-on country, adopting a laid back croon while delivering a series of songs you could listen to around the fire. It had been more than two years since his last official studio release, and it seems like worlds away from his mid-1960s early peak, but Dylan still scored a hit with “Lay Lady Lay” while dueting with Johnny Cash on Dylan’s previously recorded “Girl From The North Country.” But my standout cut is “Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here with You.”
Somewhere between #15-20
I do like “To Be Alone With You”…”Lay Lady Lay” and “Tell Me That It Isn’t True.”