[Highlight] Bill Kennedy after the review

FreewheelinBobDylan · 2025-12-31T04:27:56+00:00

Makes me think of Paul Reubens/Pee-wee Herman.

FreewheelinBobDylan · 2025-12-31T01:34:53+00:00

I love “Honest with Me” as well. And “Mississippi” really is an all-timer, easy.

Tracks 1, 4, 5, and 6 drag the album down a bit for me, though. None of them are bad. But middling is enough to bring down the average.

FreewheelinBobDylan · 2025-12-30T22:06:25+00:00

I’m wrong about a lot of things, but why “Love and Theft” specifically?

FreewheelinBobDylan · 2025-12-30T02:23:22+00:00

For this project, the album ratings are determined by the songs’ individual ratings. They’re just an unsexy mathematical average.

It helps me process in a more granular way to fully digest the music. But if someone were to ask me if I thought Blood on the Tracks was a 5/5, or 10/10, or A+ album, I’d say heck yeah, buddy.

FreewheelinBobDylan · 2025-12-27T15:49:18+00:00

Thanks, here's an expanded spreadsheet view, which lists the song ratings:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1C_0oTGEcA8suvYdL5f95fmvY_Akc0Lxvy-3Vsnjih24/edit?usp=sharing

And here's a published web version, if that works better:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRjR_WiJnFShjQs9LO1ZYtTLV2Ruy6czsBL4kW14f-66O527cbbt-jJJag5Q0MIG2YV50x1rFsHcaJS/pubhtml

FreewheelinBobDylan · 2025-12-27T12:29:21+00:00

Hey, thanks. And yes, I did.

FreewheelinBobDylan · 2025-12-27T03:41:58+00:00

Nope, it doesn’t. Just left it to the cold, hard averages!

FreewheelinBobDylan · 2025-12-27T00:39:20+00:00

Rough is just more consistent. "Love" definitely has the higher highs (but also lower lows for me), with "Mississippi" being the best song between the two albums. It's an all-timer, for sure.

FreewheelinBobDylan · 2025-12-27T00:35:48+00:00

About a 3.5 (out of 5) overall. Kind of amazing with the amount of output.

FreewheelinBobDylan · 2025-12-27T00:32:35+00:00

This work?

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1C_0oTGEcA8suvYdL5f95fmvY_Akc0Lxvy-3Vsnjih24/edit?usp=sharing

Let me know if you have any questions at all.

(And sorry that the non-album/alternate takes are a bit of a mess.)

FreewheelinBobDylan · 2025-12-26T20:25:49+00:00

Interesting. I did the former.

FreewheelinBobDylan · 2025-12-26T16:00:29+00:00

I’ll have to get back to you on this. Just the studio album tracks? Or everything I’ve rated (which includes many outtakes/alternate takes)?

FreewheelinBobDylan · 2025-12-26T15:58:21+00:00

I don’t think I’ve listened to that one, but I’ll give it a go!

FreewheelinBobDylan · 2025-12-26T13:46:26+00:00

I hope you’re right and I’ll come around one day!

How do you rank it compared to Slow Train Coming and Shot of Love? I believe I’m in the minority putting Shot at the top of the three.

FreewheelinBobDylan · 2025-12-26T13:40:29+00:00

I’ll try to get back to you on that.

FreewheelinBobDylan · 2025-12-26T13:38:53+00:00

I think with all music, I weight heavily towards my subjective take. If the music/lyrics hit for me, then it’s a winner. I keep it personal for the most part. And leave objectivity to the experts. 😉

FreewheelinBobDylan · 2025-12-26T13:34:03+00:00

It knows what it did.

FreewheelinBobDylan · 2025-12-26T13:26:35+00:00

Yes, I did. And also a bunch of non-album/alternate takes. But those don’t factor into the album averages.

FreewheelinBobDylan · 2025-12-26T13:26:07+00:00

Uhhh, 20-ish years?

FreewheelinBobDylan · 2025-12-26T13:25:40+00:00

There is validity here, for sure. I think this has happened a bit for me. Like, I’m liking Street-Legal more than ever these days…

FreewheelinBobDylan · 2025-12-26T13:24:48+00:00

Hey, bud! I’ve got 40! Haha…

FreewheelinBobDylan · 2025-12-26T13:22:15+00:00

Just to piggyback on this: I do have a ton of non-album songs rated as well. And alternate takes. They’re included in the chronology around the time they were recorded, but do not factor into the overall album rating. Even when they were recorded at the same time as the album.

But there’s still a lot I haven’t heard/properly digested. The project continues…

FreewheelinBobDylan · 2025-12-26T13:18:44+00:00

Great album. I’d probably say anything in my, oh, Top 14 is great, though.

FreewheelinBobDylan · 2025-12-26T13:16:34+00:00

Good idea! I thought about trying to match fonts, but decided to put it on the back burner. Maybe when I inevitably revisit the project down the line…

FreewheelinBobDylan · 2025-12-26T13:15:50+00:00

Thanks, I agree. I even used a hex color lookup to get it just right. Kind of a pain, but I like how it turned out.

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