Thanks for reminding I still need to do that.

How are you going to choose between these albums, really? I love “Desolation Row” too, but I only sang it once in a coffee house, because the audience won’t wait through a ten-minute number unless you are Bob Dylan.

In fact, of the last three albums, I think only the one song (”Mississippi”) is first class Dylan, but third class Dylan is better than 90% of everybody else, right?

My wife’s favourite is “Blood on the Tracks” and I guess I’d go for “Highway 61 Revisited” although I love “On the Road Again” and “Subterranean Homesick Blues” from BIABH. Ultimately, the body of work is astonishingly good, and consistently interesting, now spanning over 40 years, which is a remarkable feat in itself. How many songwriters have had solid 40-year careers, never mind producing songs that have practically become folk songs (Blowin’ in the Wind), generational anthems (Ballad of a Thin Man/The Times They Are A-changin’/With God on Our Side), and just plain artistic masterpieces (you name it — you get about 120 good choices)?

Like the man said: Oh, Mama, can this really be the end? I hope there’s more. Modern Times is not so good, but it doesn’t sound like a swan song to me.