10 Truly Terrible Albums By Legendary Artists
8. Bob Dylan - Dylan And The Dead
On paper, this was the proverbial match made in heaven. The Dead had been covering Dylan songs for years and guitarist Jerry Garcia had made guest appearances with Dylan and vice versa. The stage was set then for an interesting take on the familiar Dylan classics - what could go wrong?
Unfortunately, everything.
The song selection was uninspiring, Dylan's voice didn't seem to be on top form and the Dead were muzzled by the constraints of playing the songs with Dylan himself. Rather than using them for a launching pad into worlds of improvisation, the norm of a Dead set was left behind.
There have been a few albums in the Dylan back-catalogue that have never figured in any fan's best of list; any of the religious trilogy, 'Under The Red Sky' and 'Down In The Groove' are all records that rarely get an outing, but the one thing most agree on is that the bottom of the heap is 'Dylan and The Dead'.