Forgotten Soundtrack (Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid - Bob Dylan)

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Product:	Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid - Bob Dylan
Date:	28/05/09 (1 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Knockin' on Heaven's Door

Disadvantages: A little too instrumental

The soundtrack to Sam Peckinpah's final say on the Western genre, the album is probably best known for featuring the now standard 'Knockin' On Heaven's Door'. This was Dylan's first album of new material in 3 years, since 1970's New Morning.

It is made up primarily of instrumental material, perhaps making the album less than essential to many, it remains a rare example of a mainstream artist successfully composing a score of entirely self-penned material.

Sharply followed by a creative spurt including 'Blood on the Tracks' & 'Desire', this album has been forgotten in several respects, it may not compare with his best work, but listened to on it's own terms, it still holds up over 30 years later.

Perhaps not a fully fledged studio album, & it's definitely not up there with 'Nashville Skyline' as Dylan's top country album, it is still worth investigating to the keener Bob Dylan fan.

Summary: Worth a listen, but not essential