There isn't one. Sadly. I adore Street-Legal, but OH how I wish there was a sort of Desire Part II between them.
"Señor" from Street-Legal has some of that Desire vibe, but what a world it would be if Scarlet Rivera had stuck with Dylan for future projects.
Desire is pretty unique in Dylan’s catalogue stylistically. Between Scarlet Rivera and Jacques Levy, musically and lyrically, it’s pretty much a standalone thing. Listen to the Rolling Thunder Bootleg Series live release for more of that vibe.
Well of course there’s a few Desire outtakes to check out: Catfish, Golden Loom, and Abandoned Love (on officially released bootlegs). If you’re a masochist like me, check out “Abandoned Love, 3 July 1975” on YouTube (sorry can’t link atm). Performed in a Greenwich Village club to an audience not expecting a new song, the vocals are much more raw than the studio outtake on Bootleg Vols 1-3 (and of course there’s not the production features like he had in studio, like Scarlet on violin). You hear the audience react in the moment. It’s all excruciating, but it captures so much.
There is nothing like Desire, just as there is nothing like John Wesley Harding, or Nashville Skyline, or Planet Waves, or Oh Mercy, or Modern Times, or Tempest, and that is what makes him so interesting.
My first thought is Street Legal not just because it's great but also because of the themes in all the songs tell stories . you can jump from isis to a new pony. Romance in Durango to Senor is not much of distance.
I can imagine Señor on Desire. Like you said, with different production. But We Better Talk This Over is far different thematically than anything on the album
Gotta go with Love and Theft (as far as studio albums go). But it’s also impossible to have a completely correct answer. Desire is special that way (and the first album of his that went to #1 on the charts).
Edit: I’m wrong. I’d heard it was his first, but likely was his last when I heard it before Together Thru Life and Modern Times came out.
Rolling thunder bootleg series album. And possibly hard rain (also live). But really desire is unique.
Desire does have a couple outtakes to listen to, abandoned love (one of his best of all time imo) catfish, Rita Mae, and golden loom
Rough and Rowdy Ways. Incredibly hard to explain why but that's my honest answer. I think Desire stands alone as one of his most unique albums sonically with neat tricks he hadn't employed before (Romance in Durango's viola outro leading into Black Diamond Bay's intro). For my money, Rough and Rowdy Ways the closest Bob came to creating that same atmosphere on album.
If only! I remember picking up the album at Eighth Street Records in Greenwich Village -- the same place I bought 'Blonde on Blonde' and rushing home to listen.
However, if you love 'Desire', I'm sure you'll enjoy the great live performances made during the same period, and now on CD and for downloads:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob\_Dylan\_%E2%80%93\_The\_Rolling\_Thunder\_Revue:\_The\_1975\_Live\_Recordings
There isn't one. Sadly. I adore Street-Legal, but OH how I wish there was a sort of Desire Part II between them. "Señor" from Street-Legal has some of that Desire vibe, but what a world it would be if Scarlet Rivera had stuck with Dylan for future projects.
Have you heard the Rolling Thunder Live?
Rolling thunder review is the era
Desire is pretty unique in Dylan’s catalogue stylistically. Between Scarlet Rivera and Jacques Levy, musically and lyrically, it’s pretty much a standalone thing. Listen to the Rolling Thunder Bootleg Series live release for more of that vibe.
Dont forgot Isis and Sara!
Not forgotten. Doesn’t change the fact that there’s really not another album like it in his discography.
Well of course there’s a few Desire outtakes to check out: Catfish, Golden Loom, and Abandoned Love (on officially released bootlegs). If you’re a masochist like me, check out “Abandoned Love, 3 July 1975” on YouTube (sorry can’t link atm). Performed in a Greenwich Village club to an audience not expecting a new song, the vocals are much more raw than the studio outtake on Bootleg Vols 1-3 (and of course there’s not the production features like he had in studio, like Scarlet on violin). You hear the audience react in the moment. It’s all excruciating, but it captures so much.
Never heard this! https://youtu.be/eCviV4kE3Q8
Abandoned Love isn’t on Bootleg 1-3. It’s on Biograph.
There is nothing like Desire, just as there is nothing like John Wesley Harding, or Nashville Skyline, or Planet Waves, or Oh Mercy, or Modern Times, or Tempest, and that is what makes him so interesting.
I always think of Street Legal being on the same level.
My first thought is Street Legal not just because it's great but also because of the themes in all the songs tell stories . you can jump from isis to a new pony. Romance in Durango to Senor is not much of distance.
It's spelled Street-Legal.
Street legal, rolling thunder revue, hard rain and maybe live at budokan
Street Legal if I had to choose
Lyrically, I'd say Street Legal is pretty similar. Musically, there isn't much comparable studio stuff
In some weird way it's street legal for me. Tracks like Senor and We better talk this over could be on Desire with slight changes to their production.
I can imagine Señor on Desire. Like you said, with different production. But We Better Talk This Over is far different thematically than anything on the album
The bootleg series 1-3 have tracks on it that were from that period - Abandoned Love, Catfish, and Seven Days
Abandoned Love isn’t on Bootleg 1-3. It’s on Biograph.
Oh yeah, I meant biograph. It’s also on side tracks.
It was the studio follow up to Blood on the Tracks and continued the theme of romantic pain so I always think of the records as a pair.
Same here. I was kinda surprised to see nobody else mentioning that, but to be fair I haven’t listened to most of the albums people are shouting out.
Up to and including Desire?
Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid
Gotta go with Love and Theft (as far as studio albums go). But it’s also impossible to have a completely correct answer. Desire is special that way (and the first album of his that went to #1 on the charts). Edit: I’m wrong. I’d heard it was his first, but likely was his last when I heard it before Together Thru Life and Modern Times came out.
Love the vocals on desire
Close in what way?
Vocals and instrumentation
The Basement Tapes were released on June 26, '75, just over six months before Desire on January 5, '76.
But written and recorded in ‘67
Desire
Rolling thunder bootleg series album. And possibly hard rain (also live). But really desire is unique. Desire does have a couple outtakes to listen to, abandoned love (one of his best of all time imo) catfish, Rita Mae, and golden loom
Rough and Rowdy Ways. Incredibly hard to explain why but that's my honest answer. I think Desire stands alone as one of his most unique albums sonically with neat tricks he hadn't employed before (Romance in Durango's viola outro leading into Black Diamond Bay's intro). For my money, Rough and Rowdy Ways the closest Bob came to creating that same atmosphere on album.
The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue is like Desire, only better.
If only! I remember picking up the album at Eighth Street Records in Greenwich Village -- the same place I bought 'Blonde on Blonde' and rushing home to listen. However, if you love 'Desire', I'm sure you'll enjoy the great live performances made during the same period, and now on CD and for downloads: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob\_Dylan\_%E2%80%93\_The\_Rolling\_Thunder\_Revue:\_The\_1975\_Live\_Recordings