Self Portrait

Bob Dylan - Self Portrait
Critic Score
Based on 3 reviews
1970 Ratings: #160 / 161
User Score
Based on 275 ratings
1970 Rank: #277
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CRITIC REVIEWS

43
Entertainment Weekly
Dylan set out to record new songsā€”and released a double album of cover versions he fooled around with between takes! Pretty silly, overall.
40
AllMusic
A deliberately sprawling affair that runs the gamut from self-portrait to self-parody.
20
Rolling Stone

Self Portrait was a disaster that nobody has really ever explained: a double album of deliberately bad throwaways, most of them grumpy covers.

JustSomeGuy
55

It took Mr. Dylan ten albums to reach his first major dud. I don't care how much you dislike this album, it's a fucking achievement for an artist to go through an entire decade of consistently pumping out albums and their first miss being their tenth release.

Honestly, if this is the worst Bob Dylan has to offer, then I have nothing but good feelings going into his future releases. This is one of the few albums in Dylan's discography that is consistently listed as being one of his worst ... read more

jordymusic
61

The man came so close to hitting double figures without a single weak release and on his 10th effort he goes and releases this... A+ trolling. Bob Dylan is doing that thing again here where he's singing mostly traditional songs and ones written by other artists. Now we know Dylan's at his best when he's flaunting his uniquely abstract and unmatched poetic talents. However, strange as it is, on this album the Songs written by Dylan seem to come off the weakest and it's the traditional numbers I ... read more

depechemode4lif
48

Its long, directionless, and a bad continuation of why I didnt enjoy Nashville Skyline...

Cannr
45

Bob makes a shitpost album which is mostly more boring and empty than it unlistenable

Spamman
30

I can’t believe Bob Dylan invented hyper-pop.

BobertGreen_47
50

add days of 49 and alberta 2 (maybe a few more) to your dylan playlist and dont bother with the rest

favorite track: days of 49

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Added on: February 5, 2013