@Clive
LoL. I’ve always found him just that. Reflective, observant, realistic, but never the throat cutting pessimist that others have commented on.
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I think there are a few factors in play here:
1- Compared to the likes of Buddy Guy and others, Joe has to produce new fireworks and the former have set very high bars.
2- I’ve found with Beth’s albums and many others, the dynamics of the production can get lost at relatively low volumes and if you add more volume to bring the dynamics out, it all gets a bit loud and over-powering. Whether this is down to sub-optimal engineering and mixing and/or just a facet of domestic hi-fi systems (inc the variables of the room et al) isn’t clear to me. I’ve heard this in so many rooms. And it doesn’t help when an album presents with so many different volume levels across tracks.
Oh, to have a space where one could truly let rip 
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Not disagreeing, per se, but Joe’s stuff always works well for me, regardless of volume levels, nah, I think he’s just run out of ideas. 
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Wot, no countdown:
5,4,3,2,1…
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Yeah. It’s in there!
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This may be a rambling album but, what the hell, I love it! Perhaps true Dylanistas will disagree with me but I still think it’s one of Bob’s finest. Ooooh, controversial!
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Excellent album
“The story of Hurricane”
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The story of the hurricane always moves me. I am not sure if I am a true Dylanist but he was one of my big three when I grew up…
