Knocked Out Loaded

Bob Dylan, “Knocked Out Loaded” (Columbia, 1986)
Dylan’s ‘80s stuff is often reviled for reasons that I actually find exciting—he was kind of lost, trying to find his way in a mainstream rock scene full of synths, spandex and shoulder-pads, and so there’s a loose, anything-goes desperation to the rootsy L.A.-studio-cat rock stylings here, a merrily mythic shaggy-dog quality that rides the creaky guitars-dobros-‘n’-such ensemble through ramshackle frontier streets, and clear off into the wild blue yonder. Fun stuff, especially 2/1; 1/3 is also good.
2/18/18