Did I say Self Portrait was considered Bob Dylan’s worst album? Let me take that back. 1973’s Dylan is actually the album that would likely earn that title.
Self Portrait has the worse reputation because it came out of nowhere and flew in the face of high expectations. But Dylan is an album of outtakes from Self Portrait… so basically, these are the songs that weren’t good enough to be on Dylan’s worst album. You do the math.
Dylan wasn’t involved in the creation or release of this album. It was pushed out by Columbia after he briefly left the label, some say as a deliberate attempt at sabotage (an official album was due to be released just a few months later).
Meet Me In Montauk 