Blood On The Tracks is that rare thing, an album that deserves every word of praise heaped upon it. At this stage in his career Bob Dylan had done his best to shake off the oh-so cliched 'voice of a generation' tag. His mid 60s electric trilogy had been rightly celebrated, but it had made him a near mythical figure, something which, in retrospect, Dylan himself was more than a little uncomfortable about. A motorbike accident, a rootsy comeback, some careful career deconstruction, another break, soundtrack work, a reasonably well received album and tour with The Band later and suddenly the pressure was off him a little. Dylan disciples such as Neil Young and Joni Mitchell had enjoyed huge success over the last five years, so the focus was temporarily off the former Mr Zimmerman.