At one point or another, I've owned every album from "Shot of Love" all the way back through to the original "Bob Dylan". I guess that means i made the man rich - "All I really want to do, is baby sell records to you".

As for Slow Train, I didn't really like that period music in his career. As in all Dylan songs, things are either good or their evil, right or wrong - which side are you on. Preachy, moralistic ditties, that tend to contradict both earlier and later works of the same artist.

Personally I prefer the stuff that Dylan's done in the last few years to his saved period. I gather that Dylan is not nearly so sure of his salvation these days, but is quite cognizant of his mortality and limitations.

...Dylan seems to have lost is sense of humor - at least when it comes to his music. Neil Young is as playful with his tunes as he's ever been.

If I had to pick my favs, it'd probably be Blood on the Tracks for Dylan and Tonight's the Night for Young. Both albums, though, qualify as morose since BOT is about divorce and TNT is about the death of a junky. Nothing like listening to true suffering when it's put down on vinyl. :-)