is an interesting experiment; the band realized they had to tie then current hard rock into rock and roll history (hence doing Orbison, etc.) -- and they also did a lot of eclectic covers, something hard rockers hadn't done much on a studio LP. Roth's vocals have a great amount of Jewish soul, too ... this was a nasty swing by RS, a passed along notion gone unchallenged.

And "Down in the Groove" instead of "Self-Portrait" or a few other of his 80s records? Does it really sound that bad against a half dozen other Dylan releases? (That's actually a real question; I gave up on Bob after 'Infidels' and picked up again on 'Oh, Mercy.')