Like several of the selections in my top 25 list, it may not
be the most musically challenging album (not sure what this says about me) but
it’s a great listen from start through to finish. The radio friendly hits like
“Handle with Care” and “End of the Line” (today’s link) are well known and
great tracks, but the album has far more depth than just these songs. Like
those hits, it works well when they all sing together, but similarly when one
of them takes the lead vocals, it is equally as great. For example, “Tweeter and the Monkey Man” is classic Dylan,
on “Not Alone Anymore” Orbison showcases his amazing vocals, Petty goes
reggae-lite on the incredibly catchy “Last Night”, Lynne goes all early rock
and roll on “Rattled” and Harrison provides the light and breezy “Heading for
the Light”. Add to these the slowest
song on the album, the extremely cynical
“Congratulations” and you really have a great album. Probably the best song
though to give you a sense that it was just a few mates having a bit of fun is
“Dirty World” where like silly schoolkids they picked phrases out of auto
magazines and turned them into an innuendo laden song. Great fun.
The follow up to this album “Traveling Wilburys Vol 3”
(there wasn’t a volume 2) although containing some good moments, was always
going to struggle to live up to this one, especially without Orbison in the
lineup.
One other thing to mention about the album is the production, which was done so well by Lynne
and Harrison and really adds to make it a gem of an album.
Coming up at #2 – we go back to the seventies for a rock
masterpiece
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