As others have mentioned, it depends on what you consider the early days. There are a lot of people who had no use for his stuff when he went electric. Their loss in my opinion. While I believe that Blood On The Tracks is his masterpiece, there has been some very good to excellent stuff since. It's hard to believe that it came out thirty years ago. I enjoyed most of Desire from a musical standpoint, not so much lyrically. As an example, I really like Isis, but it makes no sense as a story.

Peter T., I know that you have said that you did not like Time Out Of Mind. I think that it is a wonderful album. I think that songs like Not Dark Yet, Million Miles, Cold Irons Bound, Standing In The Doorway are all very well written, both musically and lyrically. I think that Dirt Road Blues is an excellent tribute to some of Bob's Sun Records influences. I could live without the Stream of Conciousness epic "Highlands". For the most part I like Daniel Lanois' production, the band is great. It is not his best album, but I think that it is a mistake to expect the equal of BOTT, Blonde On Blonde, Bringing It All Back Home or Hwy 61 Revisited. These and others from that era are simply Bob at his best, which set a standard that in my opinion has never been come close to by any other artist. It's not fair to expect Bob meet that standard either.

I like 'Spaw's idea of spending a few weeks on the Project.