Bob Dylan at Budokan

Bob Dylan at Budokan
A profile view of Dylan's face
Live album by
Released21 August 1978
Recorded28 February and 1 March 1978
VenueNippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan
GenreRock
Length99:41
LabelCBS/Sony
ProducerDon DeVito
Bob Dylan chronology
Street-Legal
(1978)
Bob Dylan at Budokan
(1978)
Slow Train Coming
(1979)

Bob Dylan at Budokan is a live album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released August 1978 on Columbia Records in Japan only, followed by a worldwide release in April 1979. It was recorded during his 1978 world tour and is composed mostly of the artist's "greatest hits". The performances in the album are radically altered from the originals, using almost all the musicians that played on Street-Legal, but relying on a much larger band and stronger use of woodwind and backing singers. In some respects the arrangements are more conventional than the original arrangements, for which the album was criticized. For a few critics, such as Janet Maslin of Rolling Stone, the differences between the older and newer arrangements had become less important.[1]

  1. ^ Sounes, 2001, Down The Highway: The Life Of Bob Dylan, pp. 314–316.