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"The 1980s are often seen as the absolute nadir of Bob Dylan&amp;apos;s career. The man himself has even been very critical of the work he did during the Reagan decade. &amp;quot;I can still play those songs,&amp;quot; he told Rolling Stone in 2004. &amp;quot;But I probably can&amp;apos;t listen to those records. I&amp;apos;ll hear too many faults. I was just being swept along with the current when I was making those records. I don&amp;apos;t think my talent was under control.&amp;quot;\r\nThat&amp;apos;s arguably true of 1986&amp;apos;s Knocked Out Loaded and 1988&amp;apos;s Down In The Groove &amp;#x2013; but in fact, the rest of the Eighties were far from a wash for Dylan. He worked consistently through the decade and released a wide variety of material. Some of it&amp;apos;s pretty bad &amp;#x2013; avoid &amp;quot;Trust Yourself&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Rank Strangers&amp;quot; at all costs &amp;#x2013; but there are tons of hidden gems from that period. Here are our picks for 20 classics from Dylan&amp;apos;s Eighties. Listen to the Spotify playlist as you read, and share your own favorite Dylan songs from this era in the comments section.\r\n\r\nRelated&amp;#x2022; Bob Dylan on His Dark New Album, &amp;apos;Tempest&amp;apos;&amp;#x2022; Photos: Previously Unseen Bob Dylan Lyrics from 1965&amp;#x2022; The 10 Greatest Bob Dylan Songs &amp;#x2022; Experts: Bob Dylan&amp;apos;s Lost Newport Guitar Found in New Jersey&amp;#x2022; 100 Greatest Artists: Bob Dylan &amp;#x2022; 100 Greatest Singers: Bob Dylan"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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