bounced back from the lackluster with an album of pop/rock songs that brought his usual rhythmic folk-rock into contemporary style with the rhythm section, a snappy production, and lots of synthesizers. Most of the songs were unusually lightweight, but the autobiographical explored ' ambivalence about being in the music business, an attitude that would find him dropping out and finding religion after one more album. In the meantime, produced a final Top 40 hit in and a singles-chart entry in the instrumental As a result, returned to the Top Ten LPs list with a ninth straight gold album, his last. ~ William Ruhlmann