Starts out pretty bad, but ends up pretty good. Or at least half decent. The surround mix on this 2001 album is mostly tame, but it has enough moments to keep things interesting. My main complaint is that occassionally there is too much emphasis placed on Dylan's vocals and, frankly, they're just a little too harsh these days---especially on those tracks where there isn't much in the way of instrumentation to balance things out. I don't think vocals are ever isolated into just the center speaker, but sometimes it comes across that way. "Love and Theft" is enjoyable, but there are much better Dylan albums if you want to hear how good he can be in surround sound.
