| Product Summary | | Label: Sony | | UPC: 00828768760628 | | Release Date: 8/29/2006 | | Buy.com Sku: 202864194 | | Item#: M33RLK | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 34991 | Format:  CD |
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| | It's arguable that at no point since his 1960s heyday has Bob Dylan been as celebrated as in the decade following his critically acclaimed 1997 album Time Out of Mind. Numerous films, books, and albums--mostly Columbia's impressive archive series of reissues--have been part of a universal canonization of the singer and met with considerable enthusiasm by fans and critics alike. 2006's Modern Times, the third album to have been released in nearly 10 years and part of a trilogy that also includes 2001's brilliant and upbeat Love and Theft, is easily deserving of such enthusiasm and is further reason for the formal veneration.
Musically, the album finds Dylan once again mining the stately traditionalist sound first heard on Love and Theft Lazy blues numbers, piano-based songbook pop, and jumpin' country swing provide the backdrop for Dylan's continuing study of the vicissitudes of life, love, and death. Although he is certainly world-weary, a lot of life is lived in the verses of these songs and there is a dogged spirituality that provides, if not hope (a rather prosaic notion for Dylan by this point, to be sure), at least a means to finding contentment. Finally, a word about Dylan's voice here: while his singing has always been unconventional and never pretty in any traditional sense, in its raspy magnificence it is simply perfect for this timeless music.
"There is no precedent in rock & roll for the territory Dylan is now opening with albums that stand alongside the accomplishments of his wild youth. This music is relaxed; it has nothing to prove. It is music of accumulated knowledge, it knows every move, anticipates every step before you take it. Producing himself for the second time running, Dylan has captured the sound of tradition as an ever-present, a sound he's been working on since his first album, in 1962." Rolling Stone
"it radiates the observant calm of old masters who have seen enough life to be ready for anything Yeats, Matisse, Sonny Rollins. This is a music-first record that leavens blues shuffles with the moderate tempos and politely jazzy beat favored by Dylan hero Bing Crosby in the early 30s" Blender
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info | | Personnel: Bob Dylan (vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano); Denny Freeman, Stu Kimball (guitar); Donnie Herron (steel guitar, mandolin, violin, viola); Tony Garnier (cello, acoustic bass); George G. Receli (drums, percussion). | | Recording information: 2006. | | It's arguable that at no point since his 1960s heyday has Bob Dylan been as celebrated as in the decade following his critically acclaimed 1997 album TIME OUT OF MIND. Numerous films, books, and albums--mostly Columbia's impressive archive series of reissues--have been part of a universal canonization of the singer and met with considerable enthusiasm by fans and critics alike. 2006's MODERN TIMES, the third album to have been released in nearly 10 years and part of a trilogy that also includes 2001's brilliant and upbeat LOVE AND THEFT, is easily deserving of such enthusiasm and is further reason for the formal veneration. | | Musically, the album finds Dylan once again mining the stately traditionalist sound first heard on LOVE AND THEFT. Lazy blues numbers, piano-based songbook pop, and jumpin' country swing provide the backdrop for Dylan's continuing study of the vicissitudes of life, love, and death. Although he is certainly world-weary, a lot of life is lived in the verses of these songs and there is a dogged spirituality that provides, if not hope (a rather prosaic notion for Dylan by this point, to be sure), at least a means to finding contentment. Finally, a word about Dylan's voice here: while his singing has always been unconventional and never pretty in any traditional sense, in its raspy magnificence it is simply perfect for this timeless music. |
Producer: Jack Frost |
Engineer: Chris Shaw |
| | Compilation Appearances |
| | Associated Artists and Works | | Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | The String Quartet Tribute To R.E.M. ~ Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | The Blues Roots Of Bob Dylan: Under The... ~ Artists, Various | | A Nod To Bob ~ Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Band (The) | | Beach Boys (The) | | Four Seasons (The) | | Ladder To The Stars: Garcia Plays Dylan ~ Garcia, Jerry | | Greene, Jackie | | Guthrie, Woody | | Highway 61 Revisited | | Robyn Sings ~ Hitchcock, Robyn | | Hitchcock, Robyn | | Howe, Steve | | Howe, Steve | | Kinks (The) | | Leadbelly | | Neil, Fred | | Positively 12 Stiff Dylans! ~ Nob Dylan & His Nobsoletes | | Red On Blonde ~ O'Brien, Tim | | Pickin' On Dylan ~ On, Pickin' | | On, Pickin' | | Masked And Anonymous ~ Original Soundtrack | | Masked and Anonymous [Limited] ~ Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Pickin' On Dylan ~ Pickin' On | | Traveling Wilburys | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | The Blues Roots Of Bob Dylan: Under The Influence ~ Various Artists | | A Nod To Bob ~ Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | The String Quartet Tribute To Bob Dylan ~ Various Artists | | Is It Rolling Bob? - A Reggae Tribute To Bob Dylan ~ Various Artists | | Is It Rolling Bob? - A Reggae Tribute To Bob Dylan ~ Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Listen To Bob Dylan ~ Various Artists | | Bob Dylan: Les Chroniques V.1 ~ Various Artists | | Paupers, Peasants, Princes & Kings: The Songs Of B ~ Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Unplugged Tribute To Bob Dylan ~ Various Artists | | Williams, Hank |
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