Modern Times (2006) - Grammy Winner!

Artist: Bob Dylan
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Label: Sony
UPC: 00828768760628
Release Date: 8/29/2006
Buy.com Sku: 202864194
Item#: M33RLK
Buy.com Sales Rank: 1427
Format:  CD

Song Listing

Disc 1
Song TitleSample
1. Thunder On The Mountain ~ Bob Dylan
2. Spirit On The Water ~ Bob Dylan
3. Rollin' And Tumblin' ~ Bob Dylan
4. When The Deal Goes Down ~ Bob Dylan
5. Someday Baby ~ Bob Dylan
6. Workingman's Blues #2 ~ Bob Dylan
7. Beyond The Horizon ~ Bob Dylan
8. Nettie Moore ~ Bob Dylan
9. Levee's Gonna Break, The ~ Bob Dylan
10. Ain't Talkin' ~ Bob Dylan


(C) (P) 2006 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

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
Rare Live & Classic
Rock Of Ages (Bonus Tracks)
Last Waltz (Live)
Greatest Folksingers Of 60's
Tribute To Woody Guthrie
Newport Broadside-Newport Folk
Vol. 1-Evening Concerts-Newpor
Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas
Clinch Mountain Country
Freedom Is A Constant
Folk Hits Of The Sixties
Folk Duets
Music Never Stopped-Roots Of T
Big Lebowski
Movie Music-Definitive Perform
Natural Born Killers (Explicit Version)
Rattle & Hum
Forrest Gump-Special Collector's Edition (Bonus Tracks)
Rock Classics Of The 60s
Live At Newport
Sopranos
High Fidelity
Ballad Of Ramblin' Jack
Best Of Broadside 1962-88
Blow
Sopranos-Peppers & Eggs (Explicit Version)
Rock Hits Of The 60's
American Roots Music
American Roots Music
There Is No Eye: Music For Pho
This Land Is Your Land: songs Of Freed
The Last Waltz (Bonus Tracks)
Jukebox Hits Collection
Divine Secrets Of Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Royal Tenenbaums (Collector's Edition) (Bonus Tracks)
Vanguard: roots Of Folk
Let Freedom Ring-This Land Is Your La (Live)
Folk Years
Story Of The Blues
Masked And Anonymous (Bonus Tracks) (Limited Edition)
Masked And Anonymous
Reggae Tribute To Bob Dylan: Is It Rolling Bob?
Postcards Of The Hanging
Rose And The Briar
Jukebox Hits Of 60's / Various
Bonnaroo 2004
The Legend
Musical History
North Country
Concert For Bangladesh (Live)
Mtv Unplugged Vol 2:very Best Of
Lucky You / O.s.t.
Ricky Jay Plays Poker(w/ Bonus DVD)
Legend Of Johnny Cash Ii
Best Of A Musical History
Best Of A Musical History (w/ Bonus DVD)(Limited Edition)
4 Decades Of Folk Rock:return Of The
Every Child Deserves A Lifetime:songs
Camp Burlesque
Camp Burlesque
I'm Not There (Soundtrack)
Wonder Boys (ost)
Temptation:music From The Showtim(ost
Hear It Now The Sound Of The '60s
Heroes
Modern Hymns
100 Greatest Personalities
100 Greatest
Essential 3.0(Limited Edition)
Tell Tale Signs: Bootleg Series, Vol. 8
Religulous (Ost)
Gonzo (Ost)
NCIS: Official TV Soundtrack
Watchmen (Original Soundtrack)
Away We Go (Ost)

 
Associated Artists and Works
Artists, Various
Artists, Various
The String Quartet Tribute To R.E.M. ~ Artists, Various
Artists, Various
Artists, Various
Artists, Various
Artists, Various
Artists, Various
Artists, Various
Four Seasons (The)
Ladder To The Stars: Garcia Plays Dylan ~ Garcia, Jerry
Positively 12th & K: A Bob Dylan Tribute ~ Greene, Jackie
Highway 61 Revisited
Hitchcock, Robyn
Hitchcock, Robyn
Howe, Steve
Howe, Steve
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
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
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
Various Artists
Paupers, Peasants, Princes & Kings: The Songs Of B ~ Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
The String Quartet Tribute to Bob Dylan ~ Vitamin String Quartet

 
Technical Info
Release Date : 08/29/2006
Original Release Date : 2006
Catalog ID : 87606
Label : Columbia (USA)
Number of Discs : 1
Studio/Live : Studio
Mono/Stereo : Stereo
SPAR Code : n/a
UPC : 00828768760628

 
Professional Reviews
Rolling Stone (pp.99-100)
- 5 stars out of 5 -- "The mood is America on the brink -- of mechanization, of war, of domestic tranquility, of fulfilling its promise and of selling its dreams one by one for cash on the barrelhead....It is music of accumulated knowledge..."

Rolling Stone (p.102)
- Ranked #1 in Rolling Stone's "The Top 50 Albums Of 2006" -- "MODERN TIMES is a groove album disguised as a poetry album..."

Entertainment Weekly (p.75)
- "Intriguing, immediate, and quietly epic, MODERN TIMES must rank among Dylan's finest albums."

Entertainment Weekly (p.130)
- Ranked #7 in Entertainment Weekly's "Top 10 Records Of 2006" -- "MODERN TIMES adds another glorious chapter to Dylan's late-career renaissance..."

Q (p.126)
- Ranked #7 in Q Magazine's "100 Greatest Albums of 2006" -- "[I]t offered strident blues, wistful ragtime and shimmering ballads."

Uncut (p.72)
- 5 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he emotional breadth is helped by one of Dylan's strongest singing performances....A Dylan who finally seems comfortable, and is ready to take things as far as it'll go."

No Depression (pp.97-98)
- "[T]he album is both the most playfully sexual and profoundly spiritual from Dylan in decades."

Mojo (Publisher)
(p.94)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] great deal of it is split between 12-bar treatises about love and lust and croonsome ballads about much the same themes, and one regularly gets the sense that its author might just be having a whale of a time."

 
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