Reviews (page 6 of 9)
2.5 It never really occurred to me until listening to this album that I don’t think I’ve ever heard anything from Dylan released past like 1975 - and it doesn’t really feel like I was missing much. It seems that he made a transition from folk to blues with this album, and I don’t hate it, but the production is awful. I think its rough exterior was done intentionally to give more of a raw, live feeling to the album, and perhaps as a nod to some of his musical heroes from long ago, but compared to a lot of actual live albums (or even some of Dylan’s earlier work), I was just not feeling a strong emotional connection to this. As someone who has always had kind of a soft spot for Dylan’s nasally voice, it feels significantly degraded here, borderline Tom Waits-y. Maybe that’s supposed to encapsulate the spirit of the album given that it deals a lot with aging and death topically, but I don’t think that it automatically translates to listenability. On that note, people treat this album like it’s Dylan’s swan song, but the dude has released ten albums since. In fact, he’s actually playing the Hollywood Bowl tonight. I will give credit to Make You Feel My Love as a bright spot - in my opinion, it’s by far the best song here, and the only one that reminded me of the charm I feel with a lot of Dylan’s older stuff. Though, conversely, Highlands was a slog - Desolation Row the song is not. Not bad, but mostly unmemorable - I don’t see this being anyone’s favorite Bob Dylan album. I had a bit of a laugh seeing that this won Album of the Year at the Grammys in 1998 - because of course it did. For as much shit as I talk about Radiohead, I think I would have opted for OK Computer over this myself.
I love the smoky, bluesy vibes. Sad Bob Dylan hits so hard. Make You Feel My Love, Not Dark Yet, and Standing in the Doorway are my favorites.
Not one of my favorite Dylan albums, but it is interesting to hear Daniel Lanois work with the old man. Bob's voice isn't what it was -- he's started to drift into "more cheerful Tom Waits" territory here. It's fine. I know it won a Grammy, but I still prefer several of his other albums. Unexpected bangers: Million Miles, Tryin' to Get to Heaven, Highlands.
Mellow and comfy...too comfy...
one of his best records ;-)
Is it his best? No. Will you enjoy it? Yes. But…only if you like Bob. If you don’t, you’ll hate this.
I didn't realize Make You Feel My Love was a Bobby D song. The album was alright. I've never been a huge Bobby D fan, I can tolerate him but I don't find him mind-blowing. This record slots right there in the middle.
Very honky-tonk and same-y sounding to me on first listen. I'm sure it's great for those who are big into this genre of music but just not for me.
Not bad. Easy enough listening.
This man cannot sing and it will never not drive me crazy.
Grand 3.8
Dy-lon
Dylan Wild how his voice varies so much on different record. Make You Feel My Love is an amazing song. Other favorites were Standing in doorway, Trying to get to heaven, Not Dark Yet. Super cool groove on Cold Irons Bound. I like the bass on I Can’t Wait. Brian Blade on drums. I like the ballads but the blues songs like Highlands or Million Miles can get a little boring for me most of the songs seem a bit too long. 3.5-4
It was fine Bob doesn’t really do it for me
I like his voice better as he aged but he still doesn’t do it for me.
Great album and great representation of the later-period Dylan sound. A bit repetitive at times, and something that deserves a deeper listening, but overall a pleasure of an LP.
Look, Bob Dylan is not a good singer. However, he is a decent songwriter. That said, this album is slow and boring as hell.
This album is alright. I think it's well produced but it's slow and long. Maybe when I'm older this will hit a little better but for the moment the emotions don't come through in the same way as other Dylan albums.
Bob Dylan is one of those artists that I never really enjoyed. He wrote some good songs and I feel like every time I hear his original performance of them, it’s worse than the version I heard before. His voice, while distinctive, is not for me. I was hoping I could be turned around by this, but not this time. Maybe when we inevitably go through his older stuff it’ll be better.
I think his voice got better from his earlier music and I don't like that. Slow paced and boring.
Time Out of Mind is probably Bob's best record from the backhalf of his big career. I credit Daniel Lanois for the luscious production, for making all of these gritty songs shine in a dusty light. Sadly, 'Highlands' detracts from the album with its pointless 16-minute story and only serves to make the album way too long. 4/5
This is very Tom Waits-ish, not really typical Bob Dylan style.
It's Bob Dylan. Not my favorite Bob Dylan, but it's still Bob Dylan.
this albums bad but its not one star
Great bluesy Dylan album
I love a bit of Bob, but i'm always wary of albums from artists with a large discography where it seems to be outside their prime, so I had fairly low expectations. Turns out i didn't have much to be worried about, I guess Dylan still had it after all those years. There's plenty of great songs on here, his voice holds up and makes some of the tracks pretty powerful emotionally. Better than expected for sure, even the huge 16 minute closer was enjoyable.
Feels like they could have cut this album for something more impactful than a decent late period Dylan. 3/5
i don’t care for dylan’s voice on this. a few good songs, but i don’t see myself returning to this project anytime soon
this album switches between touching ballads that get to your heart and the most boring generic blues bullshit. highlight is make you feel my love for sure. not gonna return to this one often aside for that one track. maybe a few of the other ballads.
If this wasn't Bob Dylan would anyone care about this album? It's put together fine but very hard to get excited about this. The rave reviews are baffling to me. 2.5*
I liked some songs ok, but not really that amazing to me.
First time listening to Dylan i think. Enjoyed it a lot
Bob Dylan’s voice (raspier with age) arguably fits this bluesy stuff better than it does his early material. Gives it a haunting quality.
Hard to listen to. Fuck bob dylan
somebody just asked me if i'm registered to vote
Is there really anything lyrically valuable here?
I think this is better than I think it is but his voice just sounds so bad
на этом этапе он меня уже просто умиляет. гнусавый и одинаковый, но всеми обожаемый и каверимый
Der rockende Dylan. Ich mag ihn hin und wieder.
Always happy to hear Dylan: the poet, the road warrior. He speaks to my heart.
My favourite Dylan album on the list by some distance. Considered to mark a renaissance for the artist, it is gritty, anguished and reflective. That mood is supported by a gravlier vocal which is more pleasing to the ear than some of his earlier performances. However it seems this could be the result of a bout of histoplasmosis, which nearly killed him. Probably not worth the risk to try and replicate the sound. Rating: 4/5 Playlist track: Not Dark Yet Date listened: 16/05/24
I do understand how influential Bob Dylan is and was however this album didn’t reflect that, in my opinion. It dragged on in a way that seemed he just sang to sing and not in a good one. I disliked his voice completely.
A classic case of the emperor having no clothes? These songs are bloody awful. This is the kind of release that borderline angers me - like, obviously I don't care what people like, fine fine, so it's not all the album itself but I'm just reading that it not only won record of the year but is considered this massive and amazing "comeback" album and a classic - what, I can't go to 1997 releases and find even one better? Hi - OK Computer??? Obviously I'm being snarky and it's all subjective of course but how is this not merely a legacy honouring. "Oh Bob has a new album and it's organic and he's sober - what a genius!" I call total bullshit on this. These lyrics are beyond banal. The music is a recycled low-effort of I-IV-V progressions that were tired by 1973. So what was the point of this album? OK great - they helped him make an album that *sounds* retro. Yeah that is kind of a cool concept when digital and overly-technological recording was starting to dominate. Yet grading it on the same scale as the opposite, i.e. something that goes overboard with technology.... if you don't have interesting songs you don't have shit. There is nothing remotely interesting or new, the lyrics are incredibly weak; I'm not expecting The Times Are A Changing pt II but maybe I am and should. (...say something nice....ok "Cold Irons Bound" isn't bad) Man, I guess I'm wrong because everyone seemed to love it. I say don't believe the hype. This is terrifically lame. 2/10 1 star.
Didn't impress me much. There are the lyrics, and the production is quite good, but I think it does not fit Dylan well.
Overall enjoyable but I feel like I need to listen again to truly appreciate it. 3.5/5
I feel like you either like Dylan or you don’t. I do but I totally understand people that don’t. It’s unfortunate he wasn’t blessed with a voice to match his songwriting. I liked this album a lot. The band is really tight as usual.
Geen Bob fan maar hier zaten wel wat leuke nummers tussen. Al met al prima album, weinig over te zeggen.
I'd never heard this one but it didn't work for me. Overproduced, uneven tonally, and the production drowned out his vocals, which sound OK all things considered but are covered up by everything else going on. Sorry Bob!!
Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits was one of my favourite CD’s as a teenager. I loved the older stuff, but thought the quality declined later. So seeing the date, I was dubious when I put this on to play. But this was good, I really enjoyed it, there was groove and blues. I will definitely listen again
Another Dylan snoozefest, but this one is slightly tolerable
Not Dylan’s best, but acceptable for a fan.
Ondanks dat dit niet echt mijn muziek is, is het toch wel een aardig album om te luisteren.
I'm not a huge Bob Dylan fan and when I saw this was the album of the day I thought I would hate it. Having said that, I actually enjoyed it quite a bit and will probably listen to it again. It has a nice chill blues vibe that I really like. His voice is still a little weird but it seems to work for me. I will have to give his other music another chance.
I'm sure this needs more than one listen but here we are.
I stated earlier that Bob Dylan released a lot of hit and miss records and later in his career it was more miss. He still has the chops to continue performing live, though many would suggest his shows as well are more miss. Time Out Of Mind, seemed to come out of nowhere, as the 90's weren't exactly Dylan's most productive periods (I should note, I've seen him live twice, both times in the 90's), but the album proved he still has passion for making music and it was one of his most listenable albums in years. It's a consistently solid record, blues-influenced with some good performances. It even won a Grammy and caught the attention of a younger generation that still can't understand why he's so acclaimed. It's definitely not one of his best or essential albums, but it does reinstate he is still important in today's popular music.
An album that takes time to grow on you. This took me about 5 listens over fifteen years before it clicked and now I suggest it to people who like peak Bob but rightly don't get into the later stuff. Maybe I'm older and more bitter now, but these songs hit.
While I have never been a huge fan of Dylan - musically speaking - there are some notable exceptions to it. Time Out Of Mind is such. A very warm record, attributed to Daniel Lanois' production. Frankly, this is a producer's record, and I would even say that stripped from the production the musical content would be mediocre at best. Unremarkable bluesy Americana. If it weren't for the lyrics. These are what sets Dylan apart most of the time. A nice record to listen to once in a while, but nothing to justify it being on a 1000 albums list.
This is quite a lot of Dylan. I mean the last track is 16 straight minutes of him "talking to myself in a monologue" fuck me those are actually lyrics in this mammoth track. Having said that, it's also fuckin Dylan. GOAT.
Yet again I find myself thinking "I'll try and give Dylan a fair crack, it can't be as bad as I think it is if so many people seem to absolutely love it" - but it genuinely is that bad and I really don't understand how people can like it.
A personal favorite due to timely lyrics from my generation's shaper
Haven't listened to the other Dylan album we love had yet cos it's not on Amazon music but looking at the tracklist its probably better. This was pretty good, he can definitely write a song. He sounds very authentic but he can't sing everything and it didn't always land for me. Think I'll enjoy the more acoustic focused albums that will inevitably come up.
Super solid late-career effort from Dylan. Standing in the Doorway is great, and I also wasn't aware he wrote Make You Feel My Love. His voice isn't that bad here to be fair, but not something for everyone.
For me, this is probably the best Dylan album we've had so far. The longer it went on the more I enjoyed. Highlights: Love Sick Dirt Road Blues Not Dark Yet Cold Irons Bound
Never listened to any more recent Dylan before. Much like with Leonard Cohen, his voice has changed pretty dramatically, although think the old Cohen sounds better than the old Dylan. I wasn't convinced by this initially, but it grew on me as it went on. I didn't know "make you feel my love" was a Dylan track and reading into it, it looks like Billy Joel actually released his version before Dylan somehow?? Not sure I'm a fan of it particularly.....thanks Adele. Highlights: Standing in the doorway Not dark yet Not on the same level as classic Dylan, but still very good. 3.5
Great album by Dylan that I've never heard.
A more mellow, reflective Bob Dylan. The track "Can't Wait" reminded of John Lennon's "How Do You Sleep?", while the guitar playing on the final track "Highlands" sounded like a slowed-down version of a song by Seasick Steve. I quite liked the album.
Dylan being Dylan. Couldn't really get into this one.
Surprisingly, the songs sound better when he doesn't sing them himself.
One of the best songwriters ever. Love his music and gravelly voice. 4.5 rounding up.
3.2
Wow so I guess I like Bob Dylan now.
I'm more familiar with the "old" albums of Bob Dylan (although I guess 1997 is for a lot of people also "old"). This is in my opinion not as good as those, but still quite good. So definitely worth listening to.
Why have I not heard this before. Great album and the matured voice is a revelation.
Not Dylan at his best. Some good songs but mostly songs that were largely unenjoyable. Make You Feel My Love made particularly poor listening. 5 minutes+ for Lovesick was not necessary.
Fantastic. As expected the songwriting is divine.
I’ve been surprised not to have encountered Dylan yet in over 100 days, and here comes one I don’t know at all. I didn’t actually know he was still releasing decent new material in the 90s to be fair. It’s a good job he knows how to write a damn fine song and execute it with this much earnest authenticity, because he sounds like a goblin and that’s the only thing holding me back from considering 5 stars. Great album.
Very nice.
There is too much Bob Dylan on this list. But maybe this is finally wearing me down a little. The absence of the harmonica is such a treat. Feels like I can finally enjoy the music a little more. And he’s not bombarding the listener with a wall of unpunctuated text. There’s room to breathe. Even though his voice has become charred gristle and he makes no effort to reduce his nasal tendencies, there’s something good here. His raw vocals compliment the intimate emotion and heartbreak in his lyrics. The music is really good. I actually saved a song. That’s miraculous. I swear he goes out of his way to make his music difficult to enjoy. It’s like he’s afraid to show off how good it really is. Just like Neil Young, I wish I could peel back the noise. Let me like you, dammit!
This has to be up there with Dylan's finest albums and certainly his best album of the last 30 years. It's a superb amalgam of blues, country, rockabilly and jazz and the music is ideally matched to the raspy quality of Dylan's voice. The songs have a generally melancholic, twilight air about them and are generally more personal in nature than the more surreal and mystical songs of 60s Dylan. The more you listen the better the songs get
Don't listen to this if you're trying to stay awake
Not much of a Bob Dylan fan. I'm guessing this is why.
Not Dark Yet Tryin' to get to Heaven Cold Irons Bound
Not his best for sure.
So Bob Dylan released a straightforward blues-rock album in 1997, and they still put it on this list for some reason? I guess I'll bump it up to 3 stars because "Love Sick" and "Cold Irons Bound" are nice songs.
This is the seventh Bob Dylan album. As I have said before he can write songs and he can play music but the man cannot sing. It is awful. The album was a little long and listening to his voice made it that much more difficult. If someone who could actually sing sang this album it would have received a higher rating. I am being generous.
I feel like Bob Dylan's been coming up more than usual lately. Between me getting my second Dylan album just over 2 weeks ago and the various Dylan-inspired albums I've gotten since, it's definitely a noticeable pattern that has continued with my third Bob Dylan album today. However, this one's pretty different from the other two I got, mainly because this one released over 20 years after those other two that I've gotten. Because of that, the most obvious thing that's changed about Dylan is his voice. It's noticeably aged, but that's not a bad thing. I feel like his voice in this album is more consistently good, whereas earlier albums were kind of hit or miss in that regard. This version of his voice creates a different atmosphere than his earlier work, but the quality hasn't managed to take a hit. This is still a pretty good album. It's not perfect, don't get me wrong. I know I've defended Bob Dylan's singing, but I did not need to hear it for 73 straight minutes. If the last song had just been cut down from 16 and a half minutes to a normal song length, then we could've had a decent album length. Anyways, on to the positives that aren't the voice since I already went over that! Bob Dylan's songwriting is as strong as ever here. The storytelling and world building is still that of a man with lots of talent, now with 20 more years of life experience. The sound is nice. It's a little repetitive at times, but I still enjoy listening to all of these songs. Overall, while it's not a perfect album, this is yet another solid collection of songs from Bob Dylan. Light 4/5.
A bit of a different Dylan album
Nicht meine Richtung
Depressing album, Dylan at his worst I think
Dylan back in the groove, with a record that approaches the rawness of his best work. Confessional but surprisingly lighthearted at points.
Not a fan on Bob Dylan! I think this album is very good! Standouts: Make You Feel My Love, Trying to Get to Heaven 4/5
Still totally unconvinced
Can’t sing for shit and you know it but has a certain vibe that I can get into. Thank you for Make you feel my love so Adele could make it a god song lol
All the respect for his song writing… but his albums just don’t quite hit the mark.
Dylan is one of my favorite songwriters. But I've liked very few of his albums or songs as a performer. Until now. This album is so good. The sound so intimate, like you're right in the room with the band. It's probably a dark bar that serves fried foods and cheap drinks, in a small Midwestern lake town. Most everyone feels a little cynical yet nostalgic tonight, winter is in the air.
Mixed opinions on Dylan, great songwriter but don’t always love his music. This album was interesting to start, because it’s a bit more bluesy than I usually expect from Dylan, but ultimately nothing really stood out.
I don’t like Bob Dylan.
Solid album
This is a very different side to Bob Dylan. Moving and sincere, this album is much better than his usual, nasally mumble jumble. With the exception being the sixteen-and-a-half minute dread which is "Highlands," this is a strong blues rock album. The biggest surprise is that Dylan is the original writer of "Make You Feel My Love." This commercially and critically successful album produced new-found appreciation for Bob Dylan.
Maybe it's that this is a relatively newer album for Bob Dylan but goodness I hated his voice throughout this. Musically great, vocally awful.
Solid blues-rock record, I'm not a huge Dylan fan, but this is good.
Just really bluesy and mellow. I'm not a huge lyrics person, so some of the magic is probably lost on me. Dirt Road Blues is a hippy departure from the "classic Dylan" sound. There's also not the guitar heavy solos that you'd expect from BB King, Buddy Guy, etc.
A very bluesy rock Bob Dylan. It gets a little tiring at times, particularly on the 16 minute highlands which feels like an uneventful story told as slowly as possible... it begs to be clever with how long it takes to unfold, but doesn't really get any base hits. Standing in the Dooway and Not Dark Yet stand out.
This one grew on me, but is not nearly the level of Dylan albums that didn’t make the list like Desire. Still pretty good
Good job bob
I avoided this album for a long time, but I’ve been more interested in late-period Dylan ever since Rough and Rowdy Ways came out, as I thought that was a very good album. Time Out of Mind is very good, classic Dylan. He sounds great, lots of blues on this one and his backing band sounds great per usual. Make You Feel My Love is an obvious highlight as well as Tryin to Get to Heaven.
I don't get bob Dylan. He's a poet and songwriter, and should have stayed away from being a 'frontman' he's very very boring. The upbeat bluesy songs stand out. The rest are skippable.
Not bobs best
I love some Bob Dylan, but this is not peak Dylan. I know this album is highly regarded but I could not get past the deterioration of his voice. Clearly, some incredible songs came out of this but I don’t think I’ll be listening to it on repeat.
Not a bad listen, took me a while to get used to the voice but I did and enjoyed it more the second listen, 8/10
Meh. I honestly don't get Bob Dylan.
Different, and OK.
nothing to write home about
I'm not normally a fan of Dylan, but this was really very good
Så Bob... Hvad kan du den her gang? - Gaaaaarh! Du kan trække ting i langdrag, og lyde af ørken på en dårlig dag... Det sidste 16 minutters forsøget at gøre mig sur.. Det lykkedes!
Er det her Dylan peaker? Love Sick er et mega fedt nummer. Dylan er cool på et niveau der næsten kan nå Bowie og Cohen på deres bedste dage. Track 2 falder lidt udenfor. Dens uptempo urolige fremdrift er en kontrast til resten af pladen som glider stille og køligt hen.
#13 Bob Dylan - Time Out of Mind (1997) Singer-Songwriter, Folk Rock Blues Rock, Country Blues, Blues A return to form for Bob after over a decade of shit. While it isn't anywhere near his music he made during his peak, Time Out of Mind is a pretty damn good album for a veteran this late into his career. It's way too long though. Favourite Tracks: Love Sick, Not Dark Yet Least Favourite Track: Can't Wait
For me, a *very* easy to listen to album, it's the first of his albums on the list I've gotten, and only the third album I've heard all the way through. Comparing this to his previous collaboration with Lanois - Oh Mercy - I think this has a little too much in the way of effects and atmosphere that detracts from Dylan's music just being allowed to do its thing. Can't Wait had a distinct drum sound that reminded me of U2 that got to the point of distracting. My favorites are Standing in the Doorway and Not Dark Yet.
Not my kind of listening enjoyment, but an ok album
Great music but I felt like I wanted the album to be over at the half way point.
It may have more to do with me being in a car for 5 hours and less to do with the album itself (will never listen again to find out) but I was so bored by this, I’m going to sue Bob
Hour long anti smoking PSA
mellow, easy listening. dad rock. i personally hate bob dylan's voice. whiny and gravelly at the same time. hard to get through this one
His voice is annoying
I’m struck by how direct and plainspoken Bob Dylan is on these songs. A lot of the songs are blues songs which keeps them in realm of the simple and to-the-point. These are songs about heartbreak and he doesn’t try to lyrically reinvent the wheel. But the arrangements are wonderful. “Love Sick” has a slight reggae influence mixed with the blues and I can hear that style a bit on “Million Miles” too. It’s a surprise but I think it works. And ooh that beat in “Can’t Wait” is a perfect fusion of the two genres. I guess reggae was always rooted in the blues but I didn’t expect Bob Dylan to be the guy to show me that connection. “Tryin’ to Get to Heaven” is lovely. The organ creates a nice sense of drama. And what is that — slide guitar? — that comes in and out with a sad tone? Beautiful harmonica solo too. Man, his voice is gritty on this album. I love it. Sometimes the production even seems to accentuate how gravelly and frayed his voice is. It’s a great fit for these lonely songs about heartbreak. 4.5
I think I mentioned it here before on this list on Adele's "19", but I have always been enamored with "Make You Feel My Love". One of my favorite songs of all time. Something I don't mention too much is that I've never been a deep listener of Bob Dylan's music. It feels weird to say that as a singer songwriter myself but I didn't grow up with his music and throughout my life I wasn't around a lot of people who recommended him to me (well except for my 1001 albums rating partner..). That doesn't mean I don't like him though, I just unfortunately have only heard maybe like a third of his songs. To me, this album sounds a little more electric, modern, and atmospheric for him and conventionally what I know his sound to be. His voice on the intro track feels more strained (than usual!), and the instruments feel more like layers and textures here, where most of the Dylan music that I've heard has the instruments playing the important harmonic "B" voice to his vocals as the "A". They work together, they work in tandem. Here, they are hanging around behind him. Naturally after all of this analysis, the following songs go right back to a more typical Bob Dylan sound hahah. This was a great listen.
I really like the interplay of the multiple instruments, overlapping, coalescing, drifting and seemingly falling out of sync. Feels like a Waits album without as much bite. Maintains a sense of live play with the added clarity and precision of the studio recording equipment. I’m not a fan, generally. His later work is better for me. But there’s always something I’m looking for that I feel it lacks: a good punch in the gut. Go figure.
This one presented me with a bit of a quandary. One one hand Bob Dylan is an amazing lyricist and writes a solid tune - acoustic and electric. On the other hand I find his nasally voice kind of irritating.
I know that this album is highly regarded within Dylan's discography, but it's never done much for me. The songs are so weary and unenergetic. "Make You Feel My Love" feels like a standard at this point, so I will certainly give that track a pass. But the stale feeling persists through every song. I recently listened to Leonard Cohen's "You Want It Darker", an album that did darkness without ever crossing over into boring. This album does not manage to walk that tightrope, in my opinion. Lyrically, it's phenomenal. But do I care enough to stick around and hear those lyrics?
nothing really stood out on this one.
Gefällt mir nicht.
I prefer early Dylan.
Old school Dylan resurfaces in the late 90s to produce another gem for the post modern world.
A more recent and I think superb Bob Dylan album. It's love/hate with BD, but I am a fan. I like much of his work and this album isn't an exception. Not Dark Yet is by far and away my favorite track. It's a masterpiece and one of Dylan's best songs in my opinion.
I had no idea that the legend of Bob Dylan had a very un-legendary stretch from the late 70s to the mid 90s. And that it included a three album run of very religious tunes after he converted to Christianity. But it seems he found his way back from the wilderness, with his 30th studio album (!!!!!) “Time Out of Mind.” He didn’t find his way back to folk or gospel, though. He found his way back to creativity, but he did so exploring the blues. And with most things Dylan, sometimes his voice works, and sometimes it doesn’t. With more than two decades of wear and tear on his voice past the Dylan I’m familiar with, sometimes the gravelly grit is just too much. But for a lot of “Time Out of Mind” things mesh fairly well. His voice did feel totally off on “Make You Feel My Love” though. Because “Make You Feel My Love” is a Dylan song!? Pretty sure I associate it most with Adele, who recorded it on her debut album, but now I’m wondering if I knew the Billy Joel version that came out the same year as “Time Out of Mind?” Dylan’s resurgence on this album is an impressive feat, but writing one of the few songs to become a pop standard in modern times is a nice little side story.
No great fireworks here, just a solid set of songs by a master of lyrics and phrasing. If you don’t like his voice, you’ll probably give this a thumbs down, even though he’s more melodic here than on many of his earlier albums. I feel the depth of his experience, along with a keen insight into the human condition, with Not Dark Yet as a standout track. I also dig Daniel Lanois’ production, as I usually do on albums from this era, even if Dylan was not a particular fan.
What a come back after a long time of being down. This album reminds me of Tom Waits’ Nighthawks At The Diner in that Bob’s voice isn’t great at this point in his career, but it fits the mood of this album so well. I imagine Dylan as a skeleton entertaining in the corner at the bar in purgatory. People are waiting to be judged and here is an old soul spewing life experience.
First ever listen. This was okay, there'll be another listen to this one.
That's easy -> great artist, great album, great performance
Je n'avais jamais écouté du Bob Dylan intentionnellement, mais ça va c'est pas mal. Je suis trop non plus hyper fan des paroles, j'ai l'impression que la plupart des chansons se lamentent à propos d'une femme, qui l'a quitté ou qui va la quitter... Est-ce que c'est juste une impression ?
Bob Dylan makes another album. A double, no less. Sounds like all the other albums. Which is good if you like that sort of thing, I guess. But I don't.
MAJOR misconception about Bob: he's a grumpy old git. He's actually a lot of fun. He often takes the piss out of himself. That's the feel for this album. It's cartoon Dylan, but still quality. The production by Daniel Lanois threatens to derail the Dylan by Numbers. But no one makes them like Bob. There's no one like Bob. Celebrate the old bugger.
Ikke det bedste Dylan, en anelse kedeligt, stadig god sangskrivning
A real return to form and the production of this album really adds to the thematic elements that the album title alludes to. Dylan sounds like he’s communicating from a different time. However, a lot of the lyrics are very direct. Definitely a worthwhile and interesting album by an artist at something of a career crossroads.
Can you change the world 3 times? Dylan is in a handful who changed it twice. As for three times? Off hand, Miles Davis, maybe Madonna? I had a longer version of this review that disappeared when the phone battery died and there were a few other names. Bowie perhaps? Certainly this album is a return to form for Dylan. At least according to fans. Now Dylan is one of those artists who, even on the worst albums they did there’s something worthwhile. (Elton, Stones?, again my mind is dying). I don’t quite rate this album as highly as other fans, but acknowledge it is an excellent album. After the dire born again years (which still yielded some good songs) this was rightly seen as a vast improvement. The traveling wilburies helped too I think in that Dylan was able to just relax and write. I don’t rate this quite as highly as other Dylan fans but it is a top ten Dylan album.
Perplexing. I dont know his except for a few famous all time greats. yes this is mellow and spacey - very gentle. His voice isnt as nice as I expected. but the ambience is there. torn - he is such a great, its well produced and clean but I am not hugely moved... it make take a few listens to grow, and sit with the lyrics - maybe another time?
Look, I’m a Bob fanatic, but I do try to keep some perspective. Before this album was released, I hadn’t really enjoyed one of his albums since 1989’s Oh Mercy, also produced by Daniel Lanois. I thought Bob had lost the plot with Slow Train Coming (1979 - an album I now love). I didn’t like any of the 6 albums he released in the 80’s between those 2. And I didn’t like any of the 3 albums he released in the 90’s before this one. As for his live performances, I found his versions of his classic songs harder to listen to on each tour he made here. He’s admitted that before Time Out Of Mind he’d lost his way. The album was immediately lauded on release. As for his live performances, I finally realised that he was always gonna mangle the classics, but what was left of his voice always sounded fine when he was singing a song that he’d recorded with the same voice. And so, his live performances of songs from this album have always entertained me. And it helps when he writes crackers like these - Love Sick (the live version that came with the bonus CD on my copy is better than the studio version); Standing In The Doorway & Million Miles are heartbreakers; Cold Irons Bound is just a great track; Make You Feel My Love has become a standard (although I’d rather listen to Adele’s version); Highlands is epic; but Not Dark Yet has always been my favourite, and the older I get, the more it moves me. And I haven’t even mentioned the quality of the songwriting or the band. He hasn’t done an album anywhere near as good as this since.
I found this to be a really listenable Dylan album. The Daniel Lanois production is clearly divisive amongst critics, but I like it. I like the weird spaciousness. It is heavily processed (Lanois never met a reverb he didn't like) and yet keeps an analog feel. I like the grit in Dylan's voice. Some critics find some of the lyrics/songwriting a bit simplistic, although most of their ire seems directed at To Make You Feel My Love, which is well on the way to becoming a modern standard. Heaven forbid that Dylan should write (and sing) a song that everybody likes! There is a reason this is Dylan's highest selling album ever. And coming nearly 40 years into his career, good on him.
Diciamo 3
I am happy to report it that this album had no harmonica in it and therefore I thought it was a lot better than the previous Bob Dylan one. I still don't really remember any of the songs tho
Really interesting production, I definitely get the “atmospheric” vibe that Wikipedia mentioned. It’s a really good Bob Dylan album, I’m not sure it’s an essential Bob Dylan album (he has like, 10 other albums that are probably more important to music history). I really love the sound of the record though, and will probably give it a few more listens (even though it’s way too fucking long).
Bluesy Dylan Dirt Road Blues Make you feel my love
Not the biggest Bob Dylan fan but it wasn’t bad- I enjoyed.
I love Bob Dylan covers! He’s one of the greatest songwriters of all time. I just don’t want to listen to him. But his musical career is impressive and I have mad respect for the guy!
I expected this to be an “emperor’s new clothes” kind of album, but I actually liked it. The texture of the instruments blended with and complimented his raspy vocals. The organ gave the songs a mysterious, vintage quality. Loved the tone and mix on the bass. Basically, I’m a bigger fan of the production than the songs themselves. 3.3
Some Tom Waits/Leonard Cohen vibes on here. Others are sort of meandering. A lot of talk in the wiki about how the production took away from Dylan's performance. I think it helped bring relevance to his music that was/is lacking. The biggest cultural impact from this album was "soy bomb". 3.6
Bob Dylan has 7 albums on this list. Do we really need his 1997 blues-inspired comeback album to appreciate his legacy? When artists like Harry Belafonte, The Cranberries, Weezer, Vampire Weekend, and Bon Iver are so glaringly left off the list? I posit that no, we do not. If any other artist put out this album, it would not have been loved or remembered. It’s on the list because it was Bob Dylan’s first decent album in nearly 2 decades. It brings nothing new to the blues, nothing emblematic of the 90s, and no worthy entries to the Bob Dylan songbook.
The only Bob Dylan albums that I've listened to are Blonde on Blonde, and Highway 61 Revisited, which I both enjoy, so this was my first time listening to something from later in Bob Dylan's catalog. Overall, this album was pretty underwhelming. It was interesting at times to hear a more a straightforward blues sound from Dylan, but the overall result was pretty boring. There were some flashes of brilliance with some of the piano and organ arrangements, but the songs and the overall album were just too long for my liking. "Tryin' to Get to Heaven" was nice, but it was the only song that I kind of enjoyed. This album wasn't terrible, but it definitely wasn't my speed.
Dylan? Nope
Decent Dylan for 1987.
This was better than I expected to be honest, love the blues grooves throughout the album.
When it comes to Dylan, I feel sometimes his limitations as a vocalist cloud his skills as a songwriter. That is how I felt when I originally bought this album back in 97. Listening to it again now, I have a greater appreciation.
I like Dylan. I like the blues. I like this album. The first track was reminiscent of Leonard Cohen, an inkling of Waiting for the Miracle, I think.
Great songs, rough singing voice.
This further reinforces that I'd like Bob's songs more if he had someone else sing them. I'm a lyrics guy and I find it hard to pay attention to them with his voice singing them. The music's good, the singing bad.
Class Dylan
Bobby OK.
Wieder Folk und wieder nicht meins. Dabei hat Bob so gute Musik gemacht ...
Not bad, not really the best Bob Dylan
I loved every second of this album. It was like listening to music with my dad again. It's beautiful and soulful and just makes everything feel familiar somehow.
Jazzy and cool
Ei ehkä parasta Bob Dylania. Enemmän blues soundista kuin akustista folkkia. Eikä edes huuliharppua mukana. Parhaat: Standing In The Doorway, Not Dark Yet
so make you feel my love is an amazing song, lyrically and musically, lyrically cause of bob, but not so musically… i have to admit, i prefer most covers of that song over his and adele’s version is one of my favourite songs ever, this song alone brings up the album and then on top of that, i actually didn’t mind this too tough, i preferred it to the other one i had to listen to. something about a door or the other side, i can’t remember but it was long and i enjoyed it. though him saying, ‘ i eat when i’m hungry, i drink if i have thirst’ or something like that was just… great storytelling bob, truly.
Boring. Shit voice. It’s a Dylan album. For all of his renown, most songs offer nothing particularly interesting lyrically, so even the one thing all the Dylan-worshippers beat you over the head with is absent here. More of the boring version of the blues that white men of a certain age love to flog to death. You can hear this album at any local blues open mic, and probably with better vocals. Listened to three minutes of this sixteen and a half minute final track before scanning forward to see if it was ever going to do anything else. It doesn’t. Fuck you, Bob.
Rock/Pop, s.s., meist soft, 1997 -> 3
Bardzo fajny album. Na spokojne jesienne wieczory. Dobry głos boba
Bit of a Dylan skeptic and figured this would suck. It doesn’t suck. That was a nice Monday surprise.
C+ Love Sick 3 Dirt Road Blues 3 Standing In The Doorway 3 Million Miles 3 Tryin' To Get To Heaven 3 Til I Fell In Love With You 3 Not Dark Yet 3 Cold Irons Bound 3 Make You Feel My Love 3 Can't Wait 3 Highlands 2 Dylan is an annoying little b**** with albums that are too long and a voice that makes ears bleed. Conversely, he has written some great tracks for other people. This album has "Make You Feel My Love", which Adele sings to perfection.
Not a bad outing for Dylan. Enjoyed listening to several songs that I didn't realize were on this album.
Not Dark Yet is good but generally just not for me
6.5/10
A Bob Dylan album I’m not familiar with, given this came out late 90s for a man who was in his peak in the 60’s I didn’t have high hopes. Funnily though I recognise a few songs off this album, one probably thanks to Adele. This is actually a really good album and would mark a return to form for Dylan. I’m sure at the time it would have be marketed as his best since blood on the tracks. Glad I listened and this deserves to be on the list, will I come back to it? Probably not I’m more likely to stick on classic Dylan.
Thunder wonder plunder. The man is a poet! I never appreciated Dylan until recently. His voicing of social and political issues transcend generations and will keep his legacy alive for generations to come.
Robert Allen Zimmerman taps into the time-space continuum with this record, bending the rules of temporality in his own image and trapping unsuspecting victims on the journey known as "1001 Albums Generator" in an infinite time vortex. While this album might seem to be 73 minutes long to any passerby, the listener will spend 3 billion years in the Bobverse. In other words, this is way too long. Oh Bob, you silly goose. Please let me see my daughter again.
A true return to form from Dylan with an album that took me a few listens to get into. My personal favourite track being Not Dark Yet.
Last bob album sucked ass, because it wasn't my vibe at alll. First song and already the same vibe. His voice has changed a little, I guess I like it more. It's quite chill now, unless it's progressive. It was definitely not that. As expected I didn't like it. Ouu second song has a beat now, never had before. Wow it goes like it started, even country is more fun than this. I would like to know why people like this, actually i know why this can be good to listen to, it just makes me feel like I'm wasting time. Third song, didn't even notice it had changed, I'm not searching meaning of these songs as I'm not at all interested. It's 7 minutes? I'm dead already. 4th song and these songs are not listenable they are to be backgrounded. 5th song just realised I hate this voice. The vibe he creates is fully uninteresting also. 6th song and exactly same situation. He has a more rock sound, but doesn't mean it's better. 7th song, thing is songs aren't even sad, they don't make me sad or depressed, or happy or anything, I'm just like "next", idk might just be me, but I value instrumentals in a song, which bob lacks too much. 8th song has a slight appearance of the instruments, like guitar and a bass? Well at least this one sounds the best. OMG 9th song I knew by tittle was Adele's, but it was a sample she used of Bob apparently. Well I've said this in a before album listening, this guy can write but not sing, adele has a way of delivering the vocals that are not scratchy but actually pleasing, though some people prefer this, which is no problem. Basically this was the best song because I knew it, just from different voice. Now that I think if Bob's songs were redoed by smn with a nice voice, it would actually sound good. Because I mean Adele has the exactly same vibe, but she has some type of spark too. For example 9th song, it's not bad, and wow I like it because I imagine it was sang by smn else. Like my perspective changed, I get the Bob Dylan vibe now. I think. Like as I said Adele has same vibe with the instruments, less rock more soul, but still. I now know why I should like this. I didn't except myself to change so quickly I was gonna give this 1 star but maybe 2 or 3 now?! Ohh also Adele has choruses which makes her songs better in a popular sense(I'm not a huge fan of her, she just used Bob's song so just comparing) Last song and my somehow changed mind likes it. I said this about last Bob's album, this has such a karaoke vibe, it just needs a beat drop and a little baroque pop, would be perfect. Oh what the fuck this is 16 minutes, I don't like it that much. Well whole song was the monotonous same vibe, didn't like it, but it has something. Soo as I've said because Adele used his sample, I'm rating this 2 instead of 1. Well Adele also made me realise why I should like Bob, so yeah, he's not as bad as he used to be, there's more Bob albums here so awaitingg.
Not for me.
2- Stars (4/15)
Nothing terrible, but not my favorite batch of Dylan songs. A few solid tracks however. Still nice.
3.5
This is so boring. I've given several Dylan albums a 5 and there's some not on this list (I think) that I would also rate as a 5. I never understood the appeal of this album.
Trying’ to Get to Heaven is the best song. Enjoyable for the most part but BL. Bad length.
lol long and bad. if i still listened to full albums on this list, I would be PISSED and my kidney stone would act up again.
Love sick and not dark yet are fantastic songs. There's some other bits of goodness scattered through too but dear god the length is terrible and very boring at parts.
Enjoyed half the album or so, good story telling. Makes me want to check out his other work now. Kinda nasally sounding at times but good tunes.
As if having two Bob Dylan albums on this list were bad enough, to put them back-to-back is sadistic. However, this album wasn't as terrible as the last one. I think that he might have had time to take lessons and improve his overall musical quality. Still better than Everything but the Girl.
I'm not normally a big Bob Dylan fan, and I groaned a bit when I saw this come up, but it was surprisingly good. It doesn't sound like the earlier stuff that I normally associate with him. It's very bluesy and I dig it.
it’s ok but it’s only really on this list because it’s dylan
Not too strong an opinion on this album. When I first heard his singing voice, I thought I would care more, but 30 seconds and I was already completely used to it. If anything, I thought it helped with the mood. I enjoyed the long drawn out track about him ordering eggs and then failing to draw a waitress. Decent album. Not looking into the history of this one.
Good album if you like Bob Dylan. Can't say I'm a fan, but I liked the bluesy themes in a lot of the songs. He does have a legendary line "and I been to gay Paris" in the song 'Not Dark Yet'.
Some of these songs just sounded like basic blues to me. I was impressed that the songs are longer than they felt. A 7 minute song that doesn't over stay its welcome is a rarity. I just don't enjoy Bob's singing. The music itself is good. This album almost would have been better as an instrumental. Haha.
3-4
A few beautiful songs and a nice vibe for a Sunday! Would have never listened to this without the suggestion - thanks!
The sound of his voice is like nails on a chalkboard
Por destacar algo la producción es atmosferica y mola. Alguna cancion está guay pero en general bluseo jujano
I own a copy, I bought it right after the album came out, I felt very strongly then that this was a great record. It's probably the only studio Dylan record that I listen to with some regularity. Giving it another listen now just reinforces that opinion, it's a great record.
Really quite surprised that I like this album so much. Mostly for the music I think.
Classic
Jesus save me but I'll never be a bob dylan fan.
Not the best of Dylan’s work
Bob Dylan No. 5, but I’ve had a nice six month break from him on this generator TBH my interest in Bob Dylan's music is flagging post-70s, but as much as I hate to admit it, the critics are right: he did have his mojo back by this point. The blues are roarin', the ballads heartwrenching, the lyrics funny. My attention span was a little fried by the time the 16 minute-long closer came around, but I did chuckle some at the detailed excuses to get out of drawing that waitress. HL: "Standing in the Doorway", "Trying to Get To Heaven", "Not Dark Yet", "Make You Feel My Love", "Highlands" January 9, 2024
Not young, folk song rebel Dylan but this bluesy, old man wondering where it all went Dylan is still pretty good.
L’album de Dylan que j’ai préféré jusqu’à présent, et le seul dont je considérais une nouvelle écoute
same as always. the writing is powerful but… could i write poetry to this? n
A fine Dylan album, especially for his late-period works. But, I don't think it is "essential" listening.
Every track on this album is top notch Dylan
I like a lot of Dylan. Just nothing on this album really.
More Bobbles! Always a pleasure. However, I think that this, along with a bit of mid- to late-era Dylan, falls into a trap of each song being either (a) a traditional blues number or (b) a 23 beats per minute dirge. Luckily, I absolutely love his 23 beats per minute dirges, but I can definitely do without the type of blues that threatens to introduce a honky tonk piano at any moment. Also Bob, no-one has ever written a good 16 minute song. The closing track of this album is a brilliant 4 minute song that lasts for 16. Unnecessary.
It was OK. Nice background sound.
Decent effort, I like the Langois atmosphere of the production. 2/5
I liked it but I prefer his older stuff
All time great; should be good
Gold ol’ Bob Dylan.
I don't know why, all the things I dislike about Bob Dylan are well and truly on show here, but I dug this. If I wasn't so grated by his vocals I'd even say I really dug this. Really lovely story telling, great range of tracks. Fav track: Make you feel my love
Pretty enjoyable low-key blues from the Dylster. Good background while making dinner vibe. Still didn't have anything I was clamouring for. Loved the reflective epic closer. Fave track: Highlands
I have to be in the right mood for later-eta Dylan. He sounds more and more like an old chair. There’s a lot more slow blues tracks here, which he still writes and plays well, but I never attach to quite as much as his late 60s and early 70s stuff, though there are a couple tracks here I will definitely add to some playlists. (And finding one or two songs to keep listening to from an album I didn’t love is one of my favourite things from this project!) A strong three stars for now. Fave track: Standing in the Doorway
Surprisingly good!
snore
My reviews are going to be shorter this week, but I really enjoyed this album, one of the last “major” Bob albums I hadn’t heard yet! Some songs felt very 90s production, in a good way. I really liked “Not Dark Yet”.
I have listened to three Dylan albums now and I am stunned by his consistency even 30+ years into his career. He is becoming a contender for favorite artist of all time. The only reason it’s not a 5 is because of the final track, but it is still a great listen overall.
Just brilliant. Bob drags is through his influences with a bleeding heart and a voice that fits perfectly. There's something about the delayed delivery of the lines on Can't Wait that makes me laugh.
1.5/5
It was ok, a bit boring. I like 60/70s Dylan, not sure about 90s Dylan though
Couldn’t do it. 1997 I was deep into discovering the first ten albums when this came out and I forced myself to listen to it dozens and dozens of times, and there are moments but there’s no sustained magic like the magic of the early days and I felt guilt for not loving the man’s entire oeuvre and so I kept listening and searching and hoping but knowing it wouldn’t come and then at some point just stopped and I thought oh this’ll be fun to go and see what these songs sound like now but it’s not fun, it’s still just, like, empty and sad and me feeling like a jerk for feeling empty and sad and the last thing I need in my life is more reason to feel bad about the ways I just actually feel so sorry Bobby but it’s all pre-1977 for me from now on.
First time listening to a Bob Dylan album, and it's 1997 "Time Out of Mind". Very tasty blues, rich sound, and sometime just unbearable sadness in Bob's voice
Það tók mig mjög langan tíma að læra að meta Dylan. Ég veit ekki því þetta er svo gott stöff. Kannski kemst Megas einhvern tímann þangað en mér fannst þeir svipaðir einu sinni. Svo vann Dylan sig upp. Þetta er gott stöff!
I hadn’t heard this growlier almost Tom Waitsish Dylan before, and it was awesome paired with the beautiful melodies.
Song thoughts: Love Sick - smooth rhythms paired with Bob's ragged voice Dirt Road Blues - a classic folk western song. The electric guitar sounds great on this song. Standing in the Doorway - smooth soft rock paired with Bob's signature voice. Million Miles - love the blues sound to the song, Bob knows how to make music. Tryin' to Get to Heaven - Bob's unique voice is on display in this soft rock song. 'Til I Fell in Love with You - the instruments all work together perfectly. An easy song to just groove to. Not Dark Yet - another song where everything works together. Cold Irons Bound - love the bass line and intro. I can see this song playing over a scene where someone walks into a busy saloon. Make You Feel My Love - this is a classic song, if you haven't listened to Adele's version you should go and do that. This is another excellent version. Can't Wait - this song is funky and just makes you want to sway. Highlands - not many songs can be this long and not feel like a drag. This was an incredible album. Each song sounds unique while fitting the theme of the album. The instruments are always on point to blend with Bob's unique voice. I will definitely be coming back to this one!
Great album. From the very start his unique voice gripped me. The blend of musical styles on the album always kept it interesting. The mixing on a diet road blues almost have me a headache at parts, but the rest of the album was excellent. His lyrics made every song so good. I understand why my parents loved him so much back in the day! Track lengths ran long, but never felt a chore to get through (even the finale coming in at 16 min). I don't listen to a lot of Bob Dylan so this was such a breath of fresh air compared to the same couple songs that play on the radio. Would recommend and will listen to a lot! Fav tracks: love sick, standing in the doorway, not dark yet, Highlands
just not my type
One of the more important albums in my life. A return to form for the Master. Tight, snazzy sound. Lyrics contemplating one’s mortality. Dylan puts out one of his best all time albums at age 56.
Was okay the whole way through, but I got kinda bored.
I really enjoyed this. No "bangers", but no misses at all. Very chill.
Modern Dylan just isn't that interesting.
This is just tooooo long and also not very memorable
solid album. had few songs that i like but its not much more than that.
Not the Bob I know but pretty good
You can hear the recovery from creative pause in the music, especially emphasized by the atmospheric sounds conjured by the producer Bob didn't even like. It's aching, it's recovering, it's trying to see something new after decades of notoriety. I don't think it reaches the scope of some of his other releases, but its' relevance in one of the most important catalogues of music really makes it stand out
I've never listened to this intentionally, but I absolutely remember my dad having this CD when I was a kid in the '90s. I had it on in the background on Saturday, but waited to rate until I had time to really listen with headphones and pay attention. It's Dylan's 30th (!!) album, released after a 7 year hiatus, that followed somewhat of a flop era. I'm looking forward to diving in. So far in this project I've been listening to a lot of experimental, prog, electronic stuff. That's also generally what I choose to listen to, so musically this is a turn for me. The tunes are pretty straightforward blues riffs, though there are some cool psychedelic effects on Cold Irons Bound and Love Sick, for example. All of my Dylan knowledge is osmotic, I have never listened to one of his albums straight through or even really intentionally listened to one of his songs, but he is of the culture and my father is a big fan. Through my exposures, I have always considered him to be more of a poet than a musician and I think that holds up here, as the music is pretty simple and arranged around his words. His voice is gravelly but earnest, I didn't find it to be unlistenable. The lyrics are about as bleak as blues can get, with a wry gallows humor to them. Grappling with mortality and the shittiness of the world, classic stuff! "I was born here and I'll die here against my will I know it looks like I'm movin', but I'm standin' still Every nerve in my body is so vacant and numb I can’t even remember what it was I came here to get away from" 4 stars for when you need it.
4.25
Not Dark Yet and Make You Feel My Love are superb tracks. A couple of the other tracks are vibey, but long. Otherwise this is a true test of patience. I would have no problem with 30 minutes of old man blues being cut. 2.7
I just wanted it to end. Boring and repetitive. Everything sounds the same. Maybe one good song.
I would really like to get Highway 61 Revisited soon, I feel bad about giving all these 2 star reviews to Bob Dylan because I don’t dislike his music for the most part.
This album is incredible
I feel like you have to be in the right mood to listen to this.
Don't lik Bob's mumble gruff voice style singing.
Cool
Make You Feel My Love and Not Dark Yet are amazing but the rest no so much. It's kinda unfair to listen Dylan's discography in random mode, but that's what I can't help with.
Robert Dylan
Only first listened to this in 2017 when I did a tour of loads of albums released in 1997, one of the greatest years in music. Was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed it, even though I was aware that it stood out in his latter discography as a critical success. But!!! There's no way I would rate this up there with Dylan's best ever. There are some undoubted high points that are among his best, Tryin to Get to Heaven, Not Dark Yet... However there are too many long blues jams that while all well and good, just feel like padding out to me and when the record is 72 minutes long that's daft. My favourite of these is probably Cold Irons Bound. If the album shaved a few songs then I'd like it more. I'm sure Highlands is great if you've a spare 16 minutes to listen to all the words but I'm afraid it just faded into the background for me as it was musically uninteresting. I'm not sure if I preferred Oh Mercy as a whole, probably.
Bob! Descent album and I had my toe tapping
It was an ok album, not one of my favorites of his. Kind of went on for a bit too long.
I've nevet really listened to Bob Dylan before and it wasn't my favorite. I was starting to dig the end end of the album, maybe I was liking it the more I listened, but perhaps I just don't like the storytelling style of music as much as the next. I'd like to give some of his older stuff a chance though, before his voice was completely gravel.
A decent return to form for Dylan, but with not enough memorable material to make it too far above average
Great writer buuuuuutttt should never sing.
The stranglehold that the Boomers had on music criticism in the 90’s album-sonified. Dylan hadn’t done anything good in more than a decade when this mess came out but because the critics all liked him when they were 16 we had to appreciate this important new work. Terrible. This is like Jethro Tull beating Metallica and Jane’s Addiction for Best Metal Album at the 1989 Grammys. This late career middling piece of garbage has no place on an albums you must listen to list and I'm embarrassed for everyone involved that it’s on here.
Verga no. Lo recuerdo un poco y fue an utter shit show. Shite mate. Wont hear again. 1 de una.
This was the first time I’ve sat down and listened to a Bob Dylan album. His voice has always put me off. But I ended up really enjoying it, though I thought it got a bit old the longer it went on.
Thoroughly disliked this album
Overall Good, nothing stands out
I think I prefer older Dylan, but this was acceptable.
fuck my notes got deleted twice. Love sick, standing in the doorway and not dark yet stood out. Make you feel my love pretty gooood. Can't wait is groovy but doesn't blow my socks off. Worst track was dirt road blues. Ok I'm not listening to 16:31s of Highlands after an already album. Lots of potential pretty strong, solid 4. Not a high four because the 16min song at the end didn't jump to me.
SOY BOMB
The album that began Dylan’s second renaissance. Great artistic accomplishment.
Good album if you like Bob Dylan. It's Bob doing what Bob does best.
Love this album so so much
Nice. Gives pretty strong Tom Waits vibes.
Hørte halve albumet, så fikk eg heldigvis pause av flyalarmen (kopi av forrige anmeldelse)
Nope. That's all.
Never been a huge fan of this album
Difficult for me to enjoy for a few reasons... This style of music just doesn't captivate my interest very much. Not memorable.
Bob Dylan can get me into a thoughtful mood that is hard for any other artist to get me into; I really like a lot of his classic albums. I went back and forth between 3 and 4 a couple times while listening to this one I really got into the vibe halfway through, despite disliking the way his voice sounded at the beginning. I especially liked Not Dark Yet, and liked the two following songs. I was somewhat leaning towards 4, but then I hit the last song, which was just too long for me, given how little it changed or grew 3.5/5 Best track: Not Dark Yet
Au début je suis vraiment resté surpris car ça sonnait très différent du Dylan que je connais, mais par la suite on reconnaissait un peu plus son style, quoiqu'il avait évolué un peu. Généralement j'ai bien apprécié, mais ce n'est pas ma période préférée de lui. Je comprends son statut par contre. 7/10
really not a fan
re chill, no diría que su voz es la mejor de todas, pero como tampoco canta tanto la verdad que no me molesta.
The best album of 1997. Yes, it's better than OK Computer.
Much as appreciate and admire Bob Dylan's work, I think I got a bit too much exposure to him in my college years, but this album definitely pulled me back in. I love the style and sound, the sparse and haunting arrangements and production, and there are some superb tracks on it. Excellent record all around.
I haven't listened to this album in so long and I kind of forgot and took for granted how good it is. It is definitely the album that broke the mold for me pigeonholing Dylan as just one type of artist, which is why I likely enjoy so much of his later stuff and think he is an excellent performer still to this day. A classic as far as I'm concerned.
Not as good as the classic Bob Dylan albums, more mature and raspy voice, the melodies are a bit heavy and don’t feel as free flowing as his earlier music.
Horrid. I couldn't get past ten seconds of Dylan's voice before turning it off. He might be the voice of a certain generation, but I need an element of musicality in my listening, not just lyrical prowess. Dylan might be a great lyricist, but he's an awful singer. Sorry.
I know everyone loves this album, but I’m just not a huge fan of his singing. The songs themselves are fine, if perhaps a little long.
Headphones, train, first listen, single sitting, FT: Standing in the Doorway
Didn’t realise that Adele song was a cover. Good album. I feel like there is so much Dylan to listen to that this can’t be the best by a long way. It was all fine. Nice. Average. Will listen again but probs will investigate earlier Dylan
love the bluesy quality. his vocals ruin it for me every time.
Suuuuuper late career Dylan with no songs I recognize. I can't say I'm excited, but I'll try to have an open mind. --- Love Sick is actually pretty cool. Gravelly verging on ghostly vocals over a mildly psychedelic atmospheric instrumental. Feels like something you would listen to on a foggy trip down river on a steam boat. Dirt Road Blues is a pretty standard stomp-clap blues song. I will say, I appreciate the vocal effect; I think it does him service. Standing in the Doorway is a pretty song. Composition kind of reminds me of Clapton's Wonderful Tonight. What little I was able to focus on the lyrics, this seems really poetic. "Last night I danced with a stranger, but she just reminded me you were the one. You left me standing in the doorway, crying in the dark land of the sun" Let this slide into the background for quite a while. Really enjoying the atmosphere created on Can't Wait. Straight up, my initial feelings going into this album were 100% wrong and I am so grateful for that. This is a great album; one of the best I've actually heard from Dylan (the other in contention being Blood on the Tracks). Dylan may be late career here, but he does a great job of leaning into his bedraggled voice and casting it into largely stripped-down bluesy arrangements. While nothing in here will smack you in the face and say "wow, I have to listen to that again," the songs are strong from start to finish both in arrangement and in writing. I am tempted to give this a 5, but will hold back to a strong 4 because there wasn't any particularly magic moment. Also I really wasn't that big of a fan of Tryin' to Get to Heaven.
Standing in the Doorway sounds like Dire Straits :) I like this album more than the other Bob Dylan albums we have gotten so far, but I am firmly in the camp that Bob Dylan is not really my type of music. This one is a 3.5 but, like most Bob Dylan we have heard, I am rounding down because it feels like a lot of the same throughout the album. Not too exciting.
Not at all what I was expecting from Bob Dylan to start with Love Sick, but then looked and saw this album is from 1997 so a much different style. This whole album is kind of weird sounding Bob Dylan does the 90s blues with a weird singing voice. Cold Iron Bound is definitely my top song on this one. Other than that nothing really stood out. I wish this was like 30 minutes shorter. They could have cut out the whole last song that seemed like it was never going to end. Was thinking a 2 on this but the instrumentals are quite good so I'll go low 3
Man Bob's voice has taken a turn. Not bad just sounds like he smoked a pack or two daily for like 40 years. Adds a nice lil ruggedness to it. Nothing really stands out for me here, but nothing really bad. Just a little too long for what it is to me. Solid 3
More proof that can write but should have never performed.
This Bob's "Jakob Dylan's dad" era and it is the Bob Dylan sound that I was most familiar with before I started the 1001 Albums project. Can't say I enjoyed much on this one. "Standing In the Doorway" was a good sad song but the rest of the album is sad songs that aren't so good. Also the production is very... noticeable? and seemed out of place for Dylan's style. Gotta give it two stars. That is the rating I give albums that have me calculating how much time I have to listen before I can put another album on.