New Dylan album in August

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AP:


New Bob Dylan album due in August
Associated Press

NEW YORK - Bob Dylan's new album, "Modern Times," to be released Aug. 29, features 10 original songs recorded by the singer-songwriter and his touring band.

Song titles include "Thunder on the Mountain," "Spirit on the Water," "Workingman's Blues" and "When the Deal Goes Down." Dylan plays keyboard, guitar and harmonica on the album, and sings the vocals.

In a statement Monday, Columbia Records Chairman Steve Barnett characterized "Modern Times" as the third in a trilogy that includes 1997's "Time Out of Mind" and 2001's "Love and Theft." Both albums were Grammy winners.

"Bob is that rare artist whose music defies all trends and resonates throughout all levels of our culture, and he continues to be as contemporary and relevant as any artist in music," Barnett said.

Dylan, 65, is the host of a weekly show, "Theme Time Radio Hour," on XM Satellite Radio. The show debuted last month.

"Modern Times" is his 44th album.

[HEIRESS]

Oooooooooooo

[jackrock]

Oooooooooooo is right! yay!

[Documad]

"Modern Times" is his 44th album.
Many of them suck, but I enjoyed Time out of Mind, so yay!

Now, if he would just play a small venue here, I might actually give him one more chance at the live thing.

[YoungRemy]

44 albums in 45 years, now that is longevity....

i like that this trilogy is recognized, he has really stepped it up since the release of Time Out of Mind... dont forget about the songs he wrote for "Wonderboys"

if he tours with Willie this summer, count me in...

"The poet laureate of rock 'n' roll. The voice of the promise of the '60s
counterculture. The guy who forced folk into bed with rock, who donned makeup
in the '70s and disappeared into a haze of substance abuse, who emerged to
find Jesus,' who was written off as a has-been by the end of the '80s, and
who suddenly shifted gears and released some of the strongest music of his
career beginning in the late '90s.
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Columbia recording artist Bob Dylan."

[enree erzweglle]

In other BD-related news, a BD biopic is in production and one of the actors to play him in one of the phases of his life is Cate Blanchett. Other actors include Heath Ledger and Richard Gere.

Full article here (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060524/ennew_afp/afpentertainmentus_060524214752).

[HEIRESS]

In other BD-related news, a BD biopic is in production and one of the actors to play him in one of the phases of his life is Cate Blanchett. Other actors include Heath Ledger and Richard Gere.

Full article here (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060524/ennew_afp/afpentertainmentus_060524214752).

crazy pants!

His tour last summer was awesome, except Canada is lame and they stuck Willie on separate night from Bob cause they knew they could sell him out solo as well

[Waus]

crazy pants!

His tour last summer was awesome, except Canada is lame and they stuck Willie on separate night from Bob cause they knew they could sell him out solo as well

f'in Canada. That's just like them.

[Planetary]

heavy. dylan is shibby.

[mickill]

In other BD-related news, a BD biopic is in production and one of the actors to play him in one of the phases of his life is Cate Blanchett. Other actors include Heath Ledger and Richard Gere.

Full article here (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060524/ennew_afp/afpentertainmentus_060524214752).
I think Cate is one of the best actors of her generation and Bob is, well, he's Bob Dylan, but I really don't know how I feel about this. Actually, I think the Richard Gere thing bothers me more.

[enree erzweglle]

I think Cate is one of the best actors of her generation and Bob is, well, he's Bob Dylan, but I really don't know how I feel about this. Actually, I think the Richard Gere thing bothers me more.Yes she is so excellent. She has this slow-brew, understated kind of a quality to her. She rarely comes up on my best-of lists and I don't know why.

I truly have no idea about the Richard Gere thing. Or the Heath Ledger thing for that matter. It's odd, but so is BD.

[YoungRemy]

listening to "John Wesley Harding" due to this thread...

no reason to get excited.... the thief he kindly spoke... there are many here among us... who feel that life is but a joke...

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I'm kind of stoked because I think Love and Theft is probably one of the four or five greatest albums he's ever made. It really helps that he's figured out how to use his latter-years voice so well.

The song titles on this new one are a little clichéd, though. But I can't imagine he'd foist bad product on us after a five-year break.

*hopes*

[abcdefz]

Here is a file with sample clips. (http://www.sendspace.com/file/5f68nb)

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Rolling Stone gives the album five stars (http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/11277554/review/11286830/modern_times), for whatever that's worth.

[SobaViolence]

i've been thinking a lot about what he said recently...and i gotta say,
'Fuck you, Bob Dylan'.

i never thought in a million years i'd say that...

[abcdefz]

...obviously, you've never heard Under a Red Sky. :D

[yeahwho]

i've been thinking a lot about what he said recently...and i gotta say,
'Fuck you, Bob Dylan'.

i never thought in a million years i'd say that...

what did bob dylan say to upset you so much?

[yeahwho]

Rolling Stone gives the album five stars (http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/11277554/review/11286830/modern_times), for whatever that's worth.

I've only heard the title song, the Rolling Stone review was sort of convoluted and overly analytical. All other things I've read about the album have involved theologians and armchair popes. It does have the feel of a group of seasoned road traveled musicians pulling the tour bus up to a studio and laying down tracks while the music is fresh in their heads. It took only a month to record.

Like the one guy said before me, "The mumbling bastard has done it again"

Never has any musician engaged so many discussions this in depth and intelligent as Bob Dylan. I love listening to his fucked up garble, it works for me on many levels.

[abcdefz]

what did bob dylan say to upset you so much?


Probably the "no recorded music has sounded good in 20 years" interview in Rolling Stone. Probably. I'm just guessing.


We had a thread about it. (http://www.beastieboys.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=70292&highlight=Dylan)

[AtoD]

I swear Dylan was a BBoys fan.... didn't they smoke a blunt?

[abcdefz]

Average score right now is 97/100 or 9.1/10. (http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/dylanbob/moderntimes)

[The Notorious LOL]

do you honestly base your opinion of an album on what critics think of it?

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I don't think I was suggesting that at all. My opinion is my own. I do like following critical hype, though. And, yeah -- if the overwhelming consensus was that it was a shitty album, I wouldn't bother snatching it up right away. I'd get a used copy or check it out from the library or something to test the waters.

[SobaViolence]

It's hard to hear Modern Times' music over the inevitable standing ovation and the thuds of middle-aged critics swooning in awe. When you do, you find something not unlike its predecessor, Love and Theft.

because every critic has a hard-on to review a Dylan album, thinking they'll have something fresh or insightful that wasn't said in the last 40 yrs.
it'll probably be an alright album.

[abcdefz]

Anyone who has a problem with Love and Theft just has a problem, period. That's a masterpiece.

[yeahwho]

Inevitably Bob Dylan pisses everybody off. Sometimes it seems as if he doesn't try at all. The thing that interests me is even as lazy and uncaring as he is at times he as the ability to actually write in a trance state. He is the most facsinating artist alive today. That garners attention.

[The Notorious LOL]

Anyone who has a problem with Love and Theft just has a problem, period. That's a masterpiece.



you said the same thing about "Get Behind Me Satan"

[SobaViolence]

burn out>fade away

[abcdefz]

you said the same thing about "Get Behind Me Satan"



Yup. "Blue Orchid" is a bit of a weak link, but that album's gold. (y)

[BBboy20]

I dont' know about "Get Behind Me, Satan", I wasn't really feeling it at all at the first half of that album. I can appreciate them going into a '20s direction but...I don't know, just seems that their wern't enough variety and too much repeatiness to be a REALLY enjoyable album. Only if they could incorperate the same awesomness of 3L3 into that album...

Anywho, I'm not much of a Dylan fan so I really don't have a opinion. =/

[YoungRemy]

they are streaming the album right now on aol radio....

(y) "I was think about Alicia Keys..."

[Documad]

I've given the new CD a pretty good listen (it's one of two CDs with me in my rental car). I completely understand why it's getting critical acclaim. It's pleasant to listen to and there are some good lyrics. I sometimes find Dylan to be irritating in the same way that Springsteen bothers me -- where the lyrics are written in a way that's too writer-ly or too clever so it's distracting. I don't like it when lyrics take me out of the song. Solo Sting is the biggest offender. It only happened once with this CD.

My problem with the CD is that all the songs are two minutes too long. The music varies quite a bit from song to song, but the music within individual songs is monotonous. As I listen to each song, I like it and I'm happy, but three minutes later I'm looking at the counter to see whether it's really as long as it seems.

[like2_drink]

(y) fuckiiin im there

[Tompz]

downloading it right now

probably sweet

[YoungRemy]

the last track "Aint Talkin" is my favorite so far...

has anyone seen the video for "When the Deal Goes Down" yet?

[abcdefz]

Wow. I have to give this album another listen or two, but right now I'm really disappointed.

It's.... fine. It's a nice album -- played and produced better than Oh Mercy but about on par with that.

I think this'll get traded in pretty fast. The first Really Good Song doesn't even happen until about halfway in.

The band sounds really good, but the songwriting just seems unfocused, and it's definitely not as immediately catchy as Love and Theft.

The disappointment factor here is very high. I'll probably take it on my trip tomorrow and see how it sounds.


:(

[DroppinScience]

Oops. I got the album last night myself (haven't listened to it yet), but I fear I may have jumped the gun.

Y'see, anything after "Blood on the Tracks" I'm unfamiliar with when it comes to Dylan. Are there some other stuff when it comes to latter-day Dylan (i.e. mid-70s to present) that I should be hearing before I launch into this one? I know I should get "Time Out of Mind," but is there anything else? I'm of the impression that he's fallen quite off until the last few years (with his "recovery").

[minorthreat]

AP:

"Modern Times" is his 44th album.

its only his 44th if you include the shitty live albums and label releases he had nothing to do with, like 'Dylan' in the '70s when he left Columbia briefly.

its a good time album though, so chilled - someday baby is great.