Modern Times - Bob Dylan

I am pretty sure I will be retired by the age of 65. Bob Dylan, instead, celebrated his age with his 44th album, called "Modern times". The general tone of the album is blues. Bob Dylan began with blues, and may be this album is a testament that he has never really moved too far away from that source. What surprizes in this album, given the age of the singer, is that he has not lost his magic with his voice. Songs like "Spirit on the water" and "Thunder on the mountain", just by coincidence the second and first song of the album, are my favourites. The album is also ironic, withouth being ...

‘Modern Times’ is Bob Dylan’s second studio album of original material of the new century. It shares a similar Memphis sound to his 2001 release of ‘Love and Theft’, but has a more sophisticated sound. Both albums represent a significant departure from 1997’s ‘Time Out Of Mind’, which was, in itself, ground-breaking. Some critics regard Bob Dylan’s last three albums as a revival of Dylan’s talent, but this is to ignore his superb albums of the late eighties and early nineties such as ‘World Gone Wrong’ and ‘Oh Mercy’. Dylan has often been criticised by those who expect him to produce endless albums similar in style to ‘Freewheelin’. Thankfully, however, Dylan has ...