Together Through Life - Bob Dylan

Is it me, or is it becoming more and more difficult to tell apart Bob Dylan's latter material? Since his wonderful Time Out Of Mind, I can't help thinking everything is beginning to sound the same? Together Through Life was supposed to be Dylan's return to his blues roots but to me it sounds incredibly similar to Modern Times and in some respects Love and Theft too. The overall feel is rootsy, bluesy, folksy rock. The album is spontaneous (recorded with his touring band) and at the same time messy and loose in places. It's light in subject matter focusing on romance and love rather than weightier subject matter that may have existed in previous albums. This ...  Read the complete review

Together Through Life marks the 33rd studio album release by Bob Dylan, and his third this decade, coming after what many see as one of his best trilogies of albums. First released to mixed reviews, with some raving about and others pushing it away as simply mediocre material, but then it still gave him a Number One album in both the US and UK, making him again the oldest man to reach the top of the album charts. And at the age of sixty-seven years old (when it was recorded and released), this is no mean feat with the charts dominated by far younger musicians, although this is not as strong on the album charts, as singles have again become more dominate with the advent ...  Read the complete review