Just written a quick review of this album, but I'll add to this thread too --
I really enjoyed this album, and I'm one of a few people I know who think Dylan's work is getting better and better! One thing I didn't mention my review is that I think there's been an incredible progression in Bob Dylan's words over the course of nearly fifty years, if we look at for instance, "Tombstone Blues" from Highway 61 Revisited, we encounter words like "where Ma Rainey and Beethoven once unwrapped their bedroll, tuba players now rehearse around the flagpole, and the national bank at a profit sells road-maps for the soul, to the old folk's home, and the college!"
We see confusion, frustration and sometimes the words are surreal (don't get me wrong, I love every word), but then in his later albums, he is becoming increasingly worldly wise, and we hear instead "In this worldly domain, full of disappointment and pain, you'll never see me frown".
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