Blues

Download Blues mp3

Tracks:

1. She Belongs to Me
2. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
3. It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
4. Down in the Flood
5. Meet Me in the Morning
6. Gotta Serve Somebody
7. Groom's Still Waiting at the Altar
8. Seeing the Real You at Last
9. Everything Is Broken
10. Dirt Road Blues
11. High Water (For Charley Patton)
12. Blind Willie McTell

2006 compilation of previously released material by the renowned and universally respected singer/songwriter that focuses on his self-penned material that was influenced by his love for the Blues. 12 tracks including 'She Belongs To Me', 'Blind Willie McTell', 'Gotta Serve Somebody' and more:)

Modern Times

Download Modern Times mp3

Since Time Out Of Mind, us Dylan fans can be proud again to admit that we're fans of the new stuff, not just classic Dylan. Modern Times is his third in a streak of impeccable releases. The latest is a return to the styles Dylan introduced in Love and Theft-- country-blues and smart rockabilly. As with the most recent album, Dylan (aka Jack Frost) produced Modern Times; as such its feeling is closest to Love and Theft-- warmly personal, like listening to the band in a small nightclub.

The songs are longer, the lyrics arguably more memorable and there's a few more down-tempo ballads. Contrary to the popular notion that Dylan's voice is incomprehensible (probably owing to his horrible performance at his 30th anniversary concert), the singing is so clean you can understand everything without the benefit of a lyric sheet.

As I said, the songs are longer: the shortest is 4:58, the longest over eight minutes. Dylan borrows from blues standards on Rollin' and Tumblin' and The Levee's Gonna Break (no, he doesn't cover Led Zeppelin :), but liberally infuses a brilliant mess of his own lyricism. When the Deal Goes Down and Workingman's Blues, especially the latter, are his best ballads in decades. All in all, its not as forceful as Love and Theft. It's not as surprising as that album was, but hardly less of a masterpiece. His lyrics have gotten sharper and wittier, jumping out at you at odd moments with silly innuendos, jokes about getting old, an Alicia Keys name-drop, countless thought-provoking one-liners and an all-around optimistic glow. Altogether, it's friendlier and more fun that the last two releases; it might be Dylan's most 'personable' album since, well, 'Another Side...' or 'Self-Portrait.' The last track, Ain't Talkin' is reminiscent, stylistically, of Time Out of Mind's opener, though it's probably coincidental. Dylan sings, 'Ain't Walkin', Ain't Talkin' in the same tone as Love Sick's lyric 'I'm Walkin', bringing what Columbia's been labeling a 'trilogy', full-circle.

Though reviewers elsewhere have said that Modern Times is unlikely to impress non-fans, I can't imagine how anyone couldn't enjoy the heart-wrenching warmth and sagacious wit flaunted by Dylan and his band. Dylan's last two albums and his live shows, on the other hand, are denser affairs, more tuned to the mind of the familiar fan, but, similar in appeal to, but greater in quality than, Johnny Cash's later recordings for American Records, Modern Times is Bob Dylan singing for everybody. And just as well, those who've stuck with Dylan over the years and listened with awe to Time Out of Mind are going to keep Modern Times out next to the CD player for quite awhile.

Dignity

Bob Dylan
Dignity

Year: 1995
Style: rock
Tracks: 18
Size: 80.85 mb

Download Dignity mp3

Planet Waves

Reteaming with the Band, Bob Dylan winds up with an album that recalls New Morning more than The Basement Tapes, since Planet Waves is given to a relaxed intimate tone -- all the more appropriate for a collection of modest songs about domestic life. As such, it may seem a little anticlimactic since it has none of the wildness of the best Dylan and Band music of the '60s -- just an approximation of the homespun rusticness. Considering that the record was knocked out in the course of three days, its unassuming nature shouldn't be a surprise, and sometimes it's as much a flaw as a virtue, since there are several cuts that float into the ether. Still, it is a virtue in places, as there are moments -- "On a Night Like This," "Something There Is About You," the lovely "Forever Young" -- where it just gels, almost making the diffuse nature of the rest of the record acceptable. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks:

1 On a Night Like This Dylan 2:59
2 Going, Going, Gone Dylan 3:28
3 Tough Mama Dylan 4:16
4 Hazel Dylan 2:49
5 Something There Is About You Dylan 4:43
6 Forever Young Dylan 4:57
7 Forever Young (Continued) Dylan 2:48
8 Dirge Dylan 5:37
9 You Angel You Dylan 2:54
10 Never Say Goodbye Dylan 2:53
11 Wedding Song Dylan 4:42

Download Planet Waves mp3