I bought this disc based on the review in this morning's Montreal Gazette. Warning: I am not a Dylan expert, just more random thoughts.
New Dylan - Together Through Life
Track 1 - Beyond Here Lies Nothin' - Quite good
Track 2 - Life is Hard - Yuck
Track 3 - My Wife's Home Town - Good blues, I can fell your pain
Track 4 - If you Ever go to Houston - I like the feel of this one, accordian no less, I wonder if Frank Pavane would like this one, he'd say it was too easy
Track 5 - Forgetful Heart - This is much more like old Dylan, solid
Track 6 - Jolene - Old fashioned blues, Dylan style. Very good.
Track 7 - This Dream of You - Leonard Cohen comes to mind, must be a flashback. A smokey bar, cigarette burns on the piano and a glass of single malt on the side. It might be Rick's café or some place in the deep south. You might want to slow dance to this one. I really like this track.
Track 8 - Shake Shake Mama - Great track, you can almost understand the lyrics. With this song it feels as if we've moved further north, not quite Chicago.
Track 9 - I Feel a Change Comin' On - Reminiscent of the 60's, I don't know what it is, but retro.
Track 10 - It's All Good - and it is all good. This might be the best track on the disc.
On balance this is a pretty good album, not as good as his previous effort Hard Times but still worth the purchase. I wonder what would happen if Bob Dylan could really sing. I'd bet he wouldn't be as popular.
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