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Modern Times

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

Modern Times was released on 29 August 2006 and is Bob Dylan's thirty-second studio album. After Time Out of Mind and Love and Theft, it was the third acclaimed record in a row. He produced it himself under the pseudonym Jack Frost. He recorded it with his touring band in New York, after rehearsals in Poughkeepsie. According to engineer Chris Shaw, the sessions lasted about a month, slightly longer than for the previous record.

The music stays close to blues, rockabilly and the balladry of the pre-rock 'n' roll era. A debate arose because he had used choruses and arrangements from older songs without crediting them. Rollin' and Tumblin' is a blues standard that Muddy Waters also played; apart from the first line, the lyrics are new. The album entered at number 1 in the United States, for the first time since Desire in 1976. It won Grammys, topped Rolling Stone's list for 2006 and inspired Elton John.

Listening

Listening tip. Listen to Rollin' and Tumblin' and try to hear that this is an old blues standard for which Dylan wrote new lyrics.

Track list

  1. 1Thunder On the Mountain5:54Apple Music ↗
  2. 2Spirit On the Water7:41Apple Music ↗
  3. 3Rollin' and Tumblin'6:02Apple Music ↗
  4. 4When the Deal Goes Down5:04Apple Music ↗
  5. 5Someday Baby4:56Apple Music ↗
  6. 6Workingman's Blues #26:07Apple Music ↗
  7. 7Beyond the Horizon5:35Apple Music ↗
  8. 8Nettie Moore6:53Apple Music ↗
  9. 9The Levee's Gonna Break5:43Apple Music ↗
  10. 10Ain't Talkin'8:48Apple Music ↗

30-second previews via Apple Music. Listen to the whole album on Apple Music ↗

Categories: Albums and songs