{"id":735,"date":"2014-03-24T21:50:12","date_gmt":"2014-03-24T21:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/?p=735"},"modified":"2014-03-25T15:17:31","modified_gmt":"2014-03-25T15:17:31","slug":"rs-410-bob-dylan-time-out-of-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/?p=735","title":{"rendered":"RS# 410: Bob Dylan, Time Out Of Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"
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#410<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n

Bob Dylan, Time Out Of Mind<\/em><\/h3>\n

Release Date:<\/strong>\u00a01997
\nPreviously Owned:<\/strong>\u00a0No
\nFirst Time Listen:\u00a0<\/strong>Yes<\/p>\n

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Probably not going to be covering Steely Dan’s song “Time Out Of Mind” on this album<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Impressions: <\/strong>This is the first of ten Dylan albums on this list so I better start getting used to his distinct nasal, reedy voice. Let’s put it on\u2026 Starts off in a sort of spooky, almost dub-like mode with “Love Sick.” Production wise, Daniel Lanois favors spooky, shimmering, echoey atmospheric tracks that lack hooks but provide a decent and novel texture to support Dylan’s mediations on loss and aging. Not being a person who’s completely in awe of Dylan, I find this sound to be still quite agreeable but not transcendent. Songs like “Cold Irons Bound,” “Dirt Road Blues” and “Standing In the Doorway” are bluesy, with a few modern twists and the aforementioned production style that makes the songs sound suitably lived in. \u00a0I did kind enjoy the downbeat “Til I Fell In Love With You,” and the funkier “Can’t Wait” but the whole album kind of has a draggy tempo and a very similar end-of-my-life-looking-back lyrical vibe that was interesting but wore thin after 72 minutes of this double album. In fact, most of the songs are a bit longish,\u00a0including all 16:31\u00a0of “Highlands.” I wouldn’t say that this album is an embarrassment, and heck, maybe if I were to somehow get more into Dylan at some future point when I’m in my 50s, this album would suddenly reveal it’s hidden delights to my older self.\u00a0It’s well-crafted, has a distinct sound and Dylan is in pretty good old-man cranky form; it just seemed a little slow-paced and downcast for me.<\/p>\n

Starred Songs: <\/strong>“Love Sick,”\u00a0“Standing In The Doorway,” “Not Dark Yet”
\n<\/strong>Sneaky Track: <\/strong>“Til I Fell In Love With You”
\nShould this album be on the\u00a0list? <\/strong>Eh\u2026Dylan can live with 9 albums on this list
\nReplace with? <\/strong>\u00a0Hmm\u2026Well, I should probably find something more “important” but Ivy’s breezy, poppy\u00a0Apartment Life<\/em>\u00a0came out this same year and is far more listenable.
\nWill you listen to this again? <\/strong>Probably not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Verdict: <\/strong>Tasteful, but sleepy late-career record isn’t bad, but seemed to fade away after listening.
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Rating:<\/strong>\u00a0\u2605\u26051\/2<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

#410 Bob Dylan, Time Out Of Mind Release Date:\u00a01997 Previously Owned:\u00a0No First Time Listen:\u00a0Yes Impressions: This is the first of ten Dylan albums on this list so I better start getting used to his distinct nasal, reedy voice. Let’s put it on\u2026 Starts off in a sort of spooky, almost dub-like mode with “Love Sick.” … Continue reading RS# 410: Bob Dylan, Time Out Of Mind<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,13,207,10,9],"class_list":["post-735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rolling-stone-top-500-albums","tag-85","tag-2-5-stars","tag-bob-dylan","tag-first-time-listen","tag-unowned"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=735"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":744,"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735\/revisions\/744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}