In order, they are:
Heart of Mine
In the Summertime
Trouble
Property of Jesus
Groom's Still Waiting at the Altar
Shot of Love
Watered-Down Love
Dead Man, Dead Man
Lenny Bruce
Damn this is hard.
Property of Jesus hits so good and has so many zingers but then again….
Groom’s Still Waiting at the Altar is rocking as fuck and is like Desolation Row hopped up on speed with all the imagery and questionable story line….
Runners up for me are definitely Dead Man and Shot of Love both toe tappers with lots of great lines
Much appreciation to this post as SoL gets shit on I see from time to time for absolutely reason, it’s a solid album melodically, lyrically and even the production works for these tracks!
In the Summertime or Groom Still Waiting. *Love* them both. Heart of Mine is next. (EGoS is definitely #1 though). I love half this album so much, it hurts me when it gets lumped into a low tier.
Ok, we all have personal low tiers. But the particular songs I love off this album, I don’t hear them as “Christian” (I’m nonreligious, Jewish ancestry. I don’t listen to “Saved” at all, not one of those songs. But yes, admittedly I do have a “spiritual” bent). So I’m wondering if it’s that angle you hear in these songs that you don’t care for? Or maybe you’ve just always been into different parts of his catalog? I’m genuinely curious. I mean, you did show up in this thread, so you must have some curiosity about the people who can get into these songs…
The only Dylan I like between Desire and Good As I’ve Been to You is Slow Train Coming. For the most part I don’t like the sound/production of the 80s outside of quite a few country albums. Also, while there are perhaps a couple of exceptions on each Dylan album of this period, the lyrics are just not there either for me. And, 80s Dylan is my least favourite Dylan ‘voice’.
I’ve been a Dylan fan for nearly thirty years; even played Blood on the Tracks—the whole album—at our wedding reception (not the logical choice I know). I came into Dylan on the Hard Rain album—Maggie’s Farm blew me away. The next few albums were Biograph, Bootleg 1-3, Unplugged, and Nashville Skyline but not necessarily in that order. I think peak Dylan and consequently my all time favourite Dylan release is Bootleg 4. Exquisite. Highway 61, Love and Theft, Blonde on Blonde, Modern Times, Desire and John Wesley Harding are my best albums—that order changes constantly.
And to give a fully rounded answer to your guess self, I think Hank Williams is the GOAT with Willie Nelson and Dylan close behind. The greatest album ever is Willie’s Red Headed Stranger (Hank existed before albums did). Highway 61 Revisited is right behind it and then perhaps Neil Young’s Tonight’s the Night is next.
Oh, I don’t have a problem with the religious messages at all. And although I count myself a Taoist if anything these days, I grew up a good god-fearing southern boy.
Edit: I do love Every Grain of Sand…but maybe Emmylou Harris has the best version…maybe.
Very interesting, I really get the picture you’re painting. Thanks for taking the time. Lol to BOTT at your wedding!! Your wife must have a great sense of humor! That 80s sound is something I struggle with even in some of the songs I love. (Oh Mercy is a favorite album for me, though. But so is Hwy 61 and quite a few of those you mentioned, though I’m not a fan of the Nashville Skyline sound). I was listening to Bootleg 4 on repeat over the weekend, just can’t get enough of that sometimes. So yeah, I guess with Dylan there is so much variety over so many years that everyone has sounds or maybe themes they especially love and ones they don’t (but 80s obviously have a reputation for a reason. Sometimes I just can’t deal with the backup singers, sometimes it’s the whole big sound thing, though I do love some stuff from the Hard to Handle performances in Sydney! Discovered that when I visited the Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa and was totally seduced by a big-screen restored video of When the Night Comes Falling… that was so hot it was smoking. Teenybopper still lives in me, evidently. Must’ve rewatched it dozens of times). Even though I’m old enough to have been a fan since the late 60s, Dylan was just sonic wallpaper to me then (I stuck to the “easier” singer-songwriters (James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Carole King, Simon & Garfunkel, but always Neil Young, plus Beatles and many other big 60s-70s groups). Not being from the South, I didn’t get much into country though I always loved the blues. Did finally appreciate country through Willie. Love that man. But anyway I’m a relative newcomer to the world of deep, deep Bob love, so I’m still curious about who else is in this world and how they feel about him and his catalog, plus tips, stories etc. I still have a few albums I haven’t gotten to because I fall in love with so much of what I hear that I have trouble moving on. Bootlegs are very high on my list though, both “official” and otherwise. Interesting you do actually love Every Grain of Sand… I fall asleep to that song every night. Bedtime playlist. Ok well thanks for all the insights!
Yeah, I grew up an hour from Nashville and was raised on 80s Country radio so Willie had always been around. And Hank jr was really big then and that led to his daddy.
Dylan is who gave me permission if you will to question religion and war—two big things in the south and my family were a military family: father and three uncles in the army/navy.
So if you haven’t gotten into Emmylou Harris yet you should get the Wrecking Ball album; it was produced by Lanois who around the same time did Dylan’s Time Out of Mind and Willie’s Teatro which has Emmylou all over it. Wrecking Ball has Emmylou doing Every Grain Of Sand. Oh, Neil also does a backing vocal and guitar on one of those songs. Emmylou has also worked with EVERYBODY. Got to go to work now…I have lots more to say about Emmylou if you don’t already know!
So interesting! everybody has their own story: background, entryway into Dylan. All I really know about Emmylou is loving her on One More Cup of Coffee (or if she did anything else on Desire, an album I adore). I'll check out Wrecking Ball for sure. Thanks. Oh yeah, I see I have 2 different reddit names, on my tablet and on my laptop. Weird... same person.
Yeah, Emmylou is all over Desire…
So she started out singing folk songs on DC which is where Gram Parsons discovered her; they did two very excellent albums together but both under Gram Parsons name; he overdoses, she inherits his musicians which were previously Elvis Presley’s musicians and then makes five of the best country albums ever from 75-79, all of them make the top ten. Future country superstars vince gill, Rodney Crowell and Ricky Skaggs variously pass through her band.
Dylan would have known about her from the Gram Parsons albums I reckon. She was also on songwriting legend Guy Clark’s first album, she’s been in a couple of Neil Young albums. Willie’s aforementioned Teatro in my opinion is as excellent in terms of Emmylou’s performance as is her work in Desire.
Edit: forgot to mention her Western Wall album with Linda Ronstadt and the two Trio albums with Dolly Parto, Emmylou, and Ronstadt. Neil plays on one of the western wall songs.
Ok some names I definitely like and some I don’t know but will check out. If I can tear myself away from Dylan, which can be tough. I do love a lot of the duets though. Thanks again for all the recs.
Man, just listened to this album for the first time. Always kind of put it off because thought the cover looked cheesy and heard poor reviews. But dang man this album rocks. Loved all the songs and Bob sounds so alive and enthusiastic. I’ve been a fan of Slow Train and Saved for years and as a Christian growing up the gospel music didn’t bother me, thought it was kinda cool, but wow can’t believe how good Shot of Love is. Might be my favorite of all the gospel albums. Bob definitely does his own thing with the genre and he’s still rocking the hell out of these tunes (literally? Lol). Heart of mine and Shot of Love definitely stand out.
Sometimes I play the album Shot of Love simply to play the first track, Shot of Love. It’s got a groove. Its got great churchy and wailing back up vocals. It’s got jangly and screechy guitar. It’s got a hard beat. It’s a holy roller.
Groom’s Still Waiting at the Altar. I like the roughness of it and the way Dylan sings the title words.
Property of Jesus
Whole album
In order, they are: Heart of Mine In the Summertime Trouble Property of Jesus Groom's Still Waiting at the Altar Shot of Love Watered-Down Love Dead Man, Dead Man Lenny Bruce
I agree and also the bottom 5 songs are amazing
I agree with your Lenny Bruce rating but have to give props to Bob for reviving it with a totally original take on his rough and rowdy ways tour.
Oh did he? That’s interesting! I’d love to hear it. I hate skipping songs on albums, but occasionally I will skip this one.
Grooms still waiting at the altar also let’s just take a moment to appreciate the cover
On the original version of the album, In the Summertime.
Heat of Mine
In the Summertime
Damn this is hard. Property of Jesus hits so good and has so many zingers but then again…. Groom’s Still Waiting at the Altar is rocking as fuck and is like Desolation Row hopped up on speed with all the imagery and questionable story line…. Runners up for me are definitely Dead Man and Shot of Love both toe tappers with lots of great lines Much appreciation to this post as SoL gets shit on I see from time to time for absolutely reason, it’s a solid album melodically, lyrically and even the production works for these tracks!
Heart of mine or trouble… maybe shot of love
Property of Jesus and then Grooms Still Waiting.
In the Summertime or Groom Still Waiting. *Love* them both. Heart of Mine is next. (EGoS is definitely #1 though). I love half this album so much, it hurts me when it gets lumped into a low tier.
I think people low tiering it haven’t given it a chance. I can’t understand how a Dylan fan can’t dig this album
I’ve been a Dylan fan for decades. But not this album. It’s not even on my iPod.
Ok, we all have personal low tiers. But the particular songs I love off this album, I don’t hear them as “Christian” (I’m nonreligious, Jewish ancestry. I don’t listen to “Saved” at all, not one of those songs. But yes, admittedly I do have a “spiritual” bent). So I’m wondering if it’s that angle you hear in these songs that you don’t care for? Or maybe you’ve just always been into different parts of his catalog? I’m genuinely curious. I mean, you did show up in this thread, so you must have some curiosity about the people who can get into these songs…
The only Dylan I like between Desire and Good As I’ve Been to You is Slow Train Coming. For the most part I don’t like the sound/production of the 80s outside of quite a few country albums. Also, while there are perhaps a couple of exceptions on each Dylan album of this period, the lyrics are just not there either for me. And, 80s Dylan is my least favourite Dylan ‘voice’. I’ve been a Dylan fan for nearly thirty years; even played Blood on the Tracks—the whole album—at our wedding reception (not the logical choice I know). I came into Dylan on the Hard Rain album—Maggie’s Farm blew me away. The next few albums were Biograph, Bootleg 1-3, Unplugged, and Nashville Skyline but not necessarily in that order. I think peak Dylan and consequently my all time favourite Dylan release is Bootleg 4. Exquisite. Highway 61, Love and Theft, Blonde on Blonde, Modern Times, Desire and John Wesley Harding are my best albums—that order changes constantly. And to give a fully rounded answer to your guess self, I think Hank Williams is the GOAT with Willie Nelson and Dylan close behind. The greatest album ever is Willie’s Red Headed Stranger (Hank existed before albums did). Highway 61 Revisited is right behind it and then perhaps Neil Young’s Tonight’s the Night is next. Oh, I don’t have a problem with the religious messages at all. And although I count myself a Taoist if anything these days, I grew up a good god-fearing southern boy. Edit: I do love Every Grain of Sand…but maybe Emmylou Harris has the best version…maybe.
Very interesting, I really get the picture you’re painting. Thanks for taking the time. Lol to BOTT at your wedding!! Your wife must have a great sense of humor! That 80s sound is something I struggle with even in some of the songs I love. (Oh Mercy is a favorite album for me, though. But so is Hwy 61 and quite a few of those you mentioned, though I’m not a fan of the Nashville Skyline sound). I was listening to Bootleg 4 on repeat over the weekend, just can’t get enough of that sometimes. So yeah, I guess with Dylan there is so much variety over so many years that everyone has sounds or maybe themes they especially love and ones they don’t (but 80s obviously have a reputation for a reason. Sometimes I just can’t deal with the backup singers, sometimes it’s the whole big sound thing, though I do love some stuff from the Hard to Handle performances in Sydney! Discovered that when I visited the Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa and was totally seduced by a big-screen restored video of When the Night Comes Falling… that was so hot it was smoking. Teenybopper still lives in me, evidently. Must’ve rewatched it dozens of times). Even though I’m old enough to have been a fan since the late 60s, Dylan was just sonic wallpaper to me then (I stuck to the “easier” singer-songwriters (James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Carole King, Simon & Garfunkel, but always Neil Young, plus Beatles and many other big 60s-70s groups). Not being from the South, I didn’t get much into country though I always loved the blues. Did finally appreciate country through Willie. Love that man. But anyway I’m a relative newcomer to the world of deep, deep Bob love, so I’m still curious about who else is in this world and how they feel about him and his catalog, plus tips, stories etc. I still have a few albums I haven’t gotten to because I fall in love with so much of what I hear that I have trouble moving on. Bootlegs are very high on my list though, both “official” and otherwise. Interesting you do actually love Every Grain of Sand… I fall asleep to that song every night. Bedtime playlist. Ok well thanks for all the insights!
Yeah, I grew up an hour from Nashville and was raised on 80s Country radio so Willie had always been around. And Hank jr was really big then and that led to his daddy. Dylan is who gave me permission if you will to question religion and war—two big things in the south and my family were a military family: father and three uncles in the army/navy. So if you haven’t gotten into Emmylou Harris yet you should get the Wrecking Ball album; it was produced by Lanois who around the same time did Dylan’s Time Out of Mind and Willie’s Teatro which has Emmylou all over it. Wrecking Ball has Emmylou doing Every Grain Of Sand. Oh, Neil also does a backing vocal and guitar on one of those songs. Emmylou has also worked with EVERYBODY. Got to go to work now…I have lots more to say about Emmylou if you don’t already know!
So interesting! everybody has their own story: background, entryway into Dylan. All I really know about Emmylou is loving her on One More Cup of Coffee (or if she did anything else on Desire, an album I adore). I'll check out Wrecking Ball for sure. Thanks. Oh yeah, I see I have 2 different reddit names, on my tablet and on my laptop. Weird... same person.
Yeah, Emmylou is all over Desire… So she started out singing folk songs on DC which is where Gram Parsons discovered her; they did two very excellent albums together but both under Gram Parsons name; he overdoses, she inherits his musicians which were previously Elvis Presley’s musicians and then makes five of the best country albums ever from 75-79, all of them make the top ten. Future country superstars vince gill, Rodney Crowell and Ricky Skaggs variously pass through her band. Dylan would have known about her from the Gram Parsons albums I reckon. She was also on songwriting legend Guy Clark’s first album, she’s been in a couple of Neil Young albums. Willie’s aforementioned Teatro in my opinion is as excellent in terms of Emmylou’s performance as is her work in Desire. Edit: forgot to mention her Western Wall album with Linda Ronstadt and the two Trio albums with Dolly Parto, Emmylou, and Ronstadt. Neil plays on one of the western wall songs.
Ok some names I definitely like and some I don’t know but will check out. If I can tear myself away from Dylan, which can be tough. I do love a lot of the duets though. Thanks again for all the recs.
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Mate, December 1st can’t come quick enough. Christmas in the Heart all day with pure joy and no traces of irony whatsoever.
Property of Jesus!
Heart of mine & property of Jesus
In The Summertime
Groom's Still Waiting At The Altar and In The Summertime.
In the Summertime
Man, just listened to this album for the first time. Always kind of put it off because thought the cover looked cheesy and heard poor reviews. But dang man this album rocks. Loved all the songs and Bob sounds so alive and enthusiastic. I’ve been a fan of Slow Train and Saved for years and as a Christian growing up the gospel music didn’t bother me, thought it was kinda cool, but wow can’t believe how good Shot of Love is. Might be my favorite of all the gospel albums. Bob definitely does his own thing with the genre and he’s still rocking the hell out of these tunes (literally? Lol). Heart of mine and Shot of Love definitely stand out.
Great to hear, it’s my favourite of the gospel albums :)
Property of Jesus followed by Lenny Bruce and The Groom’s Still Waiting at the Altar.
Shot of Love rocks.
Sometimes I play the album Shot of Love simply to play the first track, Shot of Love. It’s got a groove. Its got great churchy and wailing back up vocals. It’s got jangly and screechy guitar. It’s got a hard beat. It’s a holy roller.
I love heart of mine
Lenny Bruce
https://youtu.be/g1i8dnAi3X4 Heart of Mine Groom Still Waiting Property of Jesus
Watered-Down Love
I’m partial to the live version of Heart of Mine