Tempest – Bob Dylan
Released last week, Tempest is the 35th album from Bob Dylan, 50 years on from his first album.
I picked up a copy last week, the deluxe limited edition version, from Record Corner during an afternoon in Godalming.
I had a listen this evening, or at least a quick flip through the tracks, as that was as far as I got.
It is rubbish, money down the drain.
The deluxe limited edition is a rip-off and waste of money. All you get extra is poorly put together note book with pictures of magazine covers featuring Dylan over the last fifty years.
The CD itself has a simple folded over sheet, no booklet, no additional information.
It is easy to see why CD sales are falling.
In UK has shot straight to No 1, but that would be Dylan fans on a nostalgia trip, and they were in for a grave disappointment.
It is a collection of poorly recorded hill billy songs, Duquesne Whistle a pleasant enough little ditty.
Where is the Dylan of Blowin in the Wind, Like A Rolling Stone, Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door?
As I was writing I was listening to AVO Session, Mark Knopfler, Festsaal Messe, Basel, Switzerland, 12 November 2007. Far, far better.
- Bob Dylan: Tempest – review (a pretentious review in The Guardian)
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