What Are You Listening To?

[Music Head]

from my library (cd)



Weekly jump into the cd stack. Still in the Dylan collection with his 22nd album here. Bob was ready to
move on after his christian run of three albums. The public was ready prompting a resurgence in sales. His
first gold album after failing with the last two. Mark Knopler was on board for this one, and his guitar
presence is all over it. Also co-produced with Dylan, after Bowie, Zappa and Costello were considered.
Mick Taylor, Alan Clarke, Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare also play on the album. Loking back, I think
that's what kept Bob interesting was his constant switching of musicians on his albums. The sessions for
the album yielded many tracks that didn't appear, other than in a bootleg version. Although there was no
tour for the album, Bob did make a rare appearance on national tv, on David Letterman's recently launched
late night show. There are clips from that which I chose not to post, as once again Bob changed the songs
so radically, they were nowhere close to the recorded version. They album scored at #20 here, #6 in
Australia, and #9 in the UK.

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - I And I

Best Track - Sweetheart Like You

1. Jokerman **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XSvsFgvWr0
2. Sweetheart Like You ***
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpRKstHl7Y0
3. Neighborhood Bully **
4. License to Kill ***
5. Man of Peace ***
6. Union Sundown **
7. I and I **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of4Urehundg
8. Don't Fall Apart on Me Tonight **

3's - 3
2's - 5
1's - 0

Grade - 2.4
allmusic - 2.4