Well, Bob Dylan is releasing his first album in five years and I'm looking forward to it. The last two albums he released, "Time Out of Mind" and "Love and Theft" were both great imo. They didn't waste much time getting this record ready, I remember it being recorded earlier this year, but that's good, less time to wait.

Bob Dylan will break a five-year hiatus from the studio later this summer with his 44th album. Due Aug. 29 via Columbia, the 10-track "Modern Times" was recorded earlier this year with Dylan's touring band.

It's the follow-up to 2001's "Love and Theft," the No. 5 debut of which was Dylan's best showing on The Billboard 200 since 1979's "Slow Train Coming." The set has sold more than 757,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

"Modern Times" includes such tracks as "When The Deal Goes Down," "Spirit on the Water," "Thunder on the Mountain" and "Workingman's Blues," according to Columbia.

Dylan, who recently began hosting his own "Theme Time Radio Hour" on XM Satellite Radio, is not currently on the road, having wrapped a six-week North American tour last month in Hollywood, Fla.


In other Dylan news, Martin Scorsese's 2005 documentary "No Direction Home: Bob Dylan" won the grand prize and the arts documentary prize last night (June 12) at the 27th Banff Rockie Awards in Banff, Alberta.

44th album? I guess that could be right, but it's gotta include compilations.


I didn't like Time Out Of Mind much, but thought Love And Theft was a solid reckid - I'll be curious about this one. It seems like it's getting to be that time on the ol' Dylan clock for a total curveball.

studio albums, 32:

Bob Dylan, 1962
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, 1963
The Times They Are A Changin', 1964
Another Side Of Bob Dylan, 1964
Bringing It All Back Home, 1965
Highway 61 Revisited, 1965
Blonde On Blonde, 1966
John Wesley Harding, 1968
Nashville Skyline, 1969
Self Portrait, 1970
New Morning, 1970
Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid, 1973
Dylan, 1973
Planet Waves, 1974
Blood On The Tracks, 1975
Desire, 1976
Hard Rain, 1976
Street Legal, 1978
Slow Train Running, 1979
Saved, 1980
Shot Of Love, 1981
Infidels, 1983
Empire Burlesque, 1985
Knocked Out Loaded, 1986
Down In The Groove, 1988
Oh Mercy, 1989
Under The Red Sky, 1990
Good As I Been To You, 1992
World Gone Wrong, 1993
Time Out Of Mind, 1997
Love And Theft, 2001
Modern Times, 2006


some others (might be more):

Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits Vol 2
The Basement Tapes
Before The Flood
At Budokhan
Real Live
Biograph
Dylan And The Dead
The Bootleg Series 1-7
30th Anniversary Concert
Greatest Hits Vol 3
Masterpieces
MTV Unplugged
Best Of
Best Of, Vol 2
Live 1966
Essential
Live 1961-2000
Live 1965
Live At The Gaslight 1962

Now if I only don't have to look at Him...

I am a huge Dylan fan... and I thought Time Out of Mind was a great Dylan album, in His top ten... Love and Theft was ok.

I feel the same way. I actually dislike his "new" voice about the same as most dislike the "old" one.

That said, I am sure I will be picking this up.

I've always said Time Out Of Mind sounds like one of Brian Eno's ambient albums as mewled by a goat.




Edit: except the goat would've come up with better lyrics.

Is Mewled By A Goat a band name yet?

Well someone should god-dammit

'Not Dark Yet' from T.O.O.M. is an outstanding track both musically & lyrically and proves why the old man's still got it.

I'm freaking psyched. I like Time Out of Mind and Love and Theft.

This is one of his greatest songs...."it ain't dark yet but it's getting there..."

Radcliffe has now officially gone on the Obner Mental List.

One of my gf's favorite songs ever.

I think (but I'm not sure) I may have heard a song off of this on XM this morning.

Its about time - I'm really looking forward to this.

You would know by the blood coming out of you ears, and/or the fact that you are back in the Fairburn Police Station

Do you actually like ANYTHING, other than DBT?

With the release date a little over two months away, this thing has got to be leaking soon. FACK, I hope so.