![]() And if you’re listening to a Bob Dylan album, much of the appeal is listening to the lyrics. It’s also over-produced at times on a few tracks, the music overpowers the vocals and lyrics. And as a result of their differing in-studios ethics, Dylan and Lanois clashed frequently throughout the making of Time Out of Mind.ĭue in large part to Lanois’ methods, Time Out of Mind sounds dense, layered, and dark. He apparently recorded as many as three live drummers during one recording session. He used separate and specialized microphones for each instrument. He had Dylan demo songs before they recorded them, then later did more production work after the songs were recorded. BOB DYLAN TIME OUT OF MIND SONGS FULLMeanwhile, Lanois was a big fan of using studio magic, and liked to make full use of the resources and production technology that was available to him. He and his band would play a take, and if the take didn’t work, they’d play it again. Dylan liked to do most of the work while he was in the studio recording the music. What resulted in their second pairing was not only an album that was better than Oh Mercy, but better than many of the rock albums released in the decade that preceded it.ĭylan and Lanois had notably different production styles. The Canadian producer was best known for his work with U2, contributing to The Joshua Tree (1987), Achtung Baby (1991), and The Unforgettable Fire (1984), as well as producing Emmylou Harris’ Wrecking Ball (1995). To record Time Out of Mind, Dylan re-enlisted Daniel Lanois, who had produced Oh Mercy. Time Out of Mind was Dylan’s first album of original material in seven years, and with it he started yet another act of his already legendary career. In 1995, he released a live album from his legendary MTV: Unplugged performance, which found him acoustically replaying his old classics, infusing them with new meaning. He bounced back with Oh Mercy in 1988, only to follow it up in 1990 with Under the Red Sky, spurned for its over-slick production and almost childish subject matter.ĭylan spent the first half of the 1990s rededicating himself to his roots, releasing two albums of traditional folk songs ( Good as I Been to You and World Gone Wrong). The future Nobel Prize-winning laureate was in a bit of an artistic funk for a good chunk of the ’80s, releasing Knocked Out Loaded and Down in the Groove to scant commercial success and withering critical reviews. Time Out of Mind, Dylan’s 30th (30!) solo album, ended what had been a bumpy period for the beyond iconic musician. These factors are all part of what makes Times Out of Mind a remarkable album, as we now celebrate the 25th anniversary of its release. Then consider that Time Out of Mind is not only arguably his best album since 1975’s groundbreaking opus Blood on the Tracks, but also stands shoulder to shoulder with the best of his catalogue. Now, consider that Bob Dylan released Time Out of Mind about 35 and a half years after putting out his revolutionary first album. Third, the artist has been making notable music for, at the very least, over two decades. Second, after creating said good to great music, the artist has enough talent and ability to create more music of comparable quality more than two decades later. First, the artist has an established history of creating good to great music. When you say an artist has released his best work in 22 years, you’re implying at least three things. Happy 25th Anniversary to Bob Dylan’s thirtieth studio album Time Out of Mind, originally released September 30, 1997. ![]()
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