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[CRAZY-HORSE]

BOB DYLAN "tempest" cd,2012.

Bob's 35th studio album, and this is his 50th year of making records...awesome feat from a guy who cannot generally sing a note in tune or play on key most of the time!!!!
i am always wary about Bob Dylan albums, when you think he's on a roll he releases pure crap, then when youve given up on him he releases a masterpiece worthy of his great back catalogue,,,i guess thats just the way he rolls!!!!,
his last three or four albums have been exceptionally good, and i was expecting a dud this time round, but was pleasantly surprised by this one. not so much of the jazzy/bluesy sound he had done over the last decade, but its still there in the first couple of tracks, then he diverts off into a bit of folk,country,bluegrass i guess for the remainder of the album.
a couple of truly great Dylan tracks here that would fit on almost all his classic albums in "tin angel" and "scarlett town".
a fourteen and and a half minute epic(the title track) that follows the maiden voyage of the Titanic through to its final resting place, also a very good piece of work.
a belated tribute to John Lennon on "roll on john", not bad, but the worst on here for me.
on my recommendation to my mum(who loves Dylan) she went and bought this last week also, i asked her to play it a few times, then rate the songs according to the Music Head Rating System which she duly did and gave me her scores on the phone yesterday, so my scores will be in black text,hers in red.
all-up a very very good Dylan album which shows you cant keep those old guys down, and when they are and do...you simply cant count them out for too long!
most of the tracks have been removed from youtube for whatever reason, but the ones that are still on there have been posted!!!!,maybe it has something to do with copyright and Dylan's people had them removed?!?

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

worst track: roll on john (same for my mum)
best track: tin angel (same for my mum)

tracks:

1. duquesne whistle **/***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mns9VeRguys vevo video
2. soon after midnight **/**
3. narrow way ***/**
4. long and wasted years ***/**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoctwYwlfFg audio
5. pay in blood **/***
6. scarlett town ***/***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySSZWavsarU audio
7. early roman kings **/***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AxIMPbR5QA audio
8. tin angel ***/***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6CPS1lzbeM audio
9. tempest ***/***
10.roll on john **/**

3s=5/6
2s=5/4
1s=0/0

rating: 2.5/ 2.6