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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Having collected many of the Bob Dylan Reissue Series, I was beginning to think that Sony would never re-release this 1970 chart-topper, which underscores why I think it remains such an underrated record some forty years later. Reluctant to buy the ancient original CD release, I've waited patiently for a remaster - and I was not disappointed.
Arriving in the wake of the baffling SELF PORTRAIT, NEW MORNING drew cries of relief from many scribes upon its release, many echoing the critic Ralph J. Gleason's view that we had "got Dylan back again".
Indeed, NEW MORNING is a comforting, friendly little album which presents Bob Dylan at his most approachable. Settled domestically and having since embraced a more direct form of songcraft from his mid-1960s work, NEW MORNING basks in the glow of an artist seemingly content with his lot. Songs like 'If Not For You', the album's most famous tune; 'The Man In Me'; 'Winterlude'; and 'New Morning' all share an up-beat musicality; while a customary sense of surrealism pervades the rousing 'Day Of The Locusts', as Dylan recollects accepting his honorary degree from Princeton University. Meanwhile, the jazz shuffle of 'If Dogs Run Free', embellished with the arresting scat-singing of Maeretha Stewart, and the curious spoken-word tale of 'Three Angels' lend NEW MORNING a dash of eclecticism.
True, NEW MORNING will always remain in the shadow of, say, HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED or BLOOD ON THE TRACKS, but there's little doubt it contains bucketloads of charm and warmth. From the first time I played this newly remastered edition of NEW MORNING, I felt I had known the album for years.
Arriving in the wake of the baffling SELF PORTRAIT, NEW MORNING drew cries of relief from many scribes upon its release, many echoing the critic Ralph J. Gleason's view that we had "got Dylan back again".
Indeed, NEW MORNING is a comforting, friendly little album which presents Bob Dylan at his most approachable. Settled domestically and having since embraced a more direct form of songcraft from his mid-1960s work, NEW MORNING basks in the glow of an artist seemingly content with his lot. Songs like 'If Not For You', the album's most famous tune; 'The Man In Me'; 'Winterlude'; and 'New Morning' all share an up-beat musicality; while a customary sense of surrealism pervades the rousing 'Day Of The Locusts', as Dylan recollects accepting his honorary degree from Princeton University. Meanwhile, the jazz shuffle of 'If Dogs Run Free', embellished with the arresting scat-singing of Maeretha Stewart, and the curious spoken-word tale of 'Three Angels' lend NEW MORNING a dash of eclecticism.
True, NEW MORNING will always remain in the shadow of, say, HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED or BLOOD ON THE TRACKS, but there's little doubt it contains bucketloads of charm and warmth. From the first time I played this newly remastered edition of NEW MORNING, I felt I had known the album for years.
23 of 26 people found the following review helpful
By J. Willis
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
As i slowly get around to filling the gaps in my Bob Dylan collection, i can honestly say that i hadn't heard much about 'New Morning', certainly not enough to grab my attention and put it at the top of the list of one's to buy. That it doesn't carry the weight historically, of say, 'Highway 61', 'Blonde on Blonde' or 'Blood On The Tracks' can be the only reason that i've overlooked it, as there is nothing about 'New Morning' to suggest that it's anything other than a classic Dylan album. Released in 1970, it's an uncomplicated and concise collection, with no message just great songs, and this is where its strengths lay. 'If Not For You', 'Day Of The Locusts', 'The Man In Me' and joyous title track 'New Morning' are as good as anything Dylan has done before or after. Dylan is in pretty good voice throughout and the band bring a looseness which serve the songs well, and helps to give the impression that everyone was having a good time making it. Though it may stand in the shadows of what went before and what was to come, 'New Morning' surely deserves some time of its own in the spotlight.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
New Morning: Bob Dylan - Not quite the dawn of a bright new day for Dylan
2 Aug 2012
Format:Audio CD
This 1970 release, the eleventh studio album from Bob Dylan, was always going to be well received, coming as it did straight after the much derided `Self Portrait'. And indeed, compared to what came immediately before it sounds pretty good. But it's still a long way from Dylan's best.
After the almost self destructive path taken with `Self Portrait', almost daring the public to buy it, Dylan at least here sounds like he is making an effort and is a little engaged with the music. An album of amiable tunes results. And that's about the best that can be said for most of it - it's competent, listenable and generally OK, but for the main part (apart from the classic Dylan opener `If Not For You', an effective yet simple love song) there is notherng here that really grabs your attention and makes itself noticed. It is perhaps the most anonymous album in Dylan's canon, neither controversial or amazingly good. It really lacks the spark of adversity that made Highway 61 or Blood On The Tracks great. It's just another album of country pop-rock. OK but not exciting. Strange as it sounds, I often find myself listening to Self Portrait more often than I put this on. At least that album had some character of its own, even if it was dire. 3 stars.
After the almost self destructive path taken with `Self Portrait', almost daring the public to buy it, Dylan at least here sounds like he is making an effort and is a little engaged with the music. An album of amiable tunes results. And that's about the best that can be said for most of it - it's competent, listenable and generally OK, but for the main part (apart from the classic Dylan opener `If Not For You', an effective yet simple love song) there is notherng here that really grabs your attention and makes itself noticed. It is perhaps the most anonymous album in Dylan's canon, neither controversial or amazingly good. It really lacks the spark of adversity that made Highway 61 or Blood On The Tracks great. It's just another album of country pop-rock. OK but not exciting. Strange as it sounds, I often find myself listening to Self Portrait more often than I put this on. At least that album had some character of its own, even if it was dire. 3 stars.
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A major minor work
I don't suppose 'New Morning' features in too many lists of the Top Ten Dylan Albums You Must Own. Maybe, with a push, it would just about scrape into to The Bard of Hibbing's Top... Read more
Published 10 days ago by Rough Diamond
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Yes - well....
I'm afraid the photography got fuzzier as Dylan got fuzzier. Someone once said (probably me - as I'm in the know) that the majority of Bob's 40 odd records are rubbish - and it's... Read more
Published 2 months ago by W. A. Buckley
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Bob
So many people have already so much. What can I add to it. He's great, the record is great and I am enjoying it very much.
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Dylan Revisted
I have this album on vynil but have not played it for years as nothing to play it on. But recently bought a turntable to convert to digital. Read more
Published 4 months ago by delwboy
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Dylan the craftsman
A good album. For me, Dylan produces another workmanlike album to his usual high standards. But the end was near.
Published 5 months ago by Gordon Reynell
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That must be what it`s all about
By 1970 Bob Dylan had got married to Sara, recovered from a motorcycle accident, and fathered children. Read more
Published 7 months ago by GlynLuke
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Dylan's on the path which led to BLOOD., December 18, 2001
When NEW MORNING came out, it was after the wake of the critical and commercial disaster of SELF-PORTRAIT. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Mike London
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NEW MORNING
NEW MORNING - ONE OF BOB DYLAN'S EARLIER ALBUMS WHEN HE WAS AT HIS MOST PRODUCTIVE AND INSPIRATIONAL -
CONTAINS SOME GREAT TRACKS - A PLEASURE TO LISTEN TO
CONTAINS SOME GREAT TRACKS - A PLEASURE TO LISTEN TO
Published 10 months ago by david holmes
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An old friend
I had this years ago as a cassette, but it was lost, destroyed, stretched - who knows - long ago. Really pleased to be reacquainted with the old master.
Published 10 months ago by shovel fingers
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A New Morning indeed
Although Dylan seemed keen to quickly release something to cancel out the terrible reception for Self Portrait, this album which came out later in the same year was, incredibly,... Read more
Published 14 months ago by street-legal
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