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Track Listings
| 1. Love Sick |
| 2. Dirt Road Blues |
| 3. Standing In The Doorway |
| 4. Million Miles |
| 5. Trying To Get To Heaven |
| 6. 'Til I Fell In Love With You |
| 7. Not Dark Yet |
| 8. Cold Irons Bound |
| 9. Make You Feel My Love |
| 10. Can't Wait |
| 11. Highlands |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
At the beginning of Time Out of Mind, Bob Dylan finds himself in the same dead-day world as on 1964's "One Too Many Mornings." By now, though, he can't be bothered to romanticise the street and the distant dogs' barking; he can only moan about how sick he is of love, of himself. Saying it seems to give him the strength to go on, and go on he does, over 11 songs that are among his most plainspoken and musically eloquent. The reconstituted bottle-blues that sparked the early '90s acoustic masterpieces Good As I Been to You and World Gone Wrong carries over to Daniel Lanois's carefully dirty production and a groove that tops anything Dylan's done in a studio since, at least, Blood on the Tracks. No matter how lousy he feels, this is the work of a mighty, mighty man. --Rickey Wright
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27 of 29 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This raw slice of blues and rock n' roll simply has to best the best thing that Bob Dylan has come up with since "Blood On The Tracks".
The lyrics are dark and haunted, at times even bitter and resigned. But, in case you doubted it, "Time Out Of Mind" proves that Bob Dylan can actually sing. His phrasing is perfect, and his vocals more powerful than you can imagine if you've only ever heard him do "Blowin' In The Wind" in 1963.
The lyrics are dark and haunted, at times even bitter and resigned. But, in case you doubted it, "Time Out Of Mind" proves that Bob Dylan can actually sing. His phrasing is perfect, and his vocals more powerful than you can imagine if you've only ever heard him do "Blowin' In The Wind" in 1963.
Highlights include "Love Sick" ("I'm sick of love", Dylan sings), "Tryin' To Get To Heaven", "Not Dark Yet" and "Dirt Road Blues" - which actually is a genuine blues, unlike about a thousand other songs with the word "blues" in the title.
But my absolute favorite song off this album is "Make You Feel My Love", easily one of the most beautiful love songs ever written.
These songs have it all, both melody and powerful, intelligent lyrics, and Dylan's dark, raspy vocals suit them perfectly.
Bob Dylan has certainly made more influential albums than this one (no one can be expected to revolutionize popular music more than once, after all), but he never made a better one.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The tracks on this album were meant to have been recorded during a snowstorm in Minnesota (according to Jim Dickinson who plays keyboards on many of them.) I like that story as 'Time Out Of Mind' has the feeling of being a few grim steps removed from the world.
This is a beautiful, soul weary record. Anger and acceptance, a distance from the stupidity of people, a feeling of time running out. A disconnectedness. And yet it is one of the most heartfelt evocations of (unrequited) love and longing I have ever listened to.
'Not Dark Yet' is the album's emotional core. There is a sense of resignation to suffering and pain, and you know that the person who wrote these songs is for real, they are about to face something which will truly bring them to the end of their rope. The unhealed scars, the loss of faith in humanity, the search for 'heaven's door'.
I don't believe that Daniel Lanois's production at all denigrates the piece. On the blues numbers particularly there is genius going on in the mix. It's not raw and primitive but is alive and breathing and darkly muttering to itslef.
The closer 'Highlands' is hypnotic in its intensity, where every word is given extra meaning by the tone and nuance of Dylan's voice. (Something which is unique to him.) It's uplifting in its isolation and sense the self going it alone.
It does not surprise me that Dylan had a near encounter with death four months after. There is a palpable sense of mortality here.
This is an album of heartbreak and pain, where the hurt and the loss become something between numbness and a state of grace.There are very few songwriters who can bring that feeling across but Dylan can. It's music of the darkened road, the thin, thin line. This is a masterpiece.
This is a beautiful, soul weary record. Anger and acceptance, a distance from the stupidity of people, a feeling of time running out. A disconnectedness. And yet it is one of the most heartfelt evocations of (unrequited) love and longing I have ever listened to.
'Not Dark Yet' is the album's emotional core. There is a sense of resignation to suffering and pain, and you know that the person who wrote these songs is for real, they are about to face something which will truly bring them to the end of their rope. The unhealed scars, the loss of faith in humanity, the search for 'heaven's door'.
I don't believe that Daniel Lanois's production at all denigrates the piece. On the blues numbers particularly there is genius going on in the mix. It's not raw and primitive but is alive and breathing and darkly muttering to itslef.
The closer 'Highlands' is hypnotic in its intensity, where every word is given extra meaning by the tone and nuance of Dylan's voice. (Something which is unique to him.) It's uplifting in its isolation and sense the self going it alone.
It does not surprise me that Dylan had a near encounter with death four months after. There is a palpable sense of mortality here.
This is an album of heartbreak and pain, where the hurt and the loss become something between numbness and a state of grace.There are very few songwriters who can bring that feeling across but Dylan can. It's music of the darkened road, the thin, thin line. This is a masterpiece.
30 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The depth and class of the album is first masked by it's subtlety and understatement, but this grows to be it's great strength, for those prepared to listen. The new Love and Theft is a good upbeat album, with Bob sounding like he's enjoying himself. Time Out Of Mind is borne of something darker and more brooding. Songs like Trying to Get to Heaven and the haunting Lovesick are more than worthy of mention but the bass and funk of Cold Irons Bound are a revelation. Sit down by yourself with your favourite tipple and listen to Not Dark Yet. Tingling and beautiful, subtle and engrossing. It creates an atmosphere in an empty room, the music is almost tangible.
You could say this is one of his best albums, but I don't like to compare. How can you compare albums thirty five years apart. I have heard a lot of Dylan. I am only in my twenties and so have not followed the story from the start. I am no aged Dylanite who believes he has monopoly of opinion on all things Dylan. This is a very good album.
You could say this is one of his best albums, but I don't like to compare. How can you compare albums thirty five years apart. I have heard a lot of Dylan. I am only in my twenties and so have not followed the story from the start. I am no aged Dylanite who believes he has monopoly of opinion on all things Dylan. This is a very good album.
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bobs lament to getting older
This cd. Time out of mind. Sounds to me as if bob
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Published 2 months ago by c rider
Oh Mercy 2.0
This multi-grammy award winning album contains a handful of bona-fide later Dylan classics. They are Standing In The Doorway, Trying To Get To Heaven, Not Dark Yet and Highlands. Read more
Published 3 months ago by street-legal
Dylan re-discovered
Only now can I appreciate Dylan after he lost his voice. Got switched off at the time but hearing this again, the magic was always there.
Published 3 months ago by anon
Dylan's mature masterpiece: as poignant as `Blood on the Tracks' - but...
Bob Dylan is known to admire the work of Herman Melville. `Time out of Mind' is a quotation from `Moby Dick' meaning `from time immemorial' or `as long as anyone can remember. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Dr. Trang
Time out of mind
Not right up there with his classics but still a worthwhile album with distinct shades of greatness, including the gem "Make you feel my love", which leaves hard-bitten,... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Bertiebongo
His Bobness
A rather meandering set of songs (some barely sung, more spoken to music). It is as if Dylan is setting his thoughts down to music. Read more
Published 9 months ago by lewis
Buy Trilogy,if you can
Trilogy is a simple packaging of the last 3 cds of Dylan in a slipcase,but collectively can be purchased for far less than the individual cds,particularly if you buy from Amazon... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Music Lover
Dazzling Dylan
I'd agree with the reviewer who thinks this is Dylan's best since the epic 'Blood on the Tracks'. Even if the voice is now a thing of ragged beauty (whenever was it ever great,... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Sentinel
Mesmerised
I can only agree with the other reviews and am so glad I purchased this CD. The themes are mainly of lost love, unrequited love - or is that just me hearing what I want to hear? Read more
Published 18 months ago by S. Hayday
Bob nearly at his best
Mostly love songs/end of love songs but although a later Dylan still great and the wonderful original version of Adele's Make You Feel My Love.
Published 18 months ago by Mrs. D. K. Leeming
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