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One of the darkest of Dylan albums, Times is the work of a 22-year-old who sounds no less sick of it all than the ailing 55-year-old who made Time out of Mind. There's a place here for rousing protests such as the title track and "When the Ship Comes In", but those songs are outnumbered by the equally powerful, drainingly pessimistic likes of "Only a Pawn in Their Game", "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll", and "The Ballad of Hollis Brown". It's as if Dylan had to deliver his grimmest topical material before moving on to Another Side's liberation and laughs. --Rickey Wright
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Strong, folkish and slightly melancholy early Dylan,
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This review is from: The Times They Are a-Changin' (Audio CD)
Bob Dylan's third album, and his first collection of all-original material, "Times" may not be quite as rich as its predecessor ("Freewheelin'"), but it is a memorable record in its own right.Several of Dylan's best early songs are here...the only thing you can really say against "Times" is that most of them are available on equally good or better renditions on Dylan's live albums or on the first two "Greatest Hits" albums. Even casual fans should pick up "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan", but they may find that the live renditions of songs like "One Too Many Mornings", "With God On Their Side", and "The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll" available on "Live 1964" and "Live 1966" is all they need. Serious fans will definitely want this one as well, though. A notable lack of up-tempo songs and the generally bleak outlook of this album might turn off casual listeners a little bit, but you can't deny the quality of songs like "Only A Pawn In Their Game", "Boots Of Spanish Leather", "Hattie Carroll", and the title track.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Bob Dylan album most aware of the Guthrie legacy,
By Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (VINE VOICE) (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER)
This review is from: The Times They Are a-Changin' (Audio CD)
I am not going to argue that "The Times They Are A-Changin'" is the best of Bob Dylan's early albums, because that honor clearly belongs to "The Freewhelin' Bob Dylan," when the prospects of war gave Dylan's protest songs greater potency. But this is the one that is his most earnest attempt to emulate the great Woody Guthrie, a fact that I think is perfectly clear just from the black & white cover photograph of Dylan. The point is underscored in Dylan's "Outlined Epitaphs" that takes the place of traditional liner notes. There Dylan writes "In time behind, I too wished I'd lived in the hungry thirties an blew in like Woody t New York City an sang for dimes on subway trains satisifed at a nickel fare."This year I have been listening to a lot of Woody Guthrie's songs and as great as Bob Dylan was in the Sixties and beyond, if there are people who do not remember when Guthrie was America's troubadour that is truly a shame. Listening to these songs you can clearly see the strong parallels between the two, with Dylan providing the same angry arrogance as his hero in the title track on "With God On Our Side." But Guthrie could also tell stories and Dylan takes his turn at that as well, with "Ballad of Hollis Brown" and "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll." There are not as many Dylan classics on this one as "Freewheelin'," but this is perhaps an even better collection of the really early Dylan, in off the bus from the Hibbing in the big bad city.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Dylan's Greatest Work,
This review is from: The Times They Are a-Changin' (Audio CD)
In the early 1960's a singer/songwriter/poet named Bob Dylan had released two albums, the self titled 'Bob Dylan', a mediocre debut and 'The Freewheelin'', a folk masterpiece containing classics like 'Blowin' In The Wind' and 'A Hard Rains A Gonna Fall' but his next album was to change folk forever.In 1964 Bob Dylan produced 'The Times They Are A Changin''. In my opinion this is Dylan's best album. I am not one of these people who call Judas at concerts and believe him to be a traitor, my second favourite album is 'Highway 61 Revisited' but this is just something beyond this world. His last 'protest' album before he started his 'rebellion' really is a treat. The way Dylan effortlessly puts poetic imagery in your mind which makes you think about the way the world is really makes me believe he's from another planet. This album has the infamous song which holds the same title as the album and that is worth the price of the album alone. This album is a piece of music history and simply is the greatest album in the world. Don't be put off by the word 'folk' it's so much more than a man singing songs about farms and women, It is poetry and music mixed and the product is 'The Times They Are A Changin'' and it does not dissapoint.
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