Modern Times
An Album
Bob Dylan
Columbia Records
Reviewed by Rob Woodard
I am sitting in my apartment listening to MODERN TIMES, the latest Bob Dylan album, for the fifth time in the last two days. I think I like it. Actually, I know I like it, but the question is how much do I like it, which is actually turning out to be a more difficult to answer than I would have thought it to be a couple of listens back. Before I go any further I should probably state that I am a huge Bob Dylan fan. Actually I’m more than a fan: I’m a true believer: I expect more than entertainment or even “good” art from the man: I demand nothing less than revelation every time I put on one of his albums, no matter how many times I have heard it before. What I’m trying to say, I guess, is that approaching a new Bob Dylan album is for me a serious business not to be rushed even a little bit.