From the NME.
Bob Dylan‘s new album ‘Rough And Rowdy Ways’ has debuted at number two on the US Billboard charts, setting a new record in the process.
It’s Dylan’s 23rd Top 10 album, and his 50th to get a Top 40 position. As the new record states, the legendary singer/songwriter now has Top 40 albums in the last seven decades – eight in the 1960s, 14 in the ’70s, seven in the ’80s, four in the ’90s, seven in the ’00s, nine in the 2010s, and now his first in the 2020s.
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In the UK, meanwhile, Dylan’s new album took the top spot, followed at No. 2 by Neil Young’s “lost” 1975 album ‘Homegrown’.
Giving ‘Rough And Rowdy Ways’ a five-star review before its release, NME wrote: “The roots of the erosion of US democracy plays out against a backdrop of counter-culture revolution. Between flickering scenes from Dealey Plaza and Parkland hospital, Dylan widens the shot to take in the birth of rock’n’roll, The Beatles, Woodstock and Altamont, before unleashed a bombardment of musical, cinematic and social references stretching the entire 20th Century, like ‘We Didn’t Start The Fire’ grew up and got a degree.
“Bluesmen, silent movie clowns, soul queens, jazz greats, rockers, hippies and pin-ups – Dylan revels in a hundred years of creative progress as if in accusation of America’s immutable ideological savagery. JFK, he’s saying, was just the highest profile, on-camera bloodstain to be splashed across the stars and stripes.”
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- Bob Dylan - Desire - 1st - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $19.35, €17.85 (New Item) (arrived 26-Jul-2024 16:49)on July 27, 2024 at 12:37 am
BOB DYLAN Desire (1975 UK first press 9-track vinyl LP on the graduated orange CBS label, complete with the illustrated credits inner. The picture sleeve shows some edgwear and a little minor scuffing whilst the vinyl is clean & in Excellent condition with just a few very light paper hairlines to show play)
- Bob Dylan - Real Live - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £12.00, $15.48, €14.28 (New Item) (arrived 22-Jul-2024 17:00)on July 27, 2024 at 12:37 am
BOB DYLAN Real Live (1984 UK 10-track LP, which was mostly recorded at Wembley Stadium on Dylan's European tour alongside recordings from Newcastle's St James' Park & Slane Castle in Ireland. Comes complete with the illustrated credits inner,the sleeve shows minimal shelfwear whilst the vinyl has minor paper scuffs it is in Excellent condition 26334)
- Bob Dylan - Rough And Rowdy Ways - Olive Vinyl - German - 2-LP vinyl set - £24.99, $32.24, €29.74 (New Item) (arrived 12-Jul-2024 14:45)on July 27, 2024 at 12:37 am
BOB DYLAN Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020 UK/Worldwide limited edition 10-track double album 2-LP set pressed on Olive Vinyl - Dylan's 39th studio album, and first album of original material since Tempest in 2012, contains recently released material 'Murder Most Foul', 'I Contain Multitudes' and 'False Prophet'. The gatefold picture sleeve has the credits printed in the inside spread and comes with the picture inners while the two vinyl discs look barely played)
- Bob Dylan - Slow Train Coming - 1st + Inner - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $12.90, €11.90 (New Item) (arrived 19-Jul-2024 09:46)on July 27, 2024 at 12:37 am
BOB DYLAN Slow Train Coming (1979 UK first press 9-track LP on the graduated orange label, picture sleeve complete with illustrated credits inner. The sleeve shows minor shelfwear & the vinyl is in Excellent condition)
- Bob Dylan - Street Legal - 1st - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $12.90, €11.90 (New Item) (arrived 19-Jul-2024 10:31)on July 27, 2024 at 12:37 am
BOB DYLAN Street Legal (1978 UK first press 9-track LP on the graduated orange label, complete with picture inner, picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little light shelf/edgewear & the vinyl remains in excellent condition with few signs ofplay)
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