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Bob Dylan - Slow Train Coming (2015) [Hi-Res]

Bob Dylan - Slow Train Coming (2015) [Hi-Res]

BAND/ARTIST: Bob Dylan

  • Title: Slow Train Coming
  • Year Of Release: 1979 / 2015
  • Label: Columbia
  • Genre: Rock, Folk Rock, Blues Rock
  • Quality: FLAC (tracks) [192kHz/24bit]
  • Total Time: 46:56 min
  • Total Size: 2.25 GB
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Tracklist:

1. Gotta Serve Somebody [05:26]
2. Precious Angel [06:32]
3. I Believe In You [05:11]
4. Slow Train [05:59]
5. Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking [05:29]
6. Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others) [03:54]
7. When You Gonna Wake Up [05:30]
8. Man Gave Names To All The Animals [04:28]
9. When He Returns [04:27]

Perhaps it was inevitable that Bob Dylan would change direction at the end of the '70s, since he had dabbled in everything from full-on repudiation of his legacy to a quiet embrace of it, to dipping his toe into pure showmanship. Nobody really could have expected that he would turn to Christianity on Slow Train Coming, embracing a born-again philosophy with enthusiasm. He has no problem in believing in a vengeful god -- you gotta serve somebody, after all -- and this is pure brimstone and fire throughout the record, even on such lovely testimonials as "I Believe in You." The unexpected side effect of his conversion is that it gave Dylan a focus he hadn't had since Blood on the Tracks, and his concentration carries over to the music, which is lean and direct in a way that he hadn't been since, well, Blood on the Tracks. Focus isn't necessarily the same thing as consistency, and this does suffer from being a bit too dogmatic, not just in its religion, but in its musical approach. Still, it's hard to deny Dylan's revitalized sound here, and the result is a modest success that at least works on its own terms. -- Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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  • blondbearnl
  •  wrote in 08:14
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Thanks for posting a HiRes version of Slow Train Coming, an underrated album by Bob Dylan which came after his superb Street Legal album.
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  • Starbucks
  •  wrote in 09:43
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The above review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine is an example of someone reviewing a topic for which they are clearly out of their depth -- in which case, they resort to tried-and-true bumper sticker slogans, such as "this is pure brimstone and fire throughout the record."

The fact is, you'll find very little of that whatsoever on this album. In fact, having listened to this album over 500 times in the last 39 years since it was released, I can't recall anything that qualifies as "fire & brimstone".

On the contrary, Dylan says plainly in "Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others)": "Don't wanna judge nobody; don't wanna be judged."

Of course, he realizes he WILL be judged, both by God and Man. But, in the song "I Believe In You", he chooses the praise from God, over the praise from men. He says, "Though the earth may shake me, though my friends forsake me, even that won't make me turn back."

So, if there's judgment on the album, it's directed toward him, and not with him in judgment of anyone else. (If anything, he judges himself in the song "Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking", and decides he's "gonna make myself a different set of rules", to replace the ones that clearly weren't working before.

He also says that the album "suffer[s] from being a bit too dogmatic, not just in its religion, but in its musical approach."

What the heck does THAT mean? How can you be "dogmatic" musically?

It's not a perfect album, and the quasi-reggae or Calypso song "Man Gave Names To All The Animals" has always been my least favorite track. But I suppose it was added to lighten up the mood from what is otherwise an intensely passionate album.

I saw Dylan in concert on this tour, (I was still in high school at the time), and he was in fine form. That's one of the benefits of having a completely renewed understanding of the meaning of life. And that's what Dylan displays in most every song on the album.

Songs like "Slow Train Coming" sound as fresh as last years' campaign debates, when he says, "Sheiks walking around like kings, wearing fancy jewels and those rings - deciding America's future from Amsterdam and Paris."

The one thing Erliwine gets right in his review is that Dylan was, indeed, more focused on this album... and the two other Christian-themed albums which followed. He has since put out some stinkers, and some excellent albums, too. But the raw honesty and spiritual insight on this album, and it's two follow-ups, have yet to be duplicated.
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  • mufty77
  •  wrote in 13:18
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Many thanks for HD tracks.
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  • Starbucks
  •  wrote in 18:17
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Unfortunately, there's a glitch in this file on the title track at 1 minute 20 seconds.

After downloading twice, it's there both times.

The words "accident statistic" become "accident st-ic."
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  • harrisondrums
  •  wrote in 15:08
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Link is dead, re-up possible?
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  • bigfatmoon
  •  wrote in 00:09
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Yes, Starbucks is correct. There's a glitch at 1min 20secs on Slow Train.
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