“Slow Train Coming” by Bob Dylan - album review

features in: Album Chart of 1979Album Chart of the Decade: 1970s

TJR says

Bob Dylan’s final LP of the 1970s was his first since becoming a born-again Christian, and all of the songs either express his strong personal faith, or stress the importance of Christian teachings and philosophy. Once again, the journeyman creates a whole new band for the project, this time featuring Mark Knopfler (guitar) and Pick Withers (keyboards) from Dire Straits as well as The Muscle Shoals horn section. Whilst it’s not completely dreadful it’s getting there; “I Believe In You” is pure schmaltz and “Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking” is merely the sound of session men in blues rock cliché overdrive. I guess a soft rock album full of songs about God is just not my thing…

The Jukebox Rebel
13–Mar–2012

Tracklist
A1 [05:22] 5.0.png Bob Dylan - Gotta Serve Somebody (Robert Zimmerman) Soft Rock / A.O.R.
A2 [06:27] 4.6.png Bob Dylan - Precious Angel (Robert Zimmerman) Blues Rock / Soul Rock
A3 [05:02] 3.2.png Bob Dylan - I Believe In You (Robert Zimmerman) Pop Ballad
A4 [05:55] 4.5.png Bob Dylan - Slow Train (Robert Zimmerman) Soft Rock / A.O.R.
B1 [05:25] 3.5.png Bob Dylan - Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking (Robert Zimmerman) Soft Rock / A.O.R.
B2 [03:50] 4.6.png Bob Dylan - Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others) (Robert Zimmerman) Songwriter
B3 [05:25] 4.2.png Bob Dylan - When You Gonna Wake Up (Robert Zimmerman) Soft Rock / A.O.R.
B4 [04:23] 5.8.png Bob Dylan - Man Gave Names To All The Animals (Robert Zimmerman) Reggae
B5 [04:30] 5.6.png Bob Dylan - When He Returns (Robert Zimmerman) Songwriter

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