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By 1979, Dylan's fans were used to his album-by-album transformations, but his embrace of born-again Christianity took a lot of them by surprise. So did the hectoring fire-and-brimstone tone he took on his new songs — the master of ambiguity was now spitting pronouncements like "ya either got faith or ya got unbelief and there ain't no neutral ground" — as well as his refusal to play any of his old secular material live. Still, he sugarcoated his Bible-thumping with impressive music: production by soul veteran Jerry Wexler, lead guitar from Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler, a Grammy-winning single in "Gotta Serve Somebody," and an adorable children's song called "Man Gave Names to All the Animals."
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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 that Dylan doesn't sound revitalized here, and the result is a modest success that at least works on its own terms. [In 2003, Columbia/Legacy reissued 15 selected titles from Dylan's catalog as hybrid SACDs, playable in both regular CD players and Super Audio CD players. Each title is packaged as a digipak, containing the full original artwork. On each of the titles, and on each of the layers, the remastered sound is spectacular, a considerable upgrade from the initial CD pressings.]
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Gotta Serve Somebody |
5:25 |
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| 02. | |
Precious Angel |
6:29 |
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| 03. | |
I Believe In You |
5:08 |
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Slow Train |
5:56 |
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| 05. | |
Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking |
5:27 |
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| 06. | |
Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others) |
3:52 |
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| 07. | |
When You Gonna Wake Up |
5:28 |
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Man Gave Names To All The Animals |
4:25 |
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| 09. | |
When He Returns |
4:30 |
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09 Total Tracks, 46:40 Total Length
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Credits
- Bob Dylan - Guitar // Muscle Shoals Horns - Horn // Steven Berkowitz - Reissue Producer // Barry Beckett - Percussion // Barry Beckett - Keyboards // Barry Beckett - Producer // Mickey Buckins - Percussion // Greg Calbi - Mastering // Harrison Calloway - Arranger // Carolyn Dennis - Vocals (Background) // Didier C. Deutsch - Tape Research // Tim Drummond - Bass // Gregg Hamm - Engineer // Regina Havis - Vocals (Background) // Mark Knopfler - Guitar // George Marino - Mastering // Christopher Shaw - Mixing // Helena Springs - Vocals (Background) // Jerry Wexler - Producer // Pick Withers - Drums // David Yates - Assistant Engineer // Nick Saxton - Tray Photo // Catherine Kanner - Cover Illustration
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