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89 out of 100

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8.4 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 244 Ratings

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  • Summary: Dylan's first studio release since his 2001 hit 'Love And Theft' is his 44th album overall.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 29
  3. Negative: 0 out of 29
  1. Uncut
    100
    Love And Theft was quite unlike any other pop album--apart, that is, from Modern Times, its direct and audacious sequel. [Sep 2006, p.72]
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  2. Rolling Stone
    100
    His third straight masterwork. [7 Sep 2006, p.99]
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  3. NOW Magazine
    40
    Whereas Chaplin's sharply drawn social comment is rightly considered a modern classic, Dylan's Modern Times -- sung in a strangely affected croak you'd expect to hear from Leon Redbone's grandfather -- comes off like a feeble anachronism in which our man cynically attempts to pass off public-domain blues and folk tunes as his own by changing a few words.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 132 out of 156
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 156
  3. Negative: 17 out of 156
  1. PhillipB.
    10
    Dylan is still great.
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  2. dave
    5
    Dylan has some amazing albums and for critics to give this anything close to a 10 it degrades his truly remarkabe work
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  3. RonaldN
    3
    Sorry, I am a great Bob Dylan fan but this did not impress me at all. I would not have purchased it if I had heard it previously. I really love his earlier works.… Expand
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