
- Summary: Covers are nothing new for the Roxy Music frontman, but 'Dylanesque' marks the first time Ferry has dedicated an entire album to the work of a single artist. (That would be Bob Dylan, in case you didn't notice the title.)
- Record Label: Virgin
- Genre(s): Rock, Alternative
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Top Track
Make You Feel My Love | |
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When the rain is blowin' in your face And the whole world is on your case I could offer you a warm embrace To make you feel my love. When the... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 13 out of 19
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Mixed: 5 out of 19
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Negative: 1 out of 19
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Purists may cry sacrilege, but the Roxy Music singer vastly improves Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues and All Along the Watchtower by imbuing their edgy agitation with his classicist pop sensibility.
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Dylanesque is a winner, succeeding both for its incongruity and its sympathy.
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FilterThis is hardly some bog standard run-through of Dylan classics. [#25, p.102]
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SpinFerry embraces these Dylan classics... with undiluted sincerity, gently remodeling the barbed lyrics into graceful modern art. [Jul 2007, p.96]
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Q MagazineAbove all else, [it] once again underlines Dylan's singularly magnificent gifts as a songwriter. [Apr 2007, p.121]
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There's a tasteful shimmer over all the tracks.
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Dylanesque is a mess. Nearly every album has a few bright spots, but this is a lazy collection of covers that offers no insight into the catalog of one of the twentieth century's foremost songwriters.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 7 out of 10
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Mixed: 0 out of 10
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Negative: 3 out of 10
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[Anonymous]Jul 13, 2007
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denismenaceMar 8, 2007
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susanfJul 4, 2007
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peterwMar 10, 2007imagine Dylan with all the rough vocals smoothed out and you can get to hear the words too plus a great band and you have a classy album
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ChristianZ.Jun 26, 2007
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JesseS.Jul 8, 2007BO-RING. boring, boring, boring. I'm sorry.
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billpJul 19, 2007
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