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Generally favorable reviews- based on 192 Ratings
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Positive: 148 out of 192
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Mixed: 17 out of 192
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Negative: 27 out of 192
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Dec 9, 2022Quite simply one of his greatest works, not just of his later period, and one of the greatest albums of all time. Not one skippable track in the set, every song is one for the ages.
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Jan 19, 2022
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Nov 20, 2021An unsurprising masterpiece with contributions from Fiona Apple (to name a few) . The epic "murder most foul" is a adept retelling of John F Kennedy's assassination as well as the effect it had on America. Filled with late career classics this album is fresh with ideas culling back to "blood on the tracks" accessibility which isn't stalled by the album's quietness.
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Dec 10, 2020
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Dec 5, 2020I Contain Multitudes - 8/10
False Prophet - 8/10
My Own Version of You - 8/10
I've Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You - 7/10
Black Rider - 7/10
Goodbye Jimmy Reed - 7,5/10
Mother of Muses - 8/10
Crossing the Rubicon - 7/10
Key West (Philosopher Pirate) - 8/10
Murder Most Foul - 8/10 -
Nov 24, 2020This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Aug 28, 2020This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Jul 30, 2020A masterpiece in every way possible. This album contains some of Dylan's best songwriting ever. His best since Time Out Of Mind. I cannot describe my love and appreciation for this record.
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Jul 14, 2020
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Jul 11, 2020
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Jul 9, 2020This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Jul 8, 2020Not as good as the critics are saying but still worth a listen especially if you like Dylan. I think the critics have been over praising his last few albums because they always think this will be his last. Tempest however was a great album (the one before this).
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Jun 26, 2020Very Bob Dylan. Not quite the level as his earliest stuff but still really good.
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Jun 24, 2020
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Jun 24, 2020This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Jun 22, 2020This is up there with Love and Theft and Time out of Mind. Another great album that is a mix of fun, mischief, and reflection. It is some kind of alchemy that he can continue to put out classics like this that take where he's been and move it on to something new and different. I absolutely love it. All of it.
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Jun 22, 2020Prayers set to restrained music. Except when singing about Jimmy Reed. Best album since Love and Theft, maybe since Blood on the Tracks.
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Jun 21, 2020His best album of the latter half of his career. Many instant favorites, many that will pass by you the first time only to emerge in your idle thoughts. Consistently great all the way through.
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Jun 21, 2020Its a foot tapper. I like his voice and he seems to be timeless and an essential part of America
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Jun 21, 2020Phenomenal album. Maybe one of his best. Certainly in the top 3 Dylan albums.
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Jun 21, 2020Beautiful and intriguing new album from the contrary old genius. I’m not a Dylan completist but this makes me think I should revisit his catalogue post 1980.
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Jun 20, 2020worth listening, haunting, feels like his last but hopefully not. Bob's voice imo has slightly improved, though he growls but it's more impressive ngl
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Jun 20, 2020This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Jun 20, 2020It's brilliant on every level - lyrically, musically, artistically - it is as much a creative peak for Dylan, as the big ones from the 60s and 70s...
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Jun 19, 2020A murder most foul is an instant classic. Another entertaining album, hope for another chance to see the great one live again.
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Jun 19, 2020Maybe his Best album since Desire (i can't decide if it's better than Time Out of Mind)
Awards & Rankings
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The WireNov 6, 2020Rough And Rowdy Ways is undoubtedly the work of an artist with one eye on his legacy, yet it’s so full of wit, mischief and life that it positively sings. [Sep 2020, p.52]
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Classic Rock MagazineJul 29, 2020Rough And Rowdy Ways is unique, precious testimony from an elderly rock'n'roll survivor who, for all the games he plays, is a seer nonetheless. [Aug 2020, p.82]
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Jun 25, 2020Rough and Rowdy Days is a typically astounding, kaleidoscopic journey through the last half-century of American history. ... Dylan lapped us a long time ago. He’s still sprinting far ahead. And now he definitely can’t be caught.