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| | Product Details | | Audio CD Release Date: | June 21, 2005 | | Studio: | Sony | | Number Of Discs: | 1 | | Format: | Original recording remastered | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 47 reviews |
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| | Track Listing | | 1. | The Times They Are A-Changin' | | 2. | Ballad Of Hollis Brown | | 3. | With God On Our Side | | 4. | One Too Many Mornings | | 5. | North Country Blues | | 6. | Only A Pawn In Their Game | | 7. | Boots Of Spanish Leather | | 8. | When The Ship Comes In | | 9. | The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll | | 10. | Restless Farewell | |
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79 of 80 found the following review helpful:
They haven't stopped changing... Sep 23, 2005
By ewomack
"ewomack"
As early as his third album Dylan started showing signs of the changeling artist that we know today. And we all know that he kept on changing and changing throughout the years. In fact, for Dylan the times never stopped changing. It remains true today.
Dylan's previous album from 1963, "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan", was funny and rollicking in places. The lighthearted struck a good balance with the morose. 1964 saw a new album with a totally new mood. "The Times They Are A-Changin'" shot wildly to the morose side of the spectrum. It contains mostly down and out stories of tragedy and "world gone wrong" tales. Nothing here inspires laughter or joy. The still very young Dylan weaves lyrics and tunes with the sensibility of one who has "seen it all and is sick of it". Regardless, this album remains one of Dylan's greatest albums, though its darkness may not appeal to everyone.
Dylan does his best Woody Guthrie impersonation on the cover (the photo almost completely mimics an early photo of Guthrie). To get a sense of just how much Dylan looked up to Guthrie, read Dylan's own "Chronicles, Vol. 1". There he speaks about the first time he heard Guthrie's music. He may as well be speaking about the rapture. The experience changed Dylan forever, and had a lasting influence on his music. "The Times Are A-Changin'" represents the pinnacle of that influence. One could almost call it a tribute to Guthrie's legacy (though admittedly Guthrie also had a well developed lighthearted side). Guthrie's own "Dust Bowl Ballads" evokes a similar mood to this album. Both albums take themselves very seriously and succeed incredibly.
This album put Dylan right in the spotlight of the then burgeoning folk-protest music movement. It's not hard to see why with calls to social revolution such as the title song. Many since have appropriated this song to their own ends. But it still remains Dylan's own. He continues to play it on tour in many forms and arrangements. "With God on Our Side" explores the history of the United States and the killing it did under the banner of "God". "One Too Many Mornings" seeps with weariness of life. "Only A Pawn in Their Game" explores power and class: the exploiters and the exploited and those who use people as a mere means to selfish ends. "Boots of Spanish Leather" uses the melody of "Girl From the North Country" to a different end. "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carol" revisits class and exploitation. A rich man gets off with a paltry penalty for killing one of his maids. The closing song, "Restless Farewell", mournfully expresses retribution and acceptance of the world as it is. It's an appropriate close to an album filled with stories about some of the worst life and civilization have to offer.
Following the dismal themes and yearning music of "The Times Are A-Changin'" Dylan turned slighty toward the humorously ridiculous on his next album. He never again made an album as seriously world weary as this one (though some defintely come close). Not only that, this album stands as his folk/protest swan song. In just one more year Dylan would appear with an electric band and get booed for his adventurousness. And then his lyrics started to take on more abstract, opaque, and poetic themes. In short, he soon began to move away and alienate himself from the folk scene. According to "Chronicles, Vol. 1" he had succeeded a little too well with the protest crowd. Some people started referring to him as "saviour". They demanded that he lead them. Dylan simply (and understandably) didn't want the job. So he left his main fan base and a few incredible albums behind him (and soon found a new fan base who listened to his new incredible albums).
"The Times They Are A-Changin'" remains one of the high points of Dylan's early acoustic "phase" that stretched from the beginning of his career to roughly 1965. It's constructed solidly and a theme with an unmistakable undertone runs through it. Whether people agree or disagree with its message in the end it inspires thought about some of the issues that affect all of us even to the present day.
14 of 14 found the following review helpful:
A darker side of Bob Dylan Jan 11, 2007
By Elliot Knapp
Dylan's third album finds him writing songs with a heavily political bent, taking ideas from newspapers and setting them to old and new folk melodies. Though it lacks some of "Freewheeling"s light-hearted moments, "Times" comes across as more mature, often more emotionally moving, and darker. The title track became a Dylan anthem and concert staple. "Ballad Of Hollis Brown" is one of my personal favorites--the folk guitar and brooding story are perfect, with a clever ending. "One Too Many Mornings" is a bit darker on this disc than on Nashville Skyline, but is also folkier. "Boots Of Spanish Leather" is an excellent and touching love song. "Hattie Carrol" is one of Dylan's most famous newspaper songs, and stirs feelings of racism and the fallibility of the justice system. The closer is somber and characteristic of the whole album, but I like the whole thing. Dylan's voice is good (better than on Another Side of Bob Dylan) and the songs fit well together in the album's scheme. This is Dylan's last protest album, and sees Dylan at the top of his protest period. Recommended if you like acoustic folk, and suggested that you take a few listens to let it really sink in!
9 of 10 found the following review helpful:
Superb sounding remaster Aug 28, 2005
By The Bob Expert
"TBE"
The audio quality of this CD easily beats the previous champ, the vinyl Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs 1/2 speed master. It mops up the floor with the standard CD issue and discards the filth in the wastebasket. It has nothing to do with being "louder" as one hapless reviewer states. The original CD was pinched, colored, and distressed.
"The Times They Are A-Changin'" is classic Dylan of course and little need be said about the superb quality of the performances and the songs.
This CD also contains a few previously unpublished photos from the recording sessions.
Although the booklet doesn't say so, I believe this was DSD mastered. Steve Berkowitz, also uncredited on this remaster, is in charge of the overall remastering of Dylan's catalog. He deserves a lot of thanks.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Classic Dylan and one of the best albums from the 1960s Jan 06, 2007
By Steven A. Peterson
This is one of the great albums from Dylan's first decade. The title tune should be in any Hall of Fame for American music of the last half of the 20th century.
"The Time They Are A-Changin'" is a song that speaks to the crosscutting debates of the 1960s. It provides voice for one perspective. But so, too, do other of the songs on this CD. "Ballad of Hollis Brown" and "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" can still bring anger, produce a sense of unfairness. "With God on Our Side" is a powerful statement regarding the manner in which religion can make some people feel superior to others, with whatever relevant God is on their side. "Only a Pawn in Their Game" suggests the reality of an elite manipulating the mass of people; whether or not one agree with the theme, the argument is well portrayed. So, too, "North Country Blues" has a statement to make.
There are, in addition, softer tunes, such as "One Too Many Mornings" and "Boots of Spanish Leather."
All in all, a must buy for those wanting to understand the full body of Bob Dylan's work. Perhaps the best of his pre-electric corpus.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Everybody Should be Free Sep 04, 2006
By Shane Shogren
The opening track, "The Times they are a-Changin'" is a call to arms. It was heeded in the Sixties when the streets were filled with protesters, kids who wanted an end to the war in Vietnam. Dylan has sung this song countless times over the years, talking about the battle that is outside raging, but somehow we've forgotten this message, though we sing the words with Dylan at almost every concert he's given on his never ending tour. Sadly there are almost no protesters today. And it seems if one does raise a voice, bad things could happen to him.
Lord, I have to wonder if God ever was on our side. Bob Dylan doesn't think he was, but there are so many today who are convinced he is, maybe they should listen to this record. At least we've done something about the horrible racism Dylan sings about on "Only a Pawn in Their Game" and the haunting "Ballad of Hollis Brown," but we have a long way to go. I think all those people who are so against those who only want to better themselves by coming to America should be forced to sit down and listen to this record. That's what I think.
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