Bob Dylan – Desire

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If Blood on the Tracks was an unapologetically intimate affair, Desire is unwieldy and messy, the deliberate work of a collective. And while Bob Dylan directly addresses his crumbling relationship with his wife, Sara, on the final track, Desire is hardly as personal as its predecessor, finding Dylan returning to topical songwriting and folk tales for the core of the record. It’s all over the map, as far as songwriting goes, and so is it musically, capturing Dylan at the beginning of the Rolling Thunder Revue era, which was more notable for its chaos than its music. And, so it’s only fitting that Desire fits that description as well, as it careens between surging folk-rock, Mideastern dirges, skipping pop, and epic narratives. It’s little surprise that Desire doesn’t quite gel, yet it retains its own character — really, there’s no other place where Dylan tried as many different styles, as many weird detours, as he does here. And, there’s something to be said for its rambling, sprawling character, which has a charm of its own. Even so, the record would have been assisted by a more consistent set of songs; there are some masterpieces here, though: “Hurricane” is the best-known, but the effervescent “Mozambique” is Dylan at his breeziest, “Sara” at his most nakedly emotional, and “Isis” is one of his very best songs of the ’70s, a hypnotic, contemporized spin on a classic fable. This may not add up to a masterpiece, but it does result in one of his most fascinating records of the ’70s and ’80s — more intriguing, lyrically and musically, than most of his latter-day affairs.

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Columbia PC 33893 LP, Album, Santa Maria US 1976-01-05

Side 1.

1. Hurricane 8:33
2. Isis 6:58
3. Mozambique 3:00
4. One More Cup Of Coffee 3:43
5. Oh, Sister 4:05

Side 2.

1. Joey 11:05
2. Romance In Durango 5:50
3. Black Diamond Bay 7:30
4. Sara 5:29

Credits:

Artwork [Collage] – Carl Barile
Backing Vocals [Background Vocals] – EmmyLou Harris
Bass, Backing Vocals [Background Vocals] – Rob Stoner
Congas, Bells – Sheena
Cover [Front Cover] – Ken Regan
Design [Album Design] – John Berg
Drums – Howard Wyeth
Engineer – Don Meehan
Liner Notes [Inner Sleeve] – Allen Ginsberg
Mandolin – Dom Cortese
Mastered By [Mastering] – Stan Kalina
Photography By [Collage Photos] – Ruth Bernal
Producer [This Record Could Have Been Produced By] – Don DeVito
Recorded By [Chief Recordist] – Lou Waxman
Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica – Bob Dylan
Twelve-String Guitar [Bellzouki] – Vincent Bell
Violin – Scarlet Rivera
Written-By – Bob Dylan, Jacques Levy

Media Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Sleeve Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)

[l376197] variant.
℗ 1975 CBS Inc.
Printed in U.S.A.

Special Thanks: Jacques Levy, EmmyLou Harris, Rob Stoner, Howard Wyeth and Scarlet Rivera

Serviced by J.P.s New York City 1975

EmmyLou Harris and Ronee Blakley appear courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.

Includes picture inner sleeve with liner notes and credits.

 

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Matrix / Runout AL 33893
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Additional information

Weight 0,5 kg

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