Nashville Skyline by Bob Dylan
 

This is a thread to talk about Bob Dylan`s well-known album:-

This album was recently selected by the Folk And International Roots Album Club, but, of course everybody`s comments are welcome.

So, what do you think ? How does this album compare with Bob`s other work ? It`s an old album; has it dated well, does it bring back memories for you ? What are the best or worst things about it ? If you`d been in the studio with Bob at the time, would you have had any advice for him ?

Another question is, can anybody upload an image of it for us ? :laughing:

c/o wikipedia

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...lleSkyline.jpg


I did enjoy this album. I found myself tapping my feet to some amiable tunes. I can't say Dylan's vocals were a selling point and on some tracks he nearly lost me but overall not a bad listen.

it's lurvely

and i think the voice he adopted for this album is beautiful (he only sang like that again on a coupla songs off Self-Portrait)

my only gripe? it's too short (a little under 40 minutes)

Agree with Il Duce. A lovely album. My fave track is "Tonight I'll Be Staying here With You". I love his voice on this album- wish he sang like that more often
Some great picking.
This would probably be in my Top 5 Dylan Albums. My Top 5 Dylan would run something like this:
1.DESIRE
2.JOHN WESLEY HARDING
4.NASHVILLE SKYLINE
5.BOB DYLAN
Just about in there would be "NEW MORNING"

top 5 dylan?

that's like asking my fave brand of chocolate

at the mo':-

John Wesley Harding
Oh Mercy
Time Out of Mind
Shot of Love
New Morning

Throw my ticket out the window !
 

The elements that attracted me to Dylan in the first place, the folk purist with exceptional lyrics, have pretty much disappeared on this album, but I still fell in love with it immediately. Dylan`s new-found mellow delivery helped me through a rather lonely period in my life, so I completely agree with Moshe:-

Personal favourites would be Girl of the North Country, I threw it all away and Tonight I`ll be staying here with you.

^ To answer my own question, after he recorded Country Pie and Peggy Day, I would have told him straight, "Come on Bob, you can do better than that! Go home and don`t come back until you`ve written something more substantial."


^ Aha ! The contentious topic of our favourite Dylans ! My favs might be:-

1. Freewheelin`
2. John Wesley
3. Nashville Skyline
4. Blood on the Tracks
5. Desire
6. Street Legal
7. Bootleg volumes 1-3

I`m surprised that New Morning is appearing in the favourite lists. Did it have some great tracks that I`ve forgotten ?

it has a soothing rustic vibe about it

Day of the Locusts is one of his best songs

Yes, I like the pastoral quality of New Morning. Title cut is an example & "Time Passes Slowly".
"Went To See The Gypsy" is a fine song, reputedly about meeting Elvis
I also like the mellowness of "Winterlude" & the "free jazz" vide of "If Dogs Run free"

^ Thanks, guys, you`re right.
It does have a laid-back, "rustic vibe" which is quite charming, and unusual for Dylan. This cover of Time Passes Slowly, for instance, shows what a surprisingly tender song Dylan wrote :-



I also remember Sign In A Window as having some beautiful piano playing in it - so it`s an album you`ve convinced me to re-visit. :)

yeah Sign in a Window is great