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Dylan's Comeback Through Time Out Of Mind
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Executive Summary
Time Out of Mind revived Dylan with a dark, blues-driven reckoning on aging, illness, and loss that launched his late-career resurgence
- Dylan wrote the album after a snowy Minnesota winter and renewed work in 1996
- Daniel Lanois produced the 11-song set after a New York hotel room meeting
- Recording stretched over months and ended after intense studio conflict
- Dylan was hospitalized in Los Angeles with acute pulmonary histoplasmosis before release
- The album won three Grammys and drew strong critical praise, including Rolling Stone
- Songs like Not Dark Yet and Highlands center on mortality, grief, and aging
- The record helped trigger a late-career run of acclaimed self-produced albums
Quick Facts
- What: Created a comeback album confronting aging and mortality
- Where: Recorded mainly in Miami after work in Minnesota and New York
- Why: To turn blues roots and late-life reflection into a new creative phase
- Who: Bob Dylan and producer Daniel Lanois
- When: Completed and released in 1997 after Dylan's hospitalization
Coverage Timeline: 10417 Days
Featured Article
Bob Dylan's Time Out Of Mind, released in 1997, is revisited to explain its studio sessions in Miami and Oxnard and its critical acclaim.
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In early 2023, Columbia Records released Bob Dylan's Fragments - Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series Vol. 17, spotlighting a newly remixed Time Out of Mind.
In 1997, Dylan released Time Out of Mind after a stay in a Los Angeles hospital.
The article reviews Bob Dylan's Springtime In New York: The Bootleg Series Vol. 16, focusing on recordings made in New York, Santa Monica, and at Slane Castle in Ireland.
In a retrospective review, InsideHook analyzes Bob Dylan's 1986 album Knocked Out Loaded and its turbulent recording sessions in New York, London, and Los Angeles.
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Graley Herren's book Dreams and Dialogues in Dylan's Time Out of Mind is reviewed on Substack, discussing its 2021 publication and 2022 paperback and analyzing three themes.
In a 2022 Independent long-read, the article revisits Bob Dylan's 1997 album Time Out of Mind and its blues-rooted creative rebirth.
Dylan's Time Out of Mind, his 41st studio album produced by Daniel Lanois, is reviewed in Rolling Stone.
Dylan released Time Out of Mind in 1997 at Criteria Studios in Miami, produced by Daniel Lanois, and the album won three Grammys in 1998.
Bob Dylan's Time Out Of Mind was reviewed by NME in 1998, highlighting its elegiac mood and gospel influenced sound.
The article on bob-dylan.org.uk recently analyzes criticisms of Dylan and the role of music in interpreting lyrics, challenging lyric-only readings.
Recliner Notes analyzes Bob Dylan's song Red River Shore in an online feature connecting Time Out of Mind sessions with folk and cowboy influences.
Uncut magazine publishes a feature examining Dylan's 1997 Time Out Of Mind and its archival bootleg materials in its January issue.
In 2005, an essay reassessed Bob Dylan's 1997 album Time Out of Mind, tracing its borrowings from blues, country, folk and Schubert.
Star Tribune reviews Dylan's 25th anniversary Fragments boxed set, detailing a brand new Michael Brauer mix across 60 tracks.
Countdown Kid published a track by track retro review of Time Out Of Mind by Bob Dylan on 2013-07-17.
On 2009-11-05, a blog post on compulsivereader.com analyzes Bob Dylan Time Out of Mind and his vocal performance.
Michael Brauer explains his Time Out Of Mind remix for the Dylan Bootleg Series in a 2017 Tulsa Rock Cellar Magazine interview.
In September 1997, the Los Angeles Times reviewed Bob Dylan’s album Time Out of Mind, highlighting its themes of aging, spirituality, and an overlong tracklist.
Bob Dylan released Time Out Of Mind on 1997-09-30, produced by Daniel Lanois, and Glide Magazine published a retrospective.
This article reexamines Bob Dylan's 1997 album Time Out of Mind in a Substack review that explores its recording, songs, sound, and legacy.
Bob Dylan asserts that Buddy Holly haunted the Time Out of Mind recording sessions and featured in his Grammy acceptance speech.
1997 Entertainment Weekly review compares Time Out of Mind and Bridges to Babylon, highlighting Daniel Lanois's production and Dylan's distance from rock trends.
In an online retrospective review, Howard Fishman examines Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series release Fragments and its illumination of the 1997 album Time Out of Mind.
On Bob-Dylan.org.uk, an All Directions series article analyzes Bob Dylan's 1997 Time Out of Mind songs as a connected emotional narrative.
In a 25th-anniversary retrospective, the article examines Bob Dylan's 1997 album Time Out of Mind and its influence on Dylan's subsequent career.
Bob Dylan released Time Out of Mind on September 30, 1997, his 30th studio album, marking a career revival after a difficult period.
In a retrospective online piece, The Vinyl District reviews Bob Dylan's album Time Out of Mind, highlighting its dark tone and uneven songwriting.
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USA Today published a review of Bob Dylan's Time Out of Mind on 2022-09-10.
The article documents Geoff Gans designing Bob Dylan's Time Out of Mind packaging using Daniel Lanois and Mark Seliger photographs, tied to Miami and Los Angeles studio sessions.
In 2024, CultFollowing.co.uk published a review of Dylan's The Intimate Time Out of Mind, an acoustic companion to Time Out of Mind.
Cult Following published a review on 2022-11-15 on cultfollowing.co.uk evaluating Dylan's 1989 album Oh Mercy.
In a recent Freak Music Club interview, Michael Gray discusses Time Out Of Mind and his Dylan scholarship.
Bob Dylan is analyzed for his Time Out of Mind era in a Substack feature, recently exploring philosophical and literary allusions.
On 2021-05-04, Current published a blog essay in the USA reflecting on Bob Dylan's approaching eightieth birthday, career phases, bootlegs, and legacy.
Review examines Daniel Lanois's production on Bob Dylan's 1997 album Time Out of Mind, highlighting textured sonics and prominent vocal placement.
Bob Dylan collaborated with Daniel Lanois on Time Out of Mind in the mid-1990s, with studio sessions in the United States resulting in a non-linear, technology-informed album.
Bob Dylan's Time Out of Mind analysis, focusing on Not Dark Yet and Trying to Get to Heaven, appears on Vocal Media's Beat section; date of publication not specified.
The Vinyl District published a 2018 review of Bob Dylan's Time Out of Mind (1997) on its site, focusing on Daniel Lanois production and the album's dark mood.
Bob Dylan's Time Out Of Mind, produced by Daniel Lanois, is reviewed in No Depression as a dark, cinematic album tracing love and hate toward redemption.
Sputnikmusic's review analyzes Bob Dylan's Time Out of Mind (1997) track by track on its website.
Dylan released Time Out of Mind in 1997, his first new material in seven years, produced by Daniel Lanois.
Time Out of Mind was released in 1997 in the United States, saw Dylan collaborate with Daniel Lanois and won the grammy for album of the year.
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In October 1997 in Brooklyn, the author bought Bob Dylan's Time Out of Mind and listened to the album through a sleepless night during a personal breakup.
Time Out of Mind was released in 1997, marking Dylan's renaissance after a period of creative wilderness.
Bob Dylan highlights three late-career songs written after he turned fifty, from Time Out of Mind (1998) and Modern Times (2006).
Bob Dylan released Time Out of Mind on Sept. 30, 1997; the album won three Grammys and was rereleased in 2023 as Fragments sessions.
Daniel Lanois discusses favorite records and Dylan collaborations in a new interview published on MusicRadar.
Today on bobdylancommentaries.com, a writer evaluates Time Out of Mind, highlighting Daniel Lanois production and critical reception.
In an AV Club article following The Old Man's July 21 season-one finale, Bob Dylan's Time Out of Mind frames Jeff Bridges' televised comeback performance.
Tryin' to Get to Heaven from Time Out of Mind is interpreted through bluesy rhythm, Dylan vocal phrasing, and harmonica emphasis tied to redemption themes.