Bob wrote: ><<If you like Time Out of Mind, check out not only Love and Theft,>> > >While these are both EXCELLENT discs, they are nothing alike. Time Out of >Mind is very dark and brooding, and driven by Daniel Lanois' production, >whereas Love & Theft is more upbeat, with some LOL lyrics and blues & >western swing backbeats. Produced by Dylan himself.
Yes, but Time Out of Mind also gets down and boogies. Its touchstone is the blues tradition (extensively discussed on r.m.d.) and has its own LOL lyrics (and not just Highlands, either). Love and Theft relates more to a thirties tradition, but its blues, High Water, is as dark as anything on Love and Theft. I was thinking more of Bob's gravelliest voice and the excellence of both albums. Perhaps pairing them was a little like those recommendations on DVDs -- "If you liked Predator try Kindergarten Cop" -- that sort of thing. >I would say if you like Time Out of Mind, check out the other >Lanois-produced effort "Oh Mercy". A little more "produced" than Time Out of Mind, wouldn't you say? I love it, but I think I might prefer the Ring Them Bells boot of Oh Mercy outtakes. Collect 'em all, I say. Gil
