Posted on 12/28/2006 10:40:46 AM PST by pissant
Billboard magazine has chosen Bob Dylan's Modern Times as the best album of 2006.
It was the second top billing for the 65-year-old singer, after Modern Times topped Rolling Stones magazine's picks of the year earlier this week.
The album, Dylan's first in five years, topped Billboard sales charts earlier this year.
Billboard picked its top 10 based on the opinions of its 48 staff and freelancers.
Another veteran American rocker, Bruce Springsteen, came second with his We Shall Overcome — the Seeger Sessions.
The Beatle's Love, a remix of original Apple recording sessions created for a Cirque du Soleil show, was tied for ninth place.
The top 10 list actually has 12 albums, because there were two ties:
Bob Dylan, Modern Times.
Bruce Springsteen, We Shall Overcome — The Seeger Sessions.
Gnarls Barkley, St. Elsewhere.
Arctic Monkeys, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not.
TV On The Radio, Return to Cookie Mountain.
Tom Waits, Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards.
The Hold Steady, Boys and Girls in America.
A tie between Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stadium Arcadium and Dixie Chicks, Taking the Long Way.
A tie: Tool, 10,000 Days, and The Beatles, Love.
Corinne Bailey Rae, Corinne Bailey Rae.
Nothing here that I'm likely to purchase.
PING
Only one for me. Bob.
Tom Waits is OK.
Springsteen is about as appealing as the Ditzy Chicks.
It makes you wonder how these musical old farts end up in the top ten; I can't imagine too many people under 35-40 who would want to listen to Dylan or Springsteen. Are boomers still shelling out the big bucks for these guy? I know I'm not.
Went to a Dylan show in October. Amazed at the number of highschool and college kids there - in addition to us old farts. Lotsa girls too.
Unlike most old timers, Dylan has not been resting on his laurels. His last 3 albums have been top notch.
Merry Christmas Scott.
Happy New Year Scott!
I'm not at all surprised. At first I really liked two cuts from the album and each time I listened I found myself liking another and then another. There's not one song on Modern Times that I can say I don't care for. It's Dylan's best work, ever.
I saw him in the mid-80s and he totally blew (and I own just about all of his albums up through Desire); we walked out halfway into his show and I became a non-believer right then, right there!
Cagey, I wouldn't go that far. LOL
Thats too bad. He was excellent each time I've seen him, including in Oct. His voice is a croak, but it still works.
Excellent!
It think "Bat Out of Hell 3" should be runner-up. (This may drum me out of the Hard Rock Club, but I just love that album.)
8~)
Bob was really bad live for a lot of 1985-1989 so I don't blame you. He really has improved since 1991 and really got it together since 1998.
I thought his voice on "Modern Times" was terrific. I can't hear "Beyond the Horizon" without humming along.
My favorite cut on the album is "When the Deal Goes Down." How can anyone hear that song and not know Dylan is still a believer?
Cool. I do think Someday Baby has been played live, if memory serves me. Though I can't swear to it. If not, just toss in Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat instead. ;o)
Yep, that song ain't about a chickee.
When he sings the phrase "the Bells of Saint Mareeeeeeees" on Beyond the Horizon it sounds like Bob from 40 years ago, I swear.
Not yet...
Here is list of all songs played in 2006--
http://my.execpc.com/~billp61/song2006.html
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