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What with the recent releases of "Murder" and "Multitudes," some discerning fans could see a new album on the near horizon. And Derek has just posted a third song.

false prophet is my favorite of the 3, so I am very excited for the new album. I am looking forward to the return of live shows as well. false prophet sounds like it would be great live.

I agree with stackalees comments but "I Contain Multitudes" has its moments. I find "Murder Most Foul" tedious.

after listening to the leak on soundcloud, I would rank it thusly

1.goodbye jimmy reed
2.false prophet
3.i made up my mind to give myself to you
4.crossing the rubicon
5.key west
6.i contain multitudes
7.black rider
8.my own version of you
9.murder most foul
10.mother of muses

so far I like it better than anything since love and theft. only mother doesn't do anything for me. cant wait to hear it on better speakers than my laptop. what songs do you think will be played when concerts start back up?

How interesting. My ranking is totally different. My favourite tracks after a couple of quick listens are:

My Own Version of You
Key West
Mother Of Muses
Black Rider

I think it's one of the truly great Dylan albums. Damn!

This is amazingly cool news. Thanks, Bob!

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NYTimes review:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/18/arts/music/bob-dylan-rough-and-rowdy-ways-review.html?auth=login-email&campaign_id=2&emc=edit_th_20200619&instance_id=19488&login=email&nl=todaysheadlines&regi_id=28368582&segment_id=31311& user_id=a47674ca84b1ce8bc3cc2749516c99d9

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No. 1 on itunes-amazon.

Courtesy of Laura Leivick and ER:

https://www.showbiz411.com/2020/06/19/79-year-old-bob-dylans-rough-and-rowdy-ways-sets-record-debuts-at-number-1-on-itunes-amazon

I think this Bob Dylan fellah might just make a career out of music!

Thanks Bob you've brightened up my lockdown.

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willie mctell wrote:

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I agree with stackalees comments but "I Contain Multitudes" has its moments. I find "Murder Most Foul" tedious.

Generally speaking, I think a listener has to be old enough to remember where they were when they heard that Kennedy had been shot for this song to really connect, deeply. I could see how otherwise it could sound tedious.

https://medium.com/@Buddaoism/a-tale-of-rough-and-rowdy-ways-39165375c640?source=linkShare-8a0d954a8d95-1592651281

A loose interpretation.

I was referring to the music on "Murder Most Foul. Not the lyrics. Of course, I wasn't from until 1976 so that may havesomething to do with it.

I was part of a half-hour panel discussion about Rough And Rowdy Ways on New Zealand's National Radio over the weekend, along with Nick Bollinger (NZ music expert and one helluva bass player) and Reb Fountain (fantastic alt-country singer/songwriter).

It's now on-line and you can listen to it HERE

You’ll find a quick review here. The link did not work on my first posting. https://link.medium.com/vivP6rq9u7

Latest update

1.goodbye jimmy reed
2.false prophet
3.i made up my mind to give myself to you
4.key west
5.crossing the rubicon
6.my own version of you
7.i contain multitudes
8.black rider
9.murder most foul
10.mother of muses

Key west really does grow on you. Nine minutes really flies by.