Name: New Morning
Brand: COLUMBIA/LEGACY
SKU: 155465503
Price: 37.47 USD
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New Morning

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Album: New Morning
#	Song Title		Time
1)	If Not for You	More Info...	0:02
2)	Day of the Locusts	More Info...	0:04
3)	Time Passes Slowly	More Info...	0:02
4)	Went to See the Gypsy	More Info...	0:02
5)	Winterlude	More Info...	0:02
6)	If Dogs Run Free	More Info...	0:03
7)	New Morning	More Info...	0:04
8)	Sign On the Window	More Info...	0:03
9)	One More Weekend	More Info...	0:03
10)	The Man in Me	More Info...	0:03
11)	Three Angels	More Info...	0:02
12)	Father of Night	More Info...	0:01

Album: New Morning
#	Song Title		Time
1)	If Not for You	More Info...	0:02
2)	Day of the Locusts	More Info...	0:04
3)	Time Passes Slowly	More Info...	0:02
4)	Went to See the Gypsy	More Info...	0:02
5)	Winterlude	More Info...	0:02
6)	If Dogs Run Free	More Info...	0:03
7)	New Morning	More Info...	0:04
8)	Sign On the Window	More Info...	0:03
9)	One More Weekend	More Info...	0:03
10)	The Man in Me	More Info...	0:03
11)	Three Angels	More Info...	0:02
12)	Father of Night	More Info...	0:01

Performer Notes

Following the critical and commercial drubbing that SELF PORTRAIT received, Dylan returned to form with NEW MORNING. With its sepia-colored cover photo of a somewhat rabbinical-looking Dylan, this is a gentle, eclectic album in which the artist celebrates married life and living in the country. He sings about domestic bliss on "The Man in Me" and of the simple joy of being called 'pa' by his kids on "Sign in the Window." This was perhaps the last time that Dylan would release a collection of songs so free of his trademark bile. "If Not For You," for example, is gently, poetically romantic.
Much of the music bears some of the pastoral flavor of NASHVILLE SKYLINE. However the title track and the slide guitar-driven "One More Weekend" really rock. Elsewhere there are moments of quiet beauty: the eloquent "Time Passes Slowly" and the lilting, waltz-time "Winterlude." Dylan can even be heard enjoying himself in "If Dogs Run Free," which finds him uttering comical Beat-style jazz rhymes over scat singing. NEW MORNING ends with "Father of Night," a straightforward benediction that foreshadows some the religious themes that would follow later in the decade.

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (11/26/70, p.32) - "...this is an album that, the less said about it, the better....In good conscience, all I can really say is get it yourself and prepare to boogie..."