tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5251352834273360488.post7503160702369641975..comments2020-10-10T21:56:05.598-07:00Comments on Bob Dylan: Album by Album: Oh Mercy - Late Summer 1989Eric Gillilandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00778517683750389280noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5251352834273360488.post-74056341672881476612017-01-04T14:55:48.316-08:002017-01-04T14:55:48.316-08:00If you care to read, here's my take on Oh Merc...If you care to read, here's my take on Oh Mercy...http://tonysmusicroom.blogspot.com/2013/07/bob-dylan-oh-mercy.html?m=0Tony Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14620563746218964541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5251352834273360488.post-24554533327049685672016-06-28T00:16:37.799-07:002016-06-28T00:16:37.799-07:00John: Thanks for the comment. Not a "great&qu...John: Thanks for the comment. Not a "great" album, but near great at least, and a creative breakthrough after so many misfires. Dylan's own chapter on Oh Mercy in Chronicles is excellent, also Lanois includes some great Dylan stories in his memoir Soul Mining. Yes, the voice starts to get creaky, but really suits the mood of these songs, especially on "Most of the Time."Eric Gillilandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00778517683750389280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5251352834273360488.post-19901169339166801362016-06-27T22:29:05.557-07:002016-06-27T22:29:05.557-07:00Thanks again for a great article, though I, like p...Thanks again for a great article, though I, like probably a lot of UK fans, associate it with a sudden and cheerless autumn after our hottest summer in years. Maybe in the end lacking in the ‘big’ songs, but focussed, free of the irritating flaws that mar so many of his albums, and with some of his most precise and telling phrasing (though it’s on this album I think we begin to really notice the physical deterioration of his voice). Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00029262623906325780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5251352834273360488.post-10545767482204551552016-06-26T09:56:48.378-07:002016-06-26T09:56:48.378-07:00....and suddenly Bob was back and firing on all cy.......and suddenly Bob was back and firing on all cylinders!The Swedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13237251779370596904noreply@blogger.com