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Eyes of the Idol
Rock · 1997 · 19 tracks · 2h 27m

Eyes of the Idol

Bob Dylan

Electric, sprawling live performances from the late nineties. Classic anthems reimagined through a lens of weathered blues, grit, and unpredictable vocal phrasing.

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It's Dylan at his most electric and weathered, turning his hits into midnight blues jams.

A gritty, restless energy that balances late-career wisdom with a defiant refusal to look back.

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Rebellious saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 19 Tracks · 2h 27m
01
Like a Rolling Stone
8:52
01
To Be Alone With You
4:52
02
Lay Lady Lay
5:06
02
Absolutely Sweet Marie
9:19
03
All Along the Watchtower
6:53
03
The Times They Are A-Changin’
11:34
04
Positively 4th Street
10:02
04
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
8:01
05
Maggie’s Farm
6:52
05
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
8:39
06
Silvio
8:04
06
I’ll Remember You
4:56
07
Ballad of Hollis Brown
5:50
07
Everything Is Broken
5:21
08
Gates of Eden
7:33
08
The Times They Are A-Changin’
8:44
09
Mr. Tambourine Man
10:40
09
Never Gonna Be the Same Again
7:44
10
Jokerman
8:40
Moments Worth Waiting For
The sprawling eleven-minute transformation of The Times They Are A-Changin into a weary, electric blues epic.
A jagged, high-register harmonica solo that pierces through the dense organ bed during Like a Rolling Stone.
The sudden, heavy drum entrance on Ballad of Hollis Brown that turns a folk lament into a gothic rock dirge.
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