Hello, my name is Ben Borrell and welcome back to Bob Dylan album by album, a podcast that takes an in-depth look at H Bob Dylan's studio recording record by record.

Welcome to season two. What a pleasure it is to be back and thank you very much for returning as well.

And we've got some incredible albums to look at this season.

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So let's start with an album that rejuvenated Bob's career

and was also a line in the sand at the start of a run of great albums.

This is 1997's Time Out of Mind.

Well, my nerves are exploding,

and my body's tears.

I feel like the whole world

This is often cited as Dylan's big comeback record.

Time Out of Mind would launch an impressive third act to his career, which would bag him the Grammy

for album of the year in 98, and sales not really seen since the 70s. And while this is rightfully

noted as a turning point, the origins of this sea change lie with 1989's album, Oh Mercy. As we

discussed in the very first episode of this podcast, that became an anomaly in a run of otherwise

unexciting albums. It showed Bob the path to a successful modern Dylan record, which neither

turned its back on his sound nor reproduced it. The producer orchestrating all of this was

Daniel Lamois, who once again returns behind the desk here, and once again is the album's

secret weapon. It's no coincidence

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