Tempest is the thirty-fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on September 10, 2012 by Columbia Records. The album was recorded at Jackson Browne’s Groove Masters Studios in Santa Monica, California. Dylan wrote all of the songs himself with the exception of the track “Duquesne Whistle”, which he co-wrote with Robert Hunter.
Tempest was well received by music critics, who praised its traditional music influences and Dylan’s dark lyrics. The album peaked at number three on the Billboard 200.
TRACKS AND LYRICS
Tracklist
01. Duquesne Whistle (Dylan, Robert Hunter) — 5:43
02. Soon After Midnight — 3:27
03. Narrow Way — 7:28
04. Long and Wasted Years — 3:46
05. Pay in Blood — 5:09
06. Scarlet Town — 7:17
07. Early Roman Kings — 5:16
08. Tin Angel — 9:05
09. Tempest — 13:54
10. Roll On John — 7:25
All songs written and composed by Bob Dylan, except are noted.
Credits:
Bob Dylan – guitar, piano, vocals, production
Tony Garnier – bass guitar
Donnie Herron – steel guitar, banjo, violin, mandolin
David Hidalgo – guitar, accordion, violin
Stu Kimball – guitar
George G. Receli – drums
Charlie Sexton – guitar
Read All Lyrics at https://www.expectingrain.com/discussions/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=71793
REVIEWS
It seems redundant to apply more adjectives to Bob Dylan’s singing voice– easily the most infamous rasp in American music, a cultivated tangle of disdain and nicotine and bad love– but it remains the defining characteristic of his work, as essential to his legacy as vowels or the acoustic guitar. Dylan’s long-lauded backing band, which has helped define much of his later work, may crank out a first-rate iteration of honky-tonk bar-rock, but it’s primarily a canvas. His voice is so unique (even when it’s approximating other voices) that I crave it the same way I might crave, say, an apple: It’s a thing unlike any other thing, a whole food, a singular expression.
Read More : https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17139-the-tempest/
” … avuncular, the wry cackle of a codger who still has an eye for the ladies. […] a raspy, phlegmy bark that’s not exactly melodic and by no means welcoming.” —John Pareles, New York Times
” … his zombie bullfrog holler” —Sean Daly, Tampa Bay Times
https://www.tampabay.com/features/music/article1250790.ece
” … a battered instrument that sounds like a hoarse Fred Sanford after an all-night fight with Lamont.” —Howard Cohen, Miami Herald”
” … [a] gargle of a vocal … ” —Jim Fusili, Wall Street Journal
https://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443819404577637671058973572.html?KEYWORDS=bob+dylan
” … sounds as if he’s been gargling with gravel for the last several decades.” —Dan DeLuca, Philly.com
” … sounds like he’s been eating nuts and bolts for the past half-century … ” —Randall Roberts, L.A. Times’ Pop & Hiss
” … fury and his ruined larynx combine to remarkable effect. The opening line comes out as a terrifying, incomprehensible growl that sounds like one of those death-metal vocalists in full flight.” —Alex Pettridis, The Guardian
https://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/sep/06/bob-dylan-tempest-review
” … like David Johansen after three packs of Pall Malls.” —Justin, ChunkyGlasses.com
https://chunkyglasses.com/content/review-bob-dylan-tempest.html
” … At times it sounds (and seems) like this is Bob Dylan-pretending-to-be-Tom Waits-pretending-to-be Bob Dylan.” —Simon Sweetman, Blog on the Tracks
https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/blogs/blog-on-the-tracks/7642899/Bob-Dylans-Tempest
“He sounds tubercular.” —Jim Farber, New York Daily News
https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/cd-review-bob-dylan-tempest-article-1.1155869#ixzz26BnDrFih
sources : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempest_(Bob_Dylan_album)
