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Time Out Of Mind vs Love & Theft

Soldier Of Love 1503Soldier Of Love 1503 Posts: 87
edited July 2006 in Other Music
Which do you think is the better album?
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  • StoneG82StoneG82 Posts: 806
    Time Out of Mind is a masterpiece.
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  • ChillimanChilliman Posts: 18
    who are these bands... have you guys ever heard chocolate starfish & the hotdog flavoured water, this album is the best metal album ever!
  • pearlzepfanpearlzepfan Posts: 456
    Love And Theft is the far superior album in my opinion. The lyrics are fantastic (although some of the lines he may have borrowed) And the musicianship is incredible. One of the best sessions bands in the world.
    The album contains almost nothing but masterpiece songs.


    Whereas, Time Out of Mind's lyrics are often criticized for being sub-par.
    And the only great songs on the album are "Love Sick" "Standing In The Doorway" "Trying To Get To Heaven" "Not Dark Yet" "Make You Feel My Love." The other 6 songs just sound a bit weak compared to those (although I've tended to always really like Dirt Road Blues for some reason)

    Dylan (imho) has only made 4 absolutely perfect album (as in they couldn't be any better if he tried, and I'm not saying his other albums aren't masterpieces because most of them are) But as for truly perfect:

    Highway 61 Revisited
    Blonde On Blonde
    John Wesley Harding
    Love And Theft
    "I'm a thief, and I dig it"
  • neartodeathneartodeath Posts: 167
    toom is it for me
  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    You listed the best songs on TOOM without saying Not Dark Yet?

    Anyway, both are incredible and i won't choose.

    I suppose you guys know Dylan's new album will be out in August right? :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
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  • pearlzepfanpearlzepfan Posts: 456
    Pearl Jam and toast wrote:
    You listed the best songs on TOOM without saying Not Dark Yet?

    Anyway, both are incredible and i won't choose.

    I suppose you guys know Dylan's new album will be out in August right? :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D


    I can't believe I forgot the best song on the album. Thanks for pointing out my stupidity.
    "I'm a thief, and I dig it"
  • pearlzepfanpearlzepfan Posts: 456
    Pearl Jam and toast wrote:
    Anyway, both are incredible and i won't choose.


    That's ok, I'll choose for you. That's 2 for "Love And Theft"
    "I'm a thief, and I dig it"
  • deadmosquitodeadmosquito Posts: 729
    time out of mind for me. altho i adore love and theft as well. can't wait til august 20 when i get to see him again!
  • AndySlashAndySlash Posts: 3,246
    L&T was a real disappointment to me after TOOM. I still can't really objectively listen to L&T to this day.

    Time Out of Mind it is. Such a great album, and the first to get me to really notice Dylan outside of his popular songs.
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    Erm, I like what the poet Patrick Kavanagh said: "Tragedy is underdeveloped comedy, not fully born." TOOM is sometimes self-sorry tragedy, with some occasional elements of self deprecation lightening the mix. L&T is the voice of recuperation and a newborn aesthetic of not giving a shit after being nearly dead, giving way to a lovely, ironic world overview. L&T is closer to the best moments of Highway 61 than the grunge-friendly TOOM. It's younger than TOOM (insert My Back Pages quotation here).
  • Soldier Of Love 1503Soldier Of Love 1503 Posts: 87
    Thanks for all the responses...I'm leaning towards 'Love and Theft', what with Highway 61 being my favourite Dylan album. I imagine I'll end up buying Time Out Of Mind as well...I'm a sucker for Bob Dylan.
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  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    Can't go wrong with either one, but they are very different albums. I'd have to lean to L&T as well, although its close.
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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Time out of mind, it has make you feel my love, love sick, not dark yet, standing in the doorway, trying to get to heaven, highlands, all masterpieces.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • rhinomagicrhinomagic Posts: 2,549
    Love 'em both. You can't go wrong with either of them and you CERTAINLY couldn't go wrong with both of them.


    If I must choose only one, I'd say Love & Theft by a slight margin. It's more cohesive.

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