Bob Dylan
Nashville Skyline
Nashville Skyline
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UPC Code: 827969239421
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Number of Discs: 1
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Description
John Wesley Harding suggested country with its textures and structures, but Nashville Skyline was a full-fledged country album, complete with steel guitars and brief, direct songs. It's a warm, friendly album, particularly since Bob Dylan is singing in a previously unheard gentle croon -- the sound of his voice is so different it may be disarming upon first listen, but it suits the songs. While there are a handful of lightweight numbers on the record, at its core are several excellent songs -- "Lay Lady Lay," "To Be Alone With You," "I Threw It All Away," "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You," as well as a duet with Johnny Cash on "Girl From the North Country" -- that have become country-rock standards. And there's no discounting that Nashville Skyline, arriving in the spring of 1969, established country-rock as a vital force in pop music, as well as a commercially viable genre. [In 2003, Columbia/Legacy reissued 15 selected titles from Dylan's catalog as hybrid SACDs, playable in both regular CD players and Super Audio CD players. Each title is packaged as a digipak, containing the full original artwork. On each of the titles, and on each of the layers, the remastered sound is spectacular, a considerable upgrade from the initial CD pressings.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Tracks
| Track | Title | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Girl From The North Country | 3:41 | |
| 2 | Nashville Skyline Rag | 3:11 | |
| 3 | To Be Alone With You | 2:08 | |
| 4 | I Threw It All Away | 2:23 | |
| 5 | Peggy Day | 2:00 | |
| 6 | Lay, Lady, Lay | 3:18 | |
| 7 | One More Night | 2:22 | |
| 8 | Tell Me That It Isn't True | 2:40 | |
| 9 | Country Pie | 1:37 | |
| 10 | Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You | 3:22 |
