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Together Through Life | 
| Artist: Bob Dylan
Label: Sony Music
Category: Music
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Rating:  66 reviews
Sales Rank: 746
Format: CD
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 743893
UPC: 886974389323
EAN: 0886974389323
ASIN: B001VNB56I
Release Date: April 27, 2009
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| Tracks:
| • | Beyond Here Lies Nothin' | | • | Life Is Hard | | • | My Wife's Home Town | | • | If You Ever Go To Houston | | • | Forgetful Heart | | • | Jolene | | • | This Dream Of You | | • | Shake Shake Mama | | • | I Feel A Change Comin' On | | • | It's All Good |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Already a worldwide chart-topper, emTogether Through Life/em confirms that the huge success of 2006rsquo;s excellent em Modern Times/em was no one-off. And though the material here may lack some of the depth of that unexpectedly euphoric collection, itrsquo;s clear that Bob Dylan is not merely indestructible but an active songwriting force again. Tom Pettyrsquo;s longtime guitarist Mike Campbell adds the necessary quicksilver, but the heart of this recordrsquo;s sound lies further south than the Delta, as a Tex-Mex accordion dominates on songs like the moody opener "Beyond Here Lies Nothing" and the weary "If You Ever Go To Houston". The jittery Mexabilly of "Itrsquo;s All Good" and the plain catchy "Jolene" (unrelated to Dolly Partonrsquo;s seventies hit) are the obviously commercial offerings while the hard blues of "Shake Shake Mama" and the witty "My Wifersquo;s Home Town" (co-credited to the late Willie Dixon, writer of its template "I Just Want To Make Love To You") provide the grit. Although Dylanrsquo;s arrangements here are often as wistful as Willie Nelson at his most distracted, his vocals are anything but, the extraordinary sound of a man who seemingly hasnrsquo;t cleared his throat in decades. Almost uniquely in his long career, Dylan shares his writing credit with erstwhile Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter, yet the pair of them must surely concede that this concise and enjoyable collection plugs into a self-aggrandising storytelling tradition that predates the pair of them. emTogether Through Life/em is unlikely ever to be considered a great Dylan album, but it is undeniably great fun, and that counts for plenty. -- emSteve Jelbert/em
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 66
 Bob gets better and better! March 26, 2009
Mr. A. Willmer (London)
70 out of 94 found this review helpful
No one can deny that over the past ten years Dylan has gone from strength, further establishing him as the most important artist of the past fifty years. However, there were rumours that 'Modern Times' might just be his last offering. Thank God that turned out to be wrong.
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br /With this outing Dylan has chosen to emply an accordian on every track. Yes, I know what you're thinking, but have faith. It actually works quite well and brings a real warmth to the record.
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br /We also see a welcome return to more blatent politcal commentary in songs such as 'It's All Good'. Other standouts include 'Life Is Hard' a dark ballard that features a mandolin. Certainly that warm, rasping voice that Dylan fans have become familiar with compliments the melody on this one and ditto in 'I Feel a CHange Coming On'.
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br /Thouh it's too early to say if this is another masterpiece, 'Together Through Life' is certainly a quality record and a worthy addtion to the canon. Let's just hope the next one comes as quickly!
Timeless and wonderful May 1, 2009
Vicky Martin (North London UK)
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
So the guy is 68, 30-40 albums down the road, and I'm still, after all these years, full of anticipation when a new album is announced. So I bought it took it home, listened, listened again, and I love it.
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br /The guy captures the essence of everything that's gone into American music in the 20th Century and maybe some of the 19th as well, cooked it up and bought it simmering nicely into the 21st.
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br /This time he's added a touch of Tex-mex (think Ruy Cooder Chicken Skin Music) to that rootsy country blues sound, it grooves, it moves, and unlike so much music today it swings and its real, not sanitised, not over produced, but real. No its not new, it is simply 'timeless' music, you could be listening to the sound of 2009, 1969, or 1949 or even 1929. Its all there to hear ifyou have ears to hear and Well worth five stars. Amen to a truly great artist
Fantastic June 8, 2009
D. Jackson (London UK)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
A stunning record that has the kind of atmosphere that you would recognise from some of the simpler acoustic recordings on the later Johnny Cash American recordings. We all enjoyed growing up listening to Dylan the innovator, Dylan the poet and Dylan the masked magician. This is Dylan the old man, sat on his porch, watching the sun go down, playing the kind of songs he grew up listening to.
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br /Bob Dylan has got nothing left to prove to anybody. So to be able to unwind of an evening, enjoying a glass of something good, listening to him sing songs from the old days is both a pleasure and a privilege and absolutely what he should be doing. 'Feel a change coming on' brought a tear to my eye and a smile to my lips at the same time. The classic Dylan effect as far as I'm concerned!
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br /Don't worry about the critics Bob. They've been attacking you for 50 years for not being what they expect or want you to be, or for not being what you were yesterday. They are as wrong today as they have always been.
Same as...same as June 14, 2009
I. F. Coyle (Bolton, Lancs United Kingdom)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Just like about every Dylan album since 1965, my first reaction was "not as good as....(insert album of choice here,) but then you listen again and again...you pick up the phrase or the killer line that makes you chuckle (for some reason mine's
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br / "Some of you women really know your stuff
br / Some of you women really know your stuff,
br / But your clothes are all torn,
br / And your language is a little too rough!")
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br / or a line that makes you think; you pick up a riff that you really like, and then suddenly you can't stop playing the damn thing.
br /I just read the one star reviews and I do know where they're coming from, but if they've really listened to the man for any length of time they just know that in a couple of album's time they be complaining that "its not a patch on "Together through Life".."It always happens!...except with "Under the Red Sky" obviously!
You're all just blowing in the wind May 1, 2009
Mr Jones (UK)
12 out of 21 found this review helpful
Welcome to my first (and last) review ever.
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br /I bought Neil Young's `Fork In The Road' last week, Bob Dylan's `Together Through Life' on release day. I didn't listen to either immediately but took both along the day after Dylan's release day, on a long car journey.
br /Bob's cd first, I really enjoyed it. I enjoyed `Modern Times' and `Love And Theft' too. I also enjoy listening to `Blood On The Tracks' and lots of his `classic' material. I like to hear Bob in this relaxed groove, the musicianship is wonderful and he does seem to be enjoying himself.
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br /Neil's cd took me by surprise initially then it touched me. Just like Bob, Neil settles into a groove. Okay, it isn't the Crazy Horse groove but he too seems relaxed and enjoying himself.
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br /In fact they're both having fun for exactly the same reason. They are in a groove that goes all the way back to their roots. Bob and Neil don't have the same roots so the groove isn't the same, but the music is still there to feel and to hear.
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br /From Bob we get beautifully performed music based in the blues and swing and even a little South of the Border feel too. The music he grew up listening to. The music he plays on the radio. The music he loves.
br /From Neil we get a beautiful groove rooted in rock. That's what he does, that's what he's always done, just rock. Even when he's `Harvesting' he's still rocking. He plays the music he grew up listening to, the music he loves. Listen to the title track, there's even traces of Velvet Underground `White Light White Heat' in there.
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br /These two guys have been with us for many, many years, keeping us entertained, enthralled and rather bemused at times too. What does it matter if they're doing what they want to do, what they are happy with. They have pushed back the boundaries many times. They have opened doors for many other musicians. They have earned the right to play and record what they want.
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br /Leave your egos at the door. Stop complaining. Don't criticise what you can't understand. Open your eyes and your ears and just sit back and enjoy. If you don't like the music is that down to Bob, or to Neil, or to you? It doesn't really matter. It's not good or bad it's just personal taste. For me, it is fine. If you feel so strongly, put down your pen, pick up a guitar...
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