It's no wonder the legend's first album in five years keeps landing on those year-end lists: it's got the often-copied wordsmithing that made him famous plus all the right blues, folk, and folk-blues moves. And some surprises, too, like when he sings, "I been thinkin' 'bout Alicia Keys." Who knew?
Bob Dylan's first new album in five years, the highly-anticipated Modern Times includes 10 new songs recorded this past winter, and features Dylan on the keyboard, guitar, harmonica and vocals, and accompanied by his touring band. Modern Times is seen as the third release in an outstanding triology along with Time Out Of Mind and Love and Theft and is set to be another groundbreaking record for the music icon.