Dylan Revisited
5
By GreyGhosts
For the last fifty years Bob Dylan has spoken to me about what is important in life. In 79 when the Slow Train album came out I was 36 and it made me think hard about my faith. It rekindled a spark that burned deep in my soul. That spark helped shape my life but I did not fully realized it until about fifteen years ago. By then I had forgotten about Slow Train. Today I was going through a bunch of old albums and came across Slow Train. Bob foresaw in 79 where we as a people were headed. “Gotta Serve Somebody” and “When You Gonna Wake Up” presented the choice we all must face, “Slow Train” showed us the path we were on, and “I Believe In You” and “Precious Angle” showed us the way to change. Unfortunately, we did not listen then. This is an album that is just important today, if not more so, than it was in 79. It is back on my play list and should be on everyone’s playlist who cares about the future of mankind.
Official iTunes review is anti-christian
5
By erasmus meets luther
I was offended at the official iTunes review apologizing that the album is “non ironic” in its christian lyrics. Why criticize the album for its Christian lyrics? iTunes would never say anything negative about any other religion ever. Period about a pro Muslim or pro Judaism album.
This anti-christian bias by the official iTunes review is intolerant without cause. Artists “write what they see”. Dylan saw Jesus in 1980 and made what I consider to be one of his top five albums with slow train coming.
Leave your anti-religious bigotry at home whoever wrote the official iTunes review and just enjoy the music on its own terms—that’s the first job of a reviewer—to treat art on its own terms not your own!
Beautifully crafted album
5
By zzzzski
I have most of Mr. Dylan's albums/records, this is the one I always find myself spinning. Slow Train Coming was listed at #16 in the 2001 book CCM Presents: The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music.
The album was generally well-reviewed in the secular press, and the single "Gotta Serve Somebody" became his first hit in three years, winning Dylan the Grammy for best rock vocal performance by a male in 1980. The album peaked at #2 on the charts in the UK and went platinum in the US, where it reached #3.
Great Production on this
5
By Mac928
Luv it. Best of the born again LP's
Moving and Convicting
5
By Woodsworld58
I remember when this album came out, and how moved I was by "Gotta Serve Somebody", that left no wiggle room to get out of the reality. I was only 21, and it's effect is even stronger now. I've been a Born Again Christain for quite some time, and in my lifetime, our society needs a reality check, instead of Reality TV. Bob Dylan's lyrics hit home, and make you give serious thought to the eternal consequences of our choices here in our very brief lifetimes. I am estatic that it is here on iTunes. GOD Bless you all!
Get on board the Gospel Train
5
By JesusFreakMusicFan
Awesome album! One of the first Christian/Gospel albums I have owned and one of my favorites. It is too bad he never toured with the likes of Larry Norman or Randy Stonehill. If he had, I think he would of captured a bigger audience in the Christian Rock arena not only in album sales, but a much more supportive and receptive audiance at his concerts.
Great Album
4
By Nicksta 1
Dylan has always been on the cutting edge in his long career this is a great album.
Dylan and Lennon
3
By Zoot
Interesting (and hilarious) dialogue between “Gotta Serve Somebody” and John Lennon’s “Serve Yourself.”
Dylan's best and most truthful
5
By BlessedJohn
Dylan's best and most truthful
Slow Train Running
5
By Ragmone
Been a Dylan fan since Viet Nam and his gospel poetry is among his best.
