The Times They Are A-Changin’ - BOB DYLAN*****

The Times They Are A Changin’/Ballad Of Hollis Brown/With God On Our Side/One Too Many Mornings/North Country Blues/Only A Pawn In Their Game/Boots Of Spanish Leather/When The Ship Comes In/The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll/Restless Farewell

The Times They Are A-Changin' finds Bob Dylan in peak form with some of his best remembered protest songs. The title track was the anthem to the Sixties Generation, and a No. 9 hit single in the UK. (US:20 UK:4)

"The still very young Dylan weaves lyrics and tunes with the sensibility of one who has 'seen it all and is sick of it'. Regardless, this album remains one of Dylan's greatest albums, though its darkness may not appeal to everyone."

"Dylan's third album finds him writing songs with a heavily political bent, taking ideas from newspapers and setting them to old and new folk melodies. Though it lacks some of Freewheelin's light-hearted moments, Times comes across as more mature, often more emotionally moving, and darker."

"For all the countless albums made by others that were specifically designed to make a strong political statement, none were able to distil the transient issues of the time into bigger principles, and to tie them to basic human issues."

"The title song is a raging protest against the establishment, one young people could still be singing today."

"Here Dylan manages with just acoustic guitar, occasional harmonica and Bob's ragged voice, to make one of his most powerfully emotional albums. Perhaps the darkest of his career, certainly the starkest and it's just beautiful."

"With Times, he is going for a stark, world-gone-wrong feel that dominates the entire record. Because of its heavy content, it stands as Dylan's most depressing and emotionally draining album by far."

"The Times They Are a-Changin' is one young man's rage against how things are going in America back in the '60s and the song still rings true today. We still have war and corrupt politicians, and parents who will never understand their sons and daughters. I guess some things never change."