



Bob Dylan - Desire
RARITY - SEALED
Bob Dylan – vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica, piano on "Isis" [click here to see more vinyl featuring Bob Dylan]
Scarlet Rivera – violin
Emmylou Harris – background vocals
Rob Stoner – bass guitar, background vocals
Howard Wyeth – drums, piano
Dominic Cortese – accordion, mandolin
Vinnie Bell – bouzouki
Luther Rix – congas on "Hurricane"
Ronee Blakley – background vocals on "Hurricane"
Steven Soles – background vocals on "Hurricane"
Eric Clapton – guitar on "Romance In Durango" [click here to see more vinyl featuring Eric Clapton]
Written by Bob Dylan, Jacques Levy (A1-3, A5 to B3)
1 LP, standard sleeve
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g Virgin Vinyl
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Record Industry
Label : Simply Vinyl
Original Label : Columbia
Recorded July 28–31, August 11 and October 24, 1975 by Lou Waxman
Engineered by Don Meehan
Produced by Don DeVito
Mastered by Stan Kalina
Originally released in 1976
Reissued in 2001
Tracks:
Side A:
- Hurricane
- Isis
- Mozambique
- One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)
- Oh, Sister
Side B:
- Joey
- Romance in Durango
- Black Diamond Bay
- Sara
Awards:
Rolling Stone 500 greatest albums of all time - Ranked 174
Reviews :
"If Blood on the Tracks was an unapologetically intimate affair, Desire is unwieldy and messy, the deliberate work of a collective. And while Bob Dylan directly addresses his crumbling relationship with his wife, Sara, on the final track, Desire is hardly as personal as its predecessor, finding Dylan returning to topical songwriting and folk tales for the core of the record. It's all over the map, as far as songwriting goes, and so is it musically, capturing Dylan at the beginning of the Rolling Thunder Revue era, which was more notable for its chaos than its music. And, so it's only fitting that Desire fits that description as well, as it careens between surging folk-rock, Mideastern dirges, skipping pop, and epic narratives. It's little surprise that Desire doesn't quite gel, yet it retains its own character -- really, there's no other place where Dylan tried as many different styles, as many weird detours, as he does here. And, there's something to be said for its rambling, sprawling character, which has a charm of its own. Even so, the record would have been assisted by a more consistent set of songs; there are some masterpieces here, though: "Hurricane" is the best-known, but the effervescent "Mozambique" is Dylan at his breeziest, "Sara" at his most nakedly emotional, and "Isis" is one of his very best songs of the '70s, a hypnotic, contemporized spin on a classic fable. This may not add up to a masterpiece, but it does result in one of his most fascinating records of the '70s and '80s -- more intriguing, lyrically and musically, than most of his latter-day affairs." AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4,5 / 5 , Discogs : 4,25 / 5