Released in the year 1997, Time Out of Mind is considered as one of the best albums of singer-songwriter, Bob Dylan. The album was released by Columbia Records. It became one of the biggest hits of that year and went on to win the Grammy Award for the Album of The Year in 1998. The album features hit songs like Love Sick, Dirt Road Blues, Cant Wait etc.
The album, Time Out of Mind was the 30th album of Bob Dylan. It marked Dylans artistic comeback after his struggle in the music industry throughout the 1980s. until this album, Bob had not released any original music material for seven long years. The album brought back Bobs glory and was hailed one of his best albums till date.
Prior to Time Out of Mind, Bob Dylan released an original album in 1990s called Under the Red Sky. But it proved to be a commercial and critical disappointment. Throughout the 1990s, he released two albums of folk covers and a live album of older compositions. Bob said at that time that most of the songs written by him in that period were rejected by his mind right away. He felt as if he had written enough songs for his life.
Bob Dylan began writing for Time Out of Mind during the winter of 1996. he was stuck in snow in his farm in Minnesota and got inspired to write some wonderful songs. He later recorded them at Criteria Recording Studios in Miami, Florida. Bob chose Daniel Lanois as his producer, who had earlier produced Dylans 1989 album- Oh! Mercy. Bob described that his album is concerned with the tragic realities of life rather than the bright and rosy idealism which was prevalent in those days.
In the album, Time Out of Mind there are 11 original compositions, other 3 songs could not make the final cut. The album went to become a huge hit, although panned by some critics. They argued that the album lacked depth and that Bob did not push his voice beyond its limits.
After the release of the album, Time Out of Mind, Bob Dylan suffered a serious heart infection called Pericarditis. It is an inflammation of the sac around the heart. This condition makes breathing very difficult. Bob had to cancel his forthcoming tour and he spent most of the June 1997, in acute pain.
The album, Time Out of Mind brought a fresh life in Bob Dylans static musical career. It won multiple awards at the 1998 Grammys including the Album of The Year. It was also voted as the best album of the year in The Village Voice Pazz and Jop critics pole. The album attained Platinum in US sales, which Bob could not achieve in his career span of 2 decades.
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