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Under The Red Sky (1990)
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Tracks (Click song title for lyrics)
Album Info
Wiggle Wiggle
Bob Dylan -- Guitar, Vocals
Slash -- Guitar
David Lindley -- Guitar
Jamie Muhoberac -- Organ
Randy Jackson -- Bass
Kenny Aronoff -- Drums
Under the Red Sky
Bob Dylan -- Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
George Harrison -- Slide Guitar
Waddy Wachtel -- Guitar
Al Kooper -- Keyboards
Don Was -- Bass
Kenny Aronoff -- Drums
Unbelievable
Bob Dylan -- Acoustic Guitar, Harp, Vocals
Waddy Wachtel -- Guitar
Al Kooper -- Keyboards
Don Was -- Bass
Kenny Aronoff -- Drums
Born In Time
Bob Dylan -- Accordion, Vocals
David Crosby -- Background Vocals
Bruce Hornsby -- Piano
Robben Ford -- Guitar
Randy Jackson -- Bass
Kenny Aronoff -- Drums
Paulinho Da Costa -- Percussion
T. V. Talkin' Song
Bob Dylan -- Guitar, Vocals
Bruce Hornsby -- Piano
Robben Ford -- Guitar
Randy Jackson -- Bass
Kenny Aronoff -- Drums
10,000 Men
Bob Dylan -- Piano, Vocals
Jimmy Vaughan -- Guitar
Stevie Ray Vaughan -- Guitar
David Lindley -- Slide Guitar
Jamie Muhoberac -- Organ
Don Was -- Bass
Kenny Aronoff -- Drums
2 X 2
Bob Dylan -- Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
David Crosby -- Background Vocals
Elton John -- Piano
David Lindley -- Bouzouki
Randy Jackson -- Bass
Kenny Aronoff -- Drums
Paulinho Da Costa -- Percussion
God Knows
Bob Dylan -- Piano, Vocals
Stevie Ray Vaughan -- Lead Guitar
Jimmie Vaughan -- Guitar
David Lindley -- Slide Guitar
Jaimie Muhoberac -- Organ
Don Was -- Bass
Kenny Aronoff -- Drums
Paulinho Da Costa -- Percussion
Handy Dandy
Waddy Wachtel -- Lead Guitar
Jimmie Vaughan -- Guitar
Al Kooper -- Organ
Don Was -- Bass
Kenny Aronoff -- Drums
Paulinho Da Costa -- Percussion
Sweet Pea Atkinson, Sir Harry Bowens, Donald Ray Mitchell, and David Was -- Background Vocals
Cat's In The Well
Bob Dylan -- Piano, Vocals
Jimmie Vaughan -- Lead Guitar
Stevie Ray Vaughan -- Guitar
David Lindley -- Slide Guitar
Jaimie Muhoberac -- Organ
Don Was -- Bass
Kenny Aronoff -- Drums
David McMurray -- Sax
Rayse Biggs -- Trumpet
Produced by Don Was and David Was and Jack Frost
Engineered and Mixed by Ed Cherney
Assistant Engineers: Daniel Bosworth, Jim Mitchell, Steve Deutsch, Brett Swain, and Judy Kirshner
Studios: Oceanway, Record Plant, The Complex, Sorcerer
Production Coordinator: Marsha Burns
Special Thanks To: Carole Childs
For Gabby Goo Goo
Comments
I Like This
Bob doesn't have to make Blood on the Tracks every time to have music that's enjoyable to listen to. In fact, some of the songs on here I think are pretty good. I like Born in Time and Handy Dandy. God Knows is very strong and enjoyable live. Cat's in the Well (for reasons I can't quite understand) is played live regularly now. Maybe a forgotten album for him.
Dave
Sabatage!
So, with the Wilburys and Oh Mercy, Dylan's back, right? Wrong. Not quite yet. This isn't absolutely horrible as some would have you to believe, but it is a misstep in light of what came before and what comes later. I suppose the same could be said for all facets of Dylan. It's a playful, fun little record which he is entitled to make. It's just not as great as it should be either.
Not so bad
Of course it doesn't have the profundity of others in lyrics because it's a little bit of the Dylan's children songs album. It rocks and it's fun in many parts. I like Under the red sky, Unbelievable, Born in time and Handy dandy. Others seem that could have sounded better, as Cat's in the well or TV Talkin' songs, that sounds unfinished to me. He has much better albums, but it's not so bad.
Under The Red Sky
While it may not be as good as Oh Mercy!, I don’t understand why Under The Red Sky has such a bad reputation. Sure those looking for lyrical profundity are going to be disappointed. Almost all of the songs feature the title phrase, or some variation thereof, repeated at the beginning of each line (or every other line). Even the title track features each couplet sung twice once right after the first time. Only “Born In Time” and “TV Talkin’ Song” avoid this kind of repetitiveness. But really, it’s Bob’s most silly, fun, straightforward, rocking album ever. “Wiggle Wiggle” may inspire even fewer people to do a Dylan dance that “The Wilbury Twist”, but still the idea is too funny! And having Slash play on it cinches the deal. I think “Unbelievable” was an inspired choice for the single, and I’m kind of disappointed that the title track was used instead on The Greatest Hits, Vol. III. “Under The Red Sky” may feature a great George Harrison guitar solo, but it is not only the slowest song on here, but other than “2 X 2”, the only slow song on the album. It’s not very representative. “God Knows” sounds like it’s going to be another song composed entirely of an intro (much like those on Down In The Groove) so that when the real tune does belatedly kick in, it’s a bit of a surprise as well as a relief. “TV Talkin’ Song” may be Bob’s most musically unsophisticated, featuring only one chord, but it’s played hard and strong and isn’t very long, so it’s hard to quibble. While not perfect, this is the kind of album that I really wish Bob would make more of. Unfortunately the reception to this album was so chilly that Dylan radically changed gears again.