Bob Dylan becomes first artist with Top 40 album on Billboard 200 for every decade since 1960s


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Bob Dylan has just become the first artist to have a Top 40 album on the US’ Billboard 200 for every decade since the 1960s.

As Billboard notes, Dylan had eight of those in the 60s; fourteen in the 70s; seven in the 80s; four in the 90s; seven in the 00s and nine in the 10s, and now has his first in this decade with Rough And Rowdy Ways.

Our most recent album of the week, in Live4ever’s 8.5/10 review we described Rough And Rowdy Ways as, ‘unlike much else in Bob Dylan’s canon, and for that reason alone is worth investing in’:

“Added to this fact is Dylan’s work is never instant (and often only reveals its genius some years after release) and so demands repeated listens,” it concludes. “It’s almost hypnotic at points, the fragility of the instrumentation beguiling the listener into a dreamy trance.”

“As a piece of work itself, whilst a bit more gumption wouldn’t be unwelcome, Bob Dylan continues to defy expectations and justify his revered status.”


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