Details for Bob Dylan’s ‘Shadows In The Night’ Covers Album Revealed- Dylan Says He’s ‘ bringing [these songs] into the light of day’

This from Bob Dylan’s official website:

Columbia Records announced today that Bob Dylan’s new studio album, Shadows In The Night, will be released on February 3, 2015. Featuring ten tracks, the Jack Frost-produced album is the 36th studio set from Bob Dylan and marks the first new music from the artist since 2012’s worldwide hit Tempest.

Upon Columbia’s announcement of the album’s forthcoming release, Bob Dylan commented, “It was a real privilege to make this album. I’ve wanted to do something like this for a long time but was never brave enough to approach 30-piece complicated arrangements and refine them down for a 5-piece band. That’s the key to all these performances. We knew these songs extremely well. It was all done live. Maybe one or two takes. No overdubbing. No vocal booths. No headphones. No separate tracking, and, for the most part, mixed as it was recorded. I don’t see myself as covering these songs in any way. They’ve been covered enough. Buried, as a matter a fact. What me and my band are basically doing is uncovering them. Lifting them out of the grave and bringing them into the light of day.”

As Columbia Records Chairman Rob Stringer explains, “There are no strings, obvious horns, background vocals or other such devices often found on albums that feature standard ballads. Instead, Bob has managed to find a way to infuse these songs with new life and contemporary relevance. It is a brilliant record and we are extremely excited to be presenting it to the world very soon.”

SHADOWS IN THE NIGHT TRACK LISTING:

1. I’m A Fool To Want You
2. The Night We Called It A Day
3. Stay With Me
4. Autumn Leaves
5. Why Try to Change Me Now
6. Some Enchanted Evening
7. Full Moon And Empty Arms
8. Where Are You?
9. What’ll I Do
10. That Lucky Old Sun

Shadows In The Night is available now for pre-order on iTunes and Amazon.
New album “Shadows In The Night” Out Feb. 3

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1 thought on “Details for Bob Dylan’s ‘Shadows In The Night’ Covers Album Revealed- Dylan Says He’s ‘ bringing [these songs] into the light of day’

  1. Dylan recorded a version of “Some Enchanted Evening” during the Under The Red Sky sessions in 1990. I want to say it made its way online somewhere a few years ago, but I’m not sure. I’m curious to hear it.

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