{"id":2061391,"date":"2025-10-01T05:36:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T05:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2061391"},"modified":"2025-10-01T05:36:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T05:36:09","slug":"bob-dylan-released-music-considered-to-be-his-greatest-comeback-28-years-ago-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/bob-dylan-released-music-considered-to-be-his-greatest-comeback-28-years-ago-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Dylan Released Music Considered to Be His &#8216;Greatest Comeback&#8217; 28 Years Ago Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/bob-dylan-once-blamed-beatles-164355947.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bob Dylan;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Bob Dylan<\/a><\/strong>released his 30th studio album, Time Out of Mind, on Sept. 30, 1997, the music legend may not have envisioned just how successful it would be. Not only did the album mark the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/02\/16\/1157481772\/bob-dylans-time-out-of-mind-remains-eerie-and-vital-in-a-newly-released-version\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:first time he released totally new music;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">first time he released totally new music<\/a> in seven years, but it also scored three Grammy awards, including the coveted win of Album of the Year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As Sirius XM host <strong>Eric Alper<\/strong> wrote in a post on X about the music milestone on Tuesday, Dylan&#8217;s Time Out of Mind was &#8220;hailed as his great comeback,&#8221; and it would go on to shape his career and music icon status as we know it once it was out in the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This is the album that brought fans singles including &#8220;Not Dark Yet&#8221; and &#8220;Love Sick,&#8221; and not only did it end up going platinum, but it&#8217;s also considered a critical success, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/archives\/la-xpm-1997-sep-28-ca-36895-story.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:receiving rave reviews;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">receiving rave reviews<\/a> from outlets including The Los Angeles Times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In 2023, Dylan rereleased the album as part of Columbia Records&#8217; official bootleg series, titled Fragments: Time Out Of Mind Sessions 1996-1997. Even almost three decades later, the album continues to remain relevant to fans today.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Bob Dylan Wasn&#8217;t a Big Fan of the Album at First<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Knowing Dylan, it&#8217;s not surprising at all that there are still things he would change about Time Out of Mind, despite its massive success.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In 2001, he told Rolling Stone that <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/bob-dylan-at-60-unearths-new-revelations-86631\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:he felt &quot;extremely frustrated&quot;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">he felt &#8220;extremely frustrated&#8221;<\/a> when he wasn&#8217;t able to make more upbeat songs for the album that he was hoping for.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI got so frustrated in the studio that I didn\u2019t really dimensionalize the songs,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I could\u2019ve if I\u2019d had the willpower. I just didn\u2019t at that time, and so you got to steer it where the event itself wants to go.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He continued, &#8220;I feel there was a sameness to the rhythms. It was more like that swampy, voodoo thing that [producer Daniel Lanois] is so good at. I just wish I\u2019d been able to get more of a legitimate rhythm-oriented sense into it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Even if the album didn&#8217;t turn out exactly the way that Dylan wanted it to, it still ended up being one of his most highly regarded \u2014\u00a0and those three Grammy awards certainly don&#8217;t hurt, either.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\ud83c\udfac<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/newsletters\/daily?utm_source=article&amp;utm_medium=top\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:SIGN UP for Parade\u2019s Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news &amp; celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong>SIGN UP for Parade\u2019s Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news &amp; celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox<\/strong><\/a>\ud83c\udfac<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><i>This story was originally reported by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/news\/bob-dylan-released-music-considered-to-be-his-greatest-comeback-28-years-ago-today\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Parade;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Parade<\/a> on Sep 30, 2025, where it first appeared in the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">News<\/a> section. 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