[Had some fun and ranked all 39 albums by His Bobness. Everything you are about to read is simply my opinion; whether you agree or disagree, let’s have a healthy, respectful dialogue in the comments!]

 

#6 - New Morning

 

Released: October 21, 1970

Produced by: Bob Johnston

 

I don’t want to discourage any healthy debate, but allow me to address the following before anyone gets the wrong idea:

1. Yes, I’m fully aware and accepting of the fact that close to a dozen records I’ve already ranked are objectively more important than this one.
2. As has been the case for this entire process, my rankings are entirely subjective. I do not expect many other people here, if anyone else, to think as highly of this album as I do.
3. No, I’m not on drugs.

With that out of the way, let me tell you a bit about why I’m completely in love with New Morning by Bob Dylan.

From the moment I first heard this record, its honesty and intimacy have resonated deeply with me. Songs like “Sign on the Window” and the exuberant title track reflect moments of true peace and serenity, moments that can be hard to come by for most anyone. For Bob to be writing and singing these songs after the tumultuous tides of the mid-60’s is beautiful and inspiring. This optimism is also celebrated in two of his finest love songs; George Harrison may have recorded the definitive version of “If Not for You”, but Bob’s reading is still fantastic, and compositionally, it’s one of his most delightfully earnest songs ever. “The Man in Me”, with its celebratory soundscape and passionate vocals, is equally striking.

Speaking of strong vocal performances, “Day of the Locusts” is an underappreciated Dylan story, set to a joyous gospel backdrop with excellent piano work from Bob. It’s one of my favorite set of lyrics on the album, alongside “Time Passes Slowly” and “Went to See the Gypsy”. These tracks exemplify what I appreciate about the writing on this record. Lyrically, there isn’t much reminiscent of his mid-60’s surrealism; there are no sword swallowers, leopard-skin pill-box hats, or Utopian hermit monks. But even though that brand of lyricism initially drew so many of us to Dylan, his approach to New Morning is perfect for the project while not comple

Looks like we've got ourselves a good-old fashioned standoff. Two great mid-90s Russ Kunkel era albums, but there ain't room in this survivor for the both of them. "Fruitcakes" and "Barometer Soup" are tied with 12 of 36 votes each. It's time for a TIEBREAKER!

VOTE FOR YOUR LEAST FAVORITE ALBUM HERE: Album Survivor Day 24 TIEBREAKER

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

Do your worst!

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

They’re on standbi

Because she wanted to see the task manager.

Pilot on me!!

Nothing, he was gladiator.

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

When I got home, they were still there.

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

I won't be doing that today!

[Removed]

Where ever you left it 🤷‍♀️🤭

This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

There hasn't been a post all year!

You take away their little brooms

It was about a weak back.

Why

It’s pronounced “Noel.”

After all his first name is No-vac

What, then, is Chinese rap?

Edit:

Notable mentions from the comments:

• Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits

• French/Finnish art

• Country/Canadian rap

• Chinese/Country/Canadian rock

• Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap

There hasn't been a single post this year!

(Happy 2022 from New Zealand)

Nothing, it just waved

Him: I can explain everything!

(It's his best joke yet I think)

Bob