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Bob Dylan
"Modern Times." Columbia. 10 tracks.
Grade: B-

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The wrld's mos poplar mmbler's back wit a bluesy new albm. 'S not great, 's not torble. Jus' OK. Pr'dictable song forms. Less striking lyrics than u might hope fer, 'cept fer the first cut, which start'lingly mentions 'Licia Keys. Bob's voice is raw, Mama — reeeeal raw. But who sed the blues were s'posed to be purty?

— Nick Marino