Dylan Earns First No. 1 Album Since 1976

I swear I'll share more than just Bob Dylan news, but fresh off the wire comes the news that Modern Times is Number 1. No question that it deserves all the recognition it's receiving, the album is quite fantastic imo. Tracks on the record are shaping up to be personal classics for me as I'm diving into a busy fall.

For the first time in 30 years, Bob Dylan tops The Billboard 200 with "Modern Times." Not only is it the legendary songwriter's first album to reach the throne since "Desire" in 1976, it's also his highest debuting album and his best sales week since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking data in 1991. The Columbia set moved 192,000 copies in the United States in its first week.

"Modern Times" is Dylan's third consecutive top 10 studio set, following 1997's "Time Out of Mind" and 2001's "Love & Theft." Aside from "Desire" and "Modern Times," only two other Dylan albums assumed the plateau on the chart: 1974's "Planet Waves" and the 1975 classic "Blood on the Tracks."

A track by track review is necessary at somepoint, until then I'm looking forward to seeing Mr. Dylan play Fargo, North Dakota this weekend with my parents. He'll be wrapping up the last tour date on his summer minor league ballpark run. He has yet to debut any songs from "Modern Times" in his set, which I'm guessing he is saving them for the shows this fall. Get the disc if you haven't got around to it ...

source:
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003117383