Infidels

Bob Dylan | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000025VU
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (60 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #180,572 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Jokerman

2. Sweetheart Like You

3. Neighborhood Bully

4. License to Kill

5. Man of Peace

6. Union Sundown

7. I and I

8. Don't Fall Apart on Me Tonight

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great album, could have been one of his greatest, November 4, 1999

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Michael Collins - See all my reviews

This review is from: Infidels (Audio CD)

If anyone from Columbia Records is reading this PLEASE listen! You recently re-mixed and re-released Street Legal. With Infidels, you have *much* better material to work with, and the chance to release one of BD's greatest albums. Here's all you need to do:

1) Re-mix the album so that Jokerman (one of his greatest songs ever), Sweetheart, I and I, etc. have better sound quality than the original release

2) Add the amazing songs that were inexplicably left off the original release: Foot of Pride, Blind Willie McTell, Someone's Got a Hold of My Heart, and Lord Protect My Child

3) I also understand there was a great song he did a great song called "Julius and Ethel" about the Rosenbergs -- let's hear it!

4) Release the album, then sit back and read the outstanding critical reviews, and watch the sales go through the roof!

Please, drop me a line if you have any questions...

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of Dylan's most underrated albums..., May 6, 2000

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Bill Felps (Kansas City, MO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Infidels (Audio CD)

You will never see Infidels listed among Dylan's classics which is a shame. Lyrically and vocally this is one of Dylan's hardest hitting albums. Jokerman, License to Kill, Man of Peace, Neighborhood Bully and Union Sundown all take aim at corrosive social problems. Unlike many political protest songs, the songs on Infidels are just as relevant now as when they were written. Sweetheart Like You and I and I are among Dylan's best ballads.

So why only four stars? Well, frankly the overproduction takes a lot of the bite out of Neighborhood Bully, Man of Peace and Union Sundown. But, pretty much every album ever released has flaws. So if you like Dylan, but do not have this album, get it now. If you are a neophyte, get Blood on the Tracks, Blonde on Blonde, Highway 61 or any of his masterpieces. Then purchase Infidels, you won't be disappointed.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bob Dylan warnings of todays problems, June 21, 2004

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Dennis R. Goodwin (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Infidels (Audio CD)

After reading some of the reviews, I understand this most people don't get the lyrics or the subetlies of Mark Knopfler playing which is usually in the back, beneath the overall sound with Mick Taylors guitar playing out in front. knopflers leads take quite a few listens to even hear. Lets get beyond that and get to the lyrics Jokerman is a masterpiece warning of the coming of the beast( a woman gave birth to a priest today dressed in scarlett)the only real question i have about the song is what is the Jokerman ? A country, mankind as a whole or the devil in disguise. Yes this album is full of biblical and social commentary. Neighborhood Bully is about a large portion of the worlds perception of Isarael, Man of Peace is about how the devil disguises himself, current president Bush, Arafat and host of others who seem to give goodwill in the their perception of peace. License to Kill is about man's obssesion to dominate through force and his clear abandonment of Gods laws. I and I is man inner struggle with the forces of good and evil. This Cd I have owned for over 20 years and his (Dylans) genius at wordcraft and music never fails to amaze me. For those who have'nt heard it buy it for those who have listen again and ask yourself what do you think he was refferring to when he sings the book of Leviticus and Deutoromy,the law of the jungle and the sea are your only keeper means?