The critics have had their say – now it’s your turn. Post your reviews in the comments and we’ll publish the best on Tuesday
The reviews are in and critics have declared Bob Dylan’s new album his best in years. Sure, yes, certain outlets like to append that sobriquet to every one of his releases, but it’s for real this time! Take it from critical aggregator Metacritic, where Rough and Rowdy Ways sits second only to Fiona Apple’s Fetch the Bolt Cutters as the best reviewed album of 2020 so far. (A nice coincidence, given that
Apple appears on the album.)
In his five-star review, Guardian chief rock and pop critic Alexis Petridis summed up the bleak humour that runs through the album: “If you think everything has turned to shit now, Rough and Rowdy Ways keeps insisting, just you wait.” Yet, he adds, “for all its bleakness, Rough and Rowdy Ways might well be Bob Dylan’s most consistently brilliant set of songs in years”.