- folk rock, rock
- 47 min
- 9 tracks
- Columbia
Slow Train Coming is the nineteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on August 20, 1979, by Columbia Records. It was Dylan's first album following his conversion to Christianity, and the songs either express personal faith, or stress the importance of Christian teachings and philosophy.
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Earnest, grave, character-led and spare.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
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- AllMusic3/5 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideB+
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3/5 ★
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Tracks
- A1Gotta Serve Somebody5:23
- A2Precious Angel6:30
- A3I Believe in You5:08
- A4Slow Train5:57
- B1Gonna Change My Way of Thinking5:27
- B2Do Right to Me Baby (Do Unto Others)3:52
- B3When You Gonna Wake Up5:28
- B4Man Gave Names to All the Animals4:25
- B5When He Returns4:29
9 tracks, 47 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Bob Dylan
- Label
- Columbia
- Released
- 1979
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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