New Reviews: ‘Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan’ Is Sprawling and Inconsistent
In this week’s slate of Rolling Stone reviews, Joe Levy assesses Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan, a sprawling and inconsistent 80 track collection of Dylan covers for Amnesty International with artists ranging from “Pete Seeger (folk-music deity, b. 1919) to Miley Cyrus (hot mess, b. 1992).” Also, Rob Sheffield praises Craig Finn’s “ear for the way American losers talk” on his debut solo album and David Fricke raves about Bruce Springsteen’s new single “We Take Care of Our Own,” which he says is a “precise, devastating assessment of a nation exhausted by economic straits and locked in an uncivil war of values stoked by selfish Washington gridlock.”
ALBUMS
Various Artists – Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan (stream one song)
Craig Finn – Clear Heart Full Eyes (stream one song)
Tim McGraw – Emotional Traffic (stream one song)
First Aid Kit – The Lion’s Roar (stream one song)
Big Deal – Lights Out (stream one song)
The Little Willies – For the Good Times (stream one song)
Cloud Nothings – Attack on Memory (stream one song)
Chairlift – Something (stream one song)
Ani DiFranco – Which Side Are You On? (stream one song)
Kathleen Edwards – Voyageur (stream one song)
SONGS
Bruce Springsteen “We Take Care of Our Own” (stream)
Scissor Sisters “Shady Love” (stream)
Delta Spirit “California” (stream)