Saved: Bob Dylan in the 1980s | Discovering Bob Dylan, Ep. 22

It's the 1980s, Bob Dylan is still a Christian, and the critics are pissed. When it came out in 1980, just a year after the well-received Knopfler x Dylan collaboration Slow Train Coming, Saved was viewed as a big step down for Bob and many critics wrote it and him off. Sales dwindled. It sunk like a stone in the US and while it reached the top 10 in the UK, it was a marked drop off. Many of Bob’s lesser-received albums have gotten a retrospective bump in recent years, but Saved usually still ranks near the bottom of most lists. It’s excoriated on Rate Your Music, too. So is it as bad as its reputation? Or are people afraid of too much Jesus in their music? Will Joe and Dylan come together in their hatred of this abomination? Or is there something there that others can’t hear? Join us, for for the second in Bob’s Christian Trilogy, Saved: Bob Dylan in the 80s. Leave your comments! Thanks for watching! #bobdylan