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Desire | 
| Artist: Bob Dylan
Label: Sony
Category: Music
Buy New: $18.97
Rating:  39 reviews
Sales Rank: 37840
Format: Hybrid Sacd, Original Recording Reissued, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 90318
UPC: 827969031865
EAN: 0766481206743
ASIN: B0000C8AV6
Release Date: September 16, 2003
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
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| Tracks:
| • | Hurricane | | • | Isis | | • | Mozambique | | • | One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below) | | • | Oh, Sister | | • | Joey | | • | Romance in Durango | | • | Black Diamond Bay | | • | Sara |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 34 more reviews...
 This Record is Doggone Good April 10, 2008
Ken Douglas (The Coast)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Desire came out twelve days shy of a year after "Blood on the Tracks," but it wasn't a whole year without a new Dylan record, because "The Basement Tapes" came between them, though it was recorded something like eight years earlier. "Desire" is sort of new sound for Dylan as he is performing with the Rolling Thunder Review band and Scarlett Rivera's violin adds a haunting sound throughout.
"Hurricane" the lead off song marks kind of a return of Dylan to social commentary. Dylan did the song, because he was convinced of Mr. Carter's innocence. The song was first recorded with Emmylou Harris doing the vocal with Dylan, like she does on the other songs on the record, but apparently Colombia thought the song was libelous, so Dylan re-recorded it with Ronnie Blakely. I've heard both versions and the one used on the final release is a much better song. "Isis," is like a never ending story song that reminds me kind of "Idiot Wind." I love it, my favorite song on the record is "Black Diamond Bay." It tells a story of a Pacific Island that is destroyed by a volcano. The people on the island all react differently and when the narrator hears about it on the evening news, he gets up and gets another beer. He doesn't care and boy is there a lot of that going around. This is a superb record and on of Dylan's top sellers. Probably the reason for that is because it is so good.
Dylan's Desire March 5, 2008
B. Uphus (Minnesota)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Is music as art ever better? Using my own words I cannot do justice to this stunning and beautiful album. It is not enough to say "Desire" belongs at the very top of any rating of contemporary American music. "Desire" belongs at the very top of any rating of all music of all time. The pieces are consistently poetic. Back up vocals and instrumentation are thoroughly professional and perfectly executed. The songs -every one of them- are hauntingly beautiful. I can never forget these songs and their sheer emotive power.
bau
A "Desire" that is timeless July 8, 2007
Craig Fenton (Airplaneville, New Jersey)
As the author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent" and a former radio disc-jockey, I am often asked to write and or discuss various recordings from the 60's and 70's.
Bob Dylan's "Desire" is not a record album. It is an audio storybook. The images created resonate with such brilliance they don't dissipate when the music ends, they shine brighter.
The opening track "Hurricane" places you at the scene of the bar where professional fighter Rubin "Hurricane Carter" was accused and found guilty of a crime that is still talked about today. Dylan thinks justice wasn't served and gives you a history lesson in one of the most powerful and riveting compositions ever penned.
"Mozambique" is exquisite as Dylan shares his thoughts on the beauty of a nation located in southern Africa. His descriptive phrases make you feel as you visited the continent along with him.
Dylan songs don't need continuity to flow. He is a master at taking us to the opposite edges of the planet from tune to tune. "Joey" ends (the song about the life of a mobster) and we are transported to South America for "Romance In Durango."
"Sara" pays homage to his ex-wife. His heart is not only on his sleeve but you feel the blood dripping from the wound.
All along the journey Emmylou Harris is superlative with background vocals and Scarlet Rivera's violin could bring tears to a clown.
The period of "Blood On The Tracks" and "Desire" could never have enough accolades, so we'll call it "Positively Dylan" and play the CD for the 456th time.
Enjoy the music and be well,
Craig Fenton
Author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent"
 The versions of these songs on ' Bootleg Series -Live 1975' put these versions to shame September 18, 2006
Robert Bykowski (Milwaukee, WI USA)
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
'Desire' is a wierd Bob Dylan album to review. On the one hand, most of these are good songs (although I find "Joey" so stretched out and poorly written it is almost unlistenable). On the other hand, six of these nine songs are on 'The Bootleg Series - Live 1975' from Bob's Rolling Thunder Revue tour -- and those versions cut these to ribbons. Whereas the versions on the live album move at a lively and invigorating tempo, here they are almost dirge-like in their pace. Also, I find it really irritating that Emmylou Harris sings backup on almost EVERY SONG ; it undercuts the power and forcefulness of most of these tunes. On a couple of songs it would have been fine, but after a while it grates on my nerves...and I like Bob's voice during this period of recording just fine by itself, thank you very much. The other problem is the production -- Bob's previous album, 'Blood on the Tracks', sounded as clear and majestic as a mountain stream or river, whereas 'Desire' aounds muddy and cluttered (and the remastering doesn't help much, it only brings this out further).
For the most part, I like the songs on 'Desire' - just not the way they were recorded for this album. And that's the frustrating thing about it for me. Many Dylan fans hold this album in high regard, but this is my opinion.
I Can't Seem to Get Enough of Desire September 4, 2006
Temeka Coffee (Newport Beach, California)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Desire is one album that I can't seem to get enough of. The long song "Hurricane" about how a black prize fighter ran afoul of New Jersey justice just because of the color of his skin will chill you to the core. Another long song, "Isis" will have you itchin' to travel as Dylan assaults your mind with image after image. The cowboy ballad, "Romance in Durango" will have you dreaming of Mexico and the Old West. "Sara" will have you waxing nostalgic for your lost love, if you've got one. But the real gem on this album is "Black Diamond Bay" a song about a volcano erupting on a South Pacific island, how the people there handle it and how those back in America don't even care. This is just one really good album.
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