Modern Times
by Bob Dylan
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Modern Times is ranked 14th best out of 80 albums by Bob Dylan on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Bob Dylan is Highway 61 Revisited which is ranked number 27 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 27,095.
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Modern Times track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/02/2026 12:23 | rockster7878 | 37 | 91/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2025 17:42 | mutant | 1,671 | 56/100 |
| ! | 12/23/2025 13:47 | jacobeddy1984 | 27 | 94/100 |
| ! | 12/14/2025 09:08 | Exist-en-ciel | 7,147 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/02/2025 20:19 | Mr_Shake_Hands_M | 147 | 59/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.4/100, a mean average of 74.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.
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VictorVale 11/10/2020 00:01 | #260500
A voz de Dylan está fantástica. O som soturno, preciso, me lembrou as ultimas de Cash!
llibnanoon 06/04/2020 14:14 | #252840
Meh
rockinsteve 10/06/2018 04:57 | #222090
I really like this album. Bob seems to be energized and having fun throughout the ten songs and the band is top notch and sound like they're having fun as well. Some of this really ROCKS, especially the opener "Thunder On The Mountain". It has a wonderful Chuck Berry like sound to it and is my favorite on the album. The blues "remakes" are also quite good as well. If you're a Dylan fan or just love good, solid rock and roll, pick this one up. You won't be disappointed!
JulianR 04/29/2018 00:11 | #213848
Ain't nothing modern about this album. The newest thing it presents is 60's blues rock, which I suppose does sound modern in comparison to the 40's pop ballads. That said, that doesn't make it bad. I just don't find anything particularly gripping about it.
75/100 (Above Average)
Sandrof1969 02/20/2018 19:30 | #208967
Un paio di grandi canzoni,"Nattie Moore" su tutte...
Jbalbinolr 11/22/2017 13:18 | #201806
Love this album, underrated here, I know it´s only blues and jazz, but this album got so much energy, that doesn´t feel like a copy-paste.
I don't quite understand why this album is so highly rated. I think it's a dreary album full of tired old twelve bars and derivative re-writes of old pop and folk tunes. Too many Dylan albums are like this these days. I must admit though I think working man blues is brilliant and thunder on the mountain and nettie Moore good but the rest, maybe apart from ain't talkin' are awful. Spirit on the water, is quite nice, with some nice harmonica at the end, but it goes on forever, and the lyrics would have been beneath Dylan in the sixties. Rollin''n'tumblin', the 'new' version of an old blues song is dreadful, so so boring. The levee's gonna break, is even worse,another 'new' version , and, when the deal goes down, is just a re-write of an old Bing Crosby song. Beyond the horizon,is also based on an old tune, red sails in the sunset. A lot of the lyrics are also stolen from older songs and poems too. Where's the invention,?, where's the originality? Dylan is simply not the force he once was. I mean, listen to this record and then listen to his classic sixties and mid-seventies albums. Stop encouraging this man with your over praising. Highway 61 and blonde on blonde it is not.
junodog4 01/23/2015 04:23 | #132303
Decent, but not quite on par with Time Out of Mind and Love & Theft.
It's odd Most Bobheads rate Time Out Of Mind, Love & Theft and Tempest higher than this one. I tend to agree the others are "better" but which do I listen to more often? This one Modern Times. The age old debate I suppose "Best" vs "favorite". Anyhow I love this record. "Spirit On The Water", "When The Deal Goes Down" & "Nettie Moore" & "Workingman Blues" are the "creme de la Creme".. "Thunder On The Mountain" is great as well. Most regard "Ain't Talkin'" higher than I do but I really do like the track. I tend to like "Rollin & Tumblin" & "Beyond The Horizon" more than most Bob diehards, but hey I am right. "Someday Baby" is average. No "skipper" here for me. Well Levee gets a little monotonous & works better live but it's all good Thank you Bob! MEZ
Spirit on the Water is an underated gem.
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