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Hello, my name is Ben Burrell and welcome back to Bob Dylan album by album, a podcast that brings

you an in-depth look at each Bob Dylan studio recording record by records.

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Let's get to today's album, shall we?

Brace yourself because it's an interesting one.

Let's have a look at 1990s under the red sky.

In the 60s, Dylan's, Dylan's output was almost unmatched. He had another creative peak in the 70s. In fact, you could argue that's his most interesting decade. The 80s had peaks and troughs, but the 90s were much less successful. You could probably conclude it's his worst decade for album output. While thankfully he finished it with the masterpiece, he would start it with anything but. Or would he? Is the 1990 album under the Red Sky too harshly criticised? Well, for me, yes, yes it is. Take open a wiggle wiggle wiggle, for example. Sure, on the face of it, it's nothing much, but look a little deeper, and the song comes alive. Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, all dressed in green, Bob sings on the second line of the song,

which is obviously a nod to the Bible, green, which is obtained by mixing yellow, which in the

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