Oh Mercy (1989)

1. Political World
2. Where Teardrops Fall
3. Everything Is Broken
4. Ring Them Bells
5. Man in the Long Black Coat
6. Most of the Time
7. What Good Am I?
8. Disease of Conceit
9. What Was It You Wanted
10. Shooting Star

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From The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia by Michael Gray:

"Oh Mercy [1989] A confident staunching of the flow, with an album that is accessible, authoritative
and substantial. Attentively written, vocally distinctive, musically warm and produced with
uncompromising professionalism, this cohesive whole is the nearest thing there is to a great Bob
Dylan album of the 1980s. DANIEL LANOIS’ determination to wrest such an album out of Dylan, and
the plangent panache his production spreads across a variable collection of material, made for something
overrated at the time (understandably, after what had gone before); but it remains a singular,
welcome item in Dylan’s huge back-catalogue. An honourable minor work, well-received by the public
and reviewers, and marred only by the feeling that Dylan has one eye on that public approbation:
that he is asking if this is the sort of album people want from him. It’s all just a little too careful,
guarded and stiff to be great Bob Dylan. Standout tracks: ‘Where Teardrops Fall’, ‘Ring Them
Bells’, ‘Most of the Time’, ‘What Was It You Wanted?’ Tracks recorded but not selected: ‘Dignity’
and ‘Series of Dreams’. The making of the album is the subject of the fourth of the five main
sections in Dylan’s vivid memoirs, Chronicles Volume One, including thoughts
on how the album turned out and on what he might have done differently if making the album
again."

Best Song:
"Man in the Long Black Coat"
According to Alias

I like "Political World" too. -- Folkrockman

Favorite Lyric:
"Don't even remember what her lips felt like on mine...
Most of the time"
According to Alias