This album may have saved Bob Dylan's career. But in any case, 1970's "New Morning" proved that the Bard still mattered and his wit was still intact. "New Morning" followed directly on the heels of Dylan's greatest disaster, the still unexplained and forever disturbing Self Portrait - an almost impossible album to listen to that left many a fan wondering if their idol had lost his mind. Well, the qualitative difference at least suggests that the failure of the predecessor was calculation

"New Morning" evolves from the laid-back country rock of John Wesley Harding and Nashville Skyline, augmented by a distinct rock & roll Note. Dylan goes new, idiosyncratic ways with some songs, which he left untouched until this point. There are the jazzy experiments to on "Sign on the Winter" and "Winterlude", the rambling spoken-word piece "If Dogs Run Free" or the Elvis parable "Went to See the Gypsy." These unconventional songs make "New Morning" the charming, endearing album that it is.