Masked and Anonymous [Soundtrack]

Track Listings

1. My Back Pages - The Magokoro Brothers

2. Gotta Serve Somebody - Shirley Caesar

3. Down in the Flood [Version] - Bob Dylan

4. It's All over Now, Baby Blue - The Grateful Dead

5. Most of the Time - Sophie Zelmani

6. On a Night Like This

7. Diamond Joe - Bob Dylan

8. Come una Pietra Scalciata (Like a Rolling Stone) - Articolo 31

9. One More Cup of Coffee

10. Non Dirle Che Non E' Cosi' (If You See Her, Say Hello) - Francesco de Gregori

11. Dixie - Bob Dylan

12. Señor (Tales of Yankee Power) - Jerry Garcia

13. Cold Irons Bound [Version] - Bob Dylan

14. City of Gold [*] - The Dixie Hummingbirds

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
OK, so the movie to which it’s attached has been denigrated by most of the critics who’ve reviewed it. The soundtrack itself is a marvel that stands just fine on its own. Start with the four tracks by Dylan himself, including bristling new versions of "Cold Irons Bound" and "Down in the Flood" recorded with his remarkable touring band. Add gospel heavyweights Shirley Caesar shouting "Gotta Serve Somebody" and the Dixie Hummingbirds offering country-soul salvation in "City of Gold." But these and performances by Los Lobos and the Grateful Dead are just a warm-up for the CD’s more inspired third: Dylan covers by a variety of obscure international artists. There’s a Japanese language version of "My Back Pages" courtesy of the Magokoro Brothers , an Italian hip-hop take on "Like a Rolling Stone" ("Come Una Pietra Scalciata!") by Articolo 31), a beguiling, string-driven "One More Cup of Coffee" from Turkish pop star Sertab Erener, and a gentle, spoken-word "Most of the Time" by Swedish singer Sophie Zelmani. Oddly, this loopy, polyglot approach stands as a truer testament to Dylan’s genius than the atrocious dialogue (two snippets of which mar an otherwise fine album) or self-conscious artiness of the movie. --Keith Moerer --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Tracks:

My Back Pages - Magokoro Brothers
Gotta Serve Somebody - Shirley Caesar
Down In The Flood - Bob Dylan
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue - Grateful Dead
Most Of The Time - Sophie Zelmani
On A Night Like This - Los Lobos
Diamond Joe - Bob Dylan
Come Una Pietra Scalciata (Like A Rolling Stone) - Articolo 31
One More Cup Of Coffee - Sertab
Non Dirle Che Non E' Cosi' (If You See Her, Say Hello) - Francesco De Gregori
Dixie - Bob Dylan
Seqor (Tales Of Yankee Power) - Jerry Garcia
Cold Irons Bound - Bob Dylan
City Of Gold - The Dixie Hummingbirds

Amazon.com

OK, so the movie to which it's attached has been denigrated by most of the critics who've reviewed it. The soundtrack itself is a marvel that stands just fine on its own. Start with the four tracks by Dylan himself, including bristling new versions of "Cold Irons Bound" and "Down in the Flood" recorded with his remarkable touring band. Add gospel heavyweights Shirley Caesar shouting "Gotta Serve Somebody" and the Dixie Hummingbirds offering country-soul salvation in "City of Gold." But these and performances by Los Lobos and the Grateful Dead are just a warm-up for the CD's more inspired third: Dylan covers by a variety of obscure international artists. There's a Japanese language version of "My Back Pages" courtesy of the Magokoro Brothers , an Italian hip-hop take on "Like a Rolling Stone" ("Come Una Pietra Scalciata!") by Articolo 31), a beguiling, string-driven "One More Cup of Coffee" from Turkish pop star Sertab Erener, and a gentle, spoken-word "Most of the Time" by Swedish singer Sophie Zelmani. Oddly, this loopy, polyglot approach stands as a truer testament to Dylan's genius than the atrocious dialogue (two snippets of which mar an otherwise fine album) or self-conscious artiness of the movie. --Keith Moerer

Customer Reviews:

Fire Him..........2006-03-03

Find the executive that made the decision to leave off the incredible version of "The Times They Are A Changin'" by that adorable young lady --- in favor of "My Back Pages" sung in Japanese --- and FIRE HIM!
This CD is great and at the price I paid ($4.00) from an Amazon partner I have no right to complain. But to me, that is one of the songs to be included in the CD. After all it was good enough to use in the trailer.....WHERE IS IT SONY/COLUMBIA?????
After being accustomed to hearing Bob sing his songs for so long, the differing versions by other artists took a little getting used to for me, but I kinda like them now. Plus the songs Bob does are terrific and "Dixie" and "Diamond Joe" are infectious - you'll find yourself singing or humming long after the song is over. Get this CD - a rare enjoyable soundtrack ... and at a good price too.

ATTENTION ALL YOU BOB DYLAN FACES! .......2005-12-14

Have you checked out this soundtrack? You should. Don't ask me about the movie because I haven't seen it. I do have this disc though, its pretty figgin' great. I was just listening to it this morning on my way to work and I couldn't help jammin' out. Dylan himself only performs about three songs, the greatest of those is a banjo riddled tune called DIAMOND JOE (yeah, its my new drinkin' anthem)the others are cool too.
The rest is DYLAN covers, but don't worry, it has been left to the proffesionals. These are some strange takes on Dylan favorites, but are sure to please even the most avid Dylanee. My personal favorite is Jerry Garcia doing a TALES OF YANKEE POWER that can't be beat.
This soundtrack is very chill, and so very cool. An easy five stars, and necessary if you have been scratching for a new Dylan fix.
Even if you don't dig Bob Dylan, you won't be able to deny the hippness of this disc. ROCK!

Dylan Grabbag.......2005-10-04

The Dylan cuts on this side are a good representation of what the Bard of Hibbing sounds like when you see him live these days-- a better representation than either "Love and Theft" or "Time Out of Mind", actually. Worth the price of admission is the version of "Down In The Flood"-- by far the best version of this song by anyone, anywhere. It is hard to get too excited about the rest of this hodgepodge, though. "My Back Pages" in Japanese reminds us that Dylan writes solid melodies, and not just lyrics. "A repectable version of "Gotta Serve Somebody", but I think of that song as being the equivalent in quality to "Knocking On Heaven's Door": okay because it's Dylan, but nothing special. The Greatful Dead do what they do to "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" and Jerry Garcia covers "Senior (Tales Of Yankee Power)"-- a Dylan song that establishes once and for all that Dylan writes clunkers just like everybody else.

I wish there was a collection that documents what the present Dylan live show is like. For now, this is what we have. The live "Cold Irons Bound" is probably the next best thing on this, and can be downloaded at iTunes.

Blowin' like no wind............2005-02-16

For what it is, the CD makes for a good, but not great representation of the actual film soundtrack. The numerous Bob covers provide an appropriate backdrop to the film itself, but aren't necessarily all that interesting on their own - exceptions to that are clearly the material done by Jerry Garcia (Senor), the Grateful Dead (It's All Over Now Baby Blue), Los Lobos etc. That being said, these versions are available elsewhere and, for an old Deadhead with most of this material already, it just wasn't enough to entice me to buy the CD. Also, most notably, was the absence of Bob's "I'll Remember You" and a version of "Blowin' In the Wind" that goes into a totally new - yet again - unexplored, territory by Bob that I found incredibly moving at the end of the film. I probably would have been inclined to buy the CD for that song alone, but, alas, it was conspicuously missing from the mix. A quick word about the film. I would definitely recommend that it be seen. Bob has matured as an actor from his days of "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid." I'm not saying that he's ready to do Shakespeare in the park, but he has real presence in the kind of role that he plays, and the music throughout is solid. The film is a bit disjointed and probably raises more questions than it answers. In the end, it conveys something that is a bit hard to put one's finger on and doesn't exactly convey what the movie was about. If you're comfortable with that sort of genre, in the sense that the film tends to work along Kurosawa or McCluhan-like lines, i.e. "the medium is the message," you'll probably find it appealing. Perhaps, more Zen and underground than some would like, but I found it worthwhile of at least one viewing. Best yet, don't miss seeing Bob and his superb band live any chance that you can - he's never been better.

Slightly uneven, but some nice material.......2004-12-14

A decent CD with some very good stuff, some okay stuff, some bad stuff. Don't buy it unless you're willing to fast forward about half the album!

Good:
On a Night Like This (Los Lobos) --- this song could have been written by Los Lobos! Lively, joyful.
Rap version of Like a Rolling Stone --- Okay, I was surprised at this one, but it's quite good.
Most of the Time(Sophie Zelmani) --- a sweet and innocent female version (but can you rhyme "sure" with "him")

Okay:
The Dylan performances, Grateful Dead, One More Cup of Coffee for the Road, City of Gold, Gotta Serve Somebody

Tracks:

My Back Pages - Magokoro Brothers
Gotta Serve Somebody - Shirley Caesar
Down In The Flood - Bob Dylan
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue - The Grateful Dead
Most Of The Time - Sophie Zelmani
On A Night Like This - Los Lobos
Diamond Joe - Bob Dylan
Come Una Pietra Scalciata (Like A Rolling Stone) - Articolo 31
One More Cup Of Coffee - Sertab
Non Dirle Che Non E' Cosi' (If You See Her, Say Hello) - Francesco De Gregori
Dixie - Bob Dylan
Senor (Tales Of Yankee Power) - Jerry Garcia
Cold Irons Bound - Bob Dylan
City Of Gold - Dixie Hummingbirds

Album Description

This Limited Edition release includes a Reissue Series Sampler that highlights seven recordings from the upcoming Bob Dylan hybrid Super Audio CD reissue series, the first major upgrade of Bob Dylan's catalog. The Reissue Series Sampler includes a previously unreleased live version of Dylan's classic "All I Really Want To Do" from the upcoming The Bootleg Series Vol. 6, Bob Dylan LIVE 1964, the Philharmonic Hall Concert. The sampler has two distinct layers: a newly remastered stereo mix that plays on any CD player and a layer containing both a high-resolution SACD stereo version and a 5.1 multichannel surround version -- of the same repertoire -- that works on Super Audio CD-compatible players.

Album Description

This is the soundtrack from the Movie, starring, along with an all-star cast including Jessica Lange, John Goodman, Melanie Cruse, Ed Harris, Jeff Bridges among many others, the Dylan Man himself. The Movie has received mixed reviews which means it is probably worth seeing but the soundtrack is great! Featuring a myriad of Dylan tunes covered by an international cast of musicians in a host of styles. There are also four tunes that Dylan himself covers, two of which are brand new, 2003 versions. This is a must have for any serious Dylan fan or music lover. Limited edition disc contains 6 recordings from the Bob Dylan SACD reissue series including 'Tangled Up In Blue' & 'Gotta Serve Somebody'. This disc will play in any CD player and includes 5.1 Surround Sound mixes. 14 tracks including 1 bonus track, 'City Of Gold' performed by the Dixie Hummingbirds. Digipak. Sony. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

Very Interesting.......2004-04-16

Since almost every known band (famous and not) has recorded some cover version of a Dylan song this compilation (and movie soundtrack)contains
the most experimental,curious and particular ones
Music style varies from Tribal,Hip Hop,Rap,Country,Folk,Rock,psych
and others..Even if most of readers here,myself included, do not
know some of the artists who play on this CD,the first intention could be not to buy the album ,but after listening to the whole
thing you'll agree with me when I say these cover songs are extremely good,in few words Dylan Songs in a different point of view.
It's a pity the man himself has excluded "My Back Pages" by punk Metal band Ramones or "This Wheel's on fire" by Siouxie and the Banshees in that case i should have given 5 stars .This is not a Best of Bob Dylan,there are alread 100 -best of- cd around here,some reviewer misunderstood the meaning of this album
altough the rating is not 5 stars,Masked and Anonymous is worth buying then most of the releases of these modern years.cya

Five and that's no jive!!!.......2003-12-29

This recording is great stuff!!!

wtf?.......2003-08-27

I'll have to disagree with some of the other reviewers, but mostly in terms of the songs they liked and hated. This is a pretty good record. A great Japanese version of My Back Pages starts it off. There is also a cool Italian rap (not Spanish) version of Like a Rolling Stone, and One More Cup... is good track. Most of The Time is also cool, but Sophie Zelmani changes all of the references to the female character to a male one, leading to all sorts of awkward non-ryhmes ("Most of the time/ I can't even be SURE/ if he was ever with me/ Or if I was ever with HIM"??). Los Lobos and De Gregori are annoying tracks. All of the Dylan-performed tracks are great, and I can never understand where the complaining about his voice comes from. Keep listening 'N Sync if that's what you're looking for. And for the record, I have never heard of anyone calling "Saved" one of his worst records. wtf?

southerner.......2003-08-25

This is an excellent album. I especially like "Dixie," which is usually sung as an anthem. Dylan sings it in a much more personal and lyrical way. This is subtle. He is singing about a "Dixie" of the soul, a place before the triumph of modern industialism and commercialism, although he is certainly not immune to the present.

Not your average Dylan release.......2003-08-03

Sure, it's different than what one would expect, but that's what makes the CD great. And, BTW, if you saw the movie, the track "City of Gold" would have been where "Blowin' In The Wind" is. A bonus for that track is that two of the guys from Bob's first touring band play with two from his most recent.

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1. My Back Pages - The Magokoro Brothers
2. Gotta Serve Somebody - Shirley Caesar
3. Down in the Flood [Version] - Bob Dylan
4. It's All over Now, Baby Blue - The Grateful Dead
5. Most of the Time - Sophie Zelmani
6. On a Night Like This
7. Diamond Joe - Bob Dylan
8. Come una Pietra Scalciata (Like a Rolling Stone) - Articolo 31
9. One More Cup of Coffee
10. Non Dirle Che Non E' Cosi' (If You See Her, Say Hello) - Francesco de Gregori
11. Dixie - Bob Dylan
12. Señor (Tales of Yankee Power) - Jerry Garcia
13. Cold Irons Bound [Version] - Bob Dylan
14. City of Gold [*] - The Dixie Hummingbirds