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World Gone Wrong
World Gone Wrong is the twenty-ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on October 26, 1993, by Columbia Records.
It was Dylan's second consecutive collection of only traditional folk songs, performed acoustically with guitar and harmonica. The songs tend to deal with darker and more tragic themes than the previous outing, Good as I Been to You.
The album received generally positive reviews from critics and won a Grammy award for Best Traditional Folk Album. It peaked at number 70 in the U.S., and at number 35 in the UK.
Similar to how he had recorded his previous album, Good as I Been to You, Dylan held sessions at his Malibu home garage studio and recorded World Gone Wrong solo in a matter of days. He was assisted by sound engineer Micajah Ryan but served as his own producer. In their book Bob Dylan All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track, authors Philippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon describe "a clear difference in the sound quality of this new record: Good As I Been to You has a 'full' sound, with Dylan's guitar recorded in stereo; World Gone Wrong sounds more raw. Listeners can hear breathing and distortion".
The balance of songs in World Gone Wrong swung more towards rural blues. Two had been recorded by the Mississippi Sheiks, two more by Blind Willie McTell, one by Willie Brown, and another by Frank Hutchison. Songs popularized by Tom Paley and Doc Watson were also recorded. In the case of "The Two Soldiers", Dylan learned it from Jerry Garcia and had been performing it live since 1988.
Possibly influenced by the controversy surrounding the lack of credits on Good as I Been to You, Dylan wrote a complete set of liner notes to World Gone Wrong, citing all possible sources. It had been decades since Dylan had written his own liner notes, and they were always surrealistic; these notes, while still playfully written, were actually informative.
Two outtakes from these sessions, Robert Johnson's "32-20 Blues" and the traditional "Mary and the Soldier", were released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs in 2008. An outtake of “I’ve Always Been a Rambler” has been made available to listen to at the Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. There are rumors of at least three additional outtakes that do not circulate among collectors: "Goodnight My Love", "Twenty-One Years", and the Carter Family's "Hello Stranger".
The album cover is a photograph by Ana Maria Velez of Dylan wearing a top hat and seated at a table at Flukes Cradle Cafe bar in Camden Town, London. Hanging on the wall behind Dylan is a painting, L'Etranger by artist Peter Gallagher. The back cover is a photograph of Dylan shot by photographer Randee St. Nicholas. The album's design is credited to Nancy Donald.
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World Gone Wrong
World Gone Wrong is the twenty-ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on October 26, 1993, by Columbia Records.
It was Dylan's second consecutive collection of only traditional folk songs, performed acoustically with guitar and harmonica. The songs tend to deal with darker and more tragic themes than the previous outing, Good as I Been to You.
The album received generally positive reviews from critics and won a Grammy award for Best Traditional Folk Album. It peaked at number 70 in the U.S., and at number 35 in the UK.
Similar to how he had recorded his previous album, Good as I Been to You, Dylan held sessions at his Malibu home garage studio and recorded World Gone Wrong solo in a matter of days. He was assisted by sound engineer Micajah Ryan but served as his own producer. In their book Bob Dylan All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track, authors Philippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon describe "a clear difference in the sound quality of this new record: Good As I Been to You has a 'full' sound, with Dylan's guitar recorded in stereo; World Gone Wrong sounds more raw. Listeners can hear breathing and distortion".
The balance of songs in World Gone Wrong swung more towards rural blues. Two had been recorded by the Mississippi Sheiks, two more by Blind Willie McTell, one by Willie Brown, and another by Frank Hutchison. Songs popularized by Tom Paley and Doc Watson were also recorded. In the case of "The Two Soldiers", Dylan learned it from Jerry Garcia and had been performing it live since 1988.
Possibly influenced by the controversy surrounding the lack of credits on Good as I Been to You, Dylan wrote a complete set of liner notes to World Gone Wrong, citing all possible sources. It had been decades since Dylan had written his own liner notes, and they were always surrealistic; these notes, while still playfully written, were actually informative.
Two outtakes from these sessions, Robert Johnson's "32-20 Blues" and the traditional "Mary and the Soldier", were released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs in 2008. An outtake of “I’ve Always Been a Rambler” has been made available to listen to at the Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. There are rumors of at least three additional outtakes that do not circulate among collectors: "Goodnight My Love", "Twenty-One Years", and the Carter Family's "Hello Stranger".
The album cover is a photograph by Ana Maria Velez of Dylan wearing a top hat and seated at a table at Flukes Cradle Cafe bar in Camden Town, London. Hanging on the wall behind Dylan is a painting, L'Etranger by artist Peter Gallagher. The back cover is a photograph of Dylan shot by photographer Randee St. Nicholas. The album's design is credited to Nancy Donald.