Infidels released: Oct 27, 1983 BUY

In 1983, Dylan hit a streak of extraordinary inspiration again, and some of its fruits can be found on Infidels. During this time Dylan was writing and performing with all the fire and spiritual depth of his Christian work, but with a less deliberately or directly evangelical element. Instead he produced a number of songs that had the feeling of prophecy inflected by inner struggle. The album’s strongest track must certainly be “Jokerman,” a cryptic, densely symbolic exploration into the ambiguity of salvation, the close relation between pride and the impulse to save, the temptations of idolatry, and the difficulty of trusting even the believing self, a theme explored in more direct terms on “Man of Peace.” “Sweetheart Like You” is a subtle and brilliant love song, worthy of Blood on the Tracks. Jokerman | listen | Sweetheart Like You | listen | Neighborhood Bully | listen | License to Kill | listen | Man of Peace | listen | Union Sundown | listen | I and I | listen | Don't Fall Apart on Me Tonight | listen |