Bob Dylan has recorded a Christmas album. Bob Dylan? Bob Dylan? The Master? The poet laureate? The coolest old man on earth, who 12 years ago with "Time Out Of Mind" spectacular back came forward, since floating on a wave of success and everything turns into gold, what he touches? The icon, which has given us songs like "Masters Of War", "Visions Of Johanna", "Like A Rolling Stone" and countless high-caliber more? Just the ... What has now just Bob Dylan, stylite and identification figure of the protest movement and universally recognized Grandmaster of songwriters guild to do precisely with the commercialized on unfassendsten festival in the world? Clean At first glance nothing, Christmas played in his work not even during his violent flirtation with Christianity in the late 70 sonderliche a role. He has money well enough, after all, he is just as good at business as it is ingenious. So why just an album of Christmas songs? This time, called the do-gooders, Dylan will probably see from the proceeds of this album a penny, revenues in the United States go completely to Feeding America, an organization similar to that of the financial - and economic crisis badly battered lower income bracket of US hot meal on the table brings. Revenue from the rest of the world also go to charities. A most honorable affair so. What could we say about the quality of the plate? It was already etched and criticized vigorously and actually is Dylan's raspy Raspelstimme hardly something with the festival of peace and love (what Christmas ideally yes should still be, the reality is often different) into communication. After the first hearing, I must say: Have never heard such a beautiful Christmas album. Dylan has proven his studio - and touring band in the back, the excellent solve the biggest job not to let the world-famous Christmas songs too fall into the kitsch trap. So this risk is usually circumnavigated widely and it ensteht an earthy sound as possible to the voice of Dylan, the so delicate and sensitive than ever before sounds here. That he is an excellent crooner, he has proven to his last album time after time and even here the master presented at its best. In addition, the listener stay (mostly) spared Bimmelglöckchen and children's choirs, choral parts are thankfully not too sweet men - sang and female voices. Not always Dylan was so tasty sure I remember with horror at "They Killed Him" from "Knocked Out Loaded". Highlights of the album are for me the rather oblique "Christmas Blues" and the crash of "Must Be Santa". Beautifully simple Dylan's version of "Hark The Herald Angels Sing," "I'll Be Home for Christmas" and "Little Drummer Boy", also has the most unique opportunity to hear her sing in Latin Dylan ("Adeste Fideles"). Somehow makes this album a warm feeling and makes you feel displaced in better times. Point deduction there only for the stupid "Christmas Island" and the excessive use of Bimmelglöcken in two songs. Otherwise: Very nice album me sweeten my even more precipitating Christmas.
