New Morning

For other uses, see New Morning (disambiguation).

New Morning
A black-and-white photograph of Bob Dylan
Studio album by
Bob Dylan
ReleasedOctober 21, 1970 (1970-10-21)
RecordedJune–August 1970
StudioColumbia 52nd Street (New York City)[1][2]
Genre
Length35:21
LabelColumbia
ProducerBob Johnston
Bob Dylan chronology
Self Portrait
(1970) 		New Morning
(1970) 		Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II
(1971)
Singles from New Morning
  1. "If Not for You" / "New Morning"
    Released: 1971

New Morning is the eleventh studio album by the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on October 21, 1970[2][5][6] by Columbia Records.

Coming only four months after the controversial Self Portrait, the more concise New Morning received a much warmer reception from fans and critics. Most welcome was the return of Dylan's familiar, nasal singing voice. While he has a slightly nasal tone to his voice on "Alberta #1" from Self Portrait, this was the first full album with his familiar voice since John Wesley Harding in 1967, when he began singing with a country croon. In retrospect, the album has come to be viewed as one of the artist's lesser successes, especially since the release of Blood on the Tracks (1975) which is generally regarded as a fuller return to form for Dylan.

New Morning reached No. 7 in the United States, quickly going gold, and gave Dylan his sixth and last UK number 1 album until Together Through Life in 2009. The album's most commercially successful song is "If Not for You", which was also recorded by George Harrison, who played guitar on a version of the song released on 1991's The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3, and was also an international hit for Olivia Newton-John in 1971.

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  2. ^ a b Bjoerner, Olof, "Still on the Road: 1970 Recording SESSIONS" Archived April 12, 2023, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Billboard Review Panel (November 7, 1970). "Album Reviews". Billboard. p. 35. Retrieved January 12, 2021. Country-rock is the fare ...
  4. ^ Unterberger, Richie. "Great Moments in Folk Rock: Lists of Author Favorites". Richieunterberger.com. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
  5. ^ Krogsgaard, Michael (1991). Positively Bob Dylan: A Thirty Year Discography, Concert, and Recording Session Guide, 1960–1991. Ann Arbor, MC: Popular Culture Ink. p. 73. ISBN 1560750006.
  6. ^ Williamson, Nigel (2006). The Rough Guide to Bob Dylan. London: Rough Guides. p. 181. ISBN 978-1-843537182.