Under the Red Sky | ||||
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Released | September 10, 1990 | |||
Recorded | January, March–May 1990 | |||
Studio | Oceanway, Record Plant, The Complex, Sorcerer | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 35:21 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
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Under the Red Sky is the twenty-seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on September 10, 1990, by Columbia Records. It was produced by Don Was, David Was, and Dylan (under the pseudonym Jack Frost).
The album was largely greeted as a disappointing follow-up to 1989's critically acclaimed Oh Mercy. Most of the criticism was directed at the slick sound of rock producer Don Was, as well as a handful of tracks that seem rooted in children's nursery rhymes. It is a rarity in Dylan's catalog for its inclusion of celebrity cameos by Jimmie Vaughan, Slash, Elton John, George Harrison, David Crosby, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Bruce Hornsby. The album's highest chart position worldwide was in Norway, where it peaked at No. 4.