Desire
by Bob Dylan
- Type: Album
- Released: January 5, 1976
- Label: Columbia
- Country: United States
- Length: 56:04
- Community rating: 4.41/5 from 16 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
A highly collaborative project, 'Desire' captures the freewheeling, live-ensemble sound of the Rolling Thunder Revue, with Scarlet Rivera's violin providing a defining textural and melodic voice throughout the recording. Co-written largely with theater director Jacques Levy, the album is characterized by lengthy, cinematic story-songs that range from the topical protest of 'Hurricane' and the sprawling gangster narrative of 'Joey' to the intensely personal ballad 'Sara'.
Genres
Descriptors: narrative, storytelling, protest, melodic, earnest, folk, acoustic, strings
Tracklist
- Hurricane (08:32)
- Isis (06:58)
- Mozambique (03:00)
- One More Cup of Coffee (03:44)
- Oh, Sister (04:01)
- Joey (11:05)
- Romance in Durango (05:44)
- Black Diamond Bay (07:29)
- Sara (05:31)
Credits
- Bob Dylan - vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica, piano on "Isis"
- Scarlet Rivera - violin
- Emmylou Harris - background vocals
- Rob Stoner - bass guitar, background vocals
- Howard Wyeth - drums, piano
- Mike Lawrence - trumpet on “Romance In Durango”
- Dominic Cortese - accordion, mandolin on "Joey"
- Vinnie Bell - bouzouki on "Joey"
- Luther Rix - congas on "Hurricane"
- Ronee Blakley - background vocals on "Hurricane"
- Steven Soles - background vocals on "Hurricane"
- Eric Clapton - guitar on "Romance In Durango"
- Sheena (4) - Congas, Bells
- Jacques Levy - lyrics co-writer
- John Berg - Artwork [Album Design]
- Carl Barile - Artwork [Collage]
- Ken Regan - Artwork [Front Cover]
- Don Meehan - Engineer
- Stan Kalina - Mastered By
- Ruth Bernal - Photography By [Collage Photos]
- Don DeVito - Producer [This Record Could Have Been Produced By]
- Lou Waxman - Recorded By [Chief Recordist]