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Jakob Dylan's songwriting benefits from his time out of the limelight after the Wallflowers went quadruple-platinum with 1996's Bringing Down the Horse, Jakob Dylan evidently decided to focus on growing as a songwriter rather than as a celebrity. Rebel, Sweetheart is proof that this was a smart move. He's still developing new moves after many of his contemporaries have faded. Dylan sings these adult tales of disillusionment and perseverance with the gritty timbre of a young Warren Zevon, juiced by his fellow Wallflowers -- keyboardist Rami Jaffee, bassist Greg Richling and ace new drummer Fred Eltringham. "Rebel" in the title is a verb, not a noun, and even the love songs are full of conflict. The pick is "Here He Comes (Confessions of a Drunken Marionette)," a boozy saloon ballad based on a question: "Who will ignore me when you're gone?"
(Posted: Jun 16, 2005)
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Track List
- Days Of Wonder
- The Passenger
- Beautiful Side Of Somewhere
- Here He Comes (Confessions Of A Drunken Marionette)
- We're Already There
- God Says Nothing Back
- Back To California
- I Am A Building
- From The Bottom Of My Heart
- Nearly Beloved
- How Far You've Come
- All Things New Again
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