Why Modern Times is the ultimate Bob Dylan guessing game

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In our new weekly celebration of albums, Maccabees guitarist and cricket broadcaster Felix White explains why the great songwriter’s slippery 2006 release is a relentless head-spinner that defies classification

The resulting music, some of which is liberally lifted from other people’s songs over the years, is so ancient sounding that it aesthetically predates even that of Dylan’s youth. On “Thunder on the Mountain”, he continues his aforementioned fascination with the contemporary soul singer, going on to wonder “where in the world Alicia Keys could be”.

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