Just as Todd Haynes's Bob Dylan biopic I'M NOT THERE takes an unusual approach by having several different people portraying the artist, so the accompanying soundtrack skirts expectations by sporting a wide variety of artists tackling the Dylan catalog, and including a wealth of lesser-known Dylan tunes. Over the course of two discs, Haynes assembles an impressive cast of contributors, from arena-size names (Eddie Vedder, Willie Nelson) to indie-rock cult heroes (Mark Lanegan, Sufjan Stevens) and Dylan contemporaries (Richie Havens, Ramblin' Jack Elliott).
Some of the tracks stick relatively close to the feel of the originals, like Wilco leader Jeff Tweedy's earthy, folk-rock take on "Simple Twist of Fate," while others leap headlong into reinvention, like Calexico and Iron & Wine's atmospheric, wah-wah-soaked collaboration on "Dark Eyes." In the end, one of the most significant accomplishments of this soundtrack may be the exposure of such relative esoterica as "Man in the Long Black Coat" and "Senor (Tales of Yankee Power)" to an audience outside the closed circle of devout Dylanologists. Oh, and the title track is a previously unreleased tune performed by the man himself.
Take that, completists!
Track Listings:
Disc: 1
1 Eddie Vedder & the Million Dollar Bashers - All Along the Watchtower (4:29)
2 Sonic Youth - I'm Not There (4:52)
3 Jim James & Calexico - Goin' to Acapulco (4:59)
4 Richie Havens - Tombstone Blues (5:30)
5 Stephen Malkmus & the Million Dollar Bashers - Ballad of a Thin Man (6:51)
6 Cat Power - Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again (6:53)
7 John Doe - Pressing on (5:56)
8 Yo la Tengo - Fourth Time Around (5:08)
Disc: 2
1 Iron & Whine & Calexico - Dark Eyes (4:30)
2 Karen O & the Million Dollar Bashers - Highway 61 Revisited (3:58)
3 Roger McGuinn & Calexico - One More Cup of Coffee (4:31)
4 Mason Jennings - the Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll (5:15)
5 Los Lobos - Billy 1 (4:04)
6 Jeff Tweedy - Simple Twist of Fate (3:44)
7 Mark Lanegan - Man in the Long Black Coat (3:36)
8 Willie Nelson & Calexico - Se or (Tales of Yankee Power) (5:18)
Disc: 3
1 Mira Billotte - As I Went Out One Morning (2:54)
2 Stephen Malkmus & Lee Ranaldo - Can't Leave Her Behind (1:56)
3 Sufjan Stevens - Ring Them Bells (6:20)
4 Charlotte Gainsbourg & Calexico - Just Like a Woman (4:20)
5 Jack Johnson - Mama You've Been on My Mind / a Fraction of Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie (4:22)
6 Yo la Tengo - I Wanna Be Your Lover (3:59)
7 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (3:06)
8 The Hold Steady - Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (3:52)
9 Ramblin' Jack Elliot - Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (6:46)
10 The Black Keys - the Wicked Messenger (3:58)
Disc: 4
1 Tom Verlaine & the Million Dollar Bashers - Cold Irons Bound (7:35)
2 Mason Jennings - the Times They Are a Changin' (3:38)
3 Stephen Malkmus & the Million Dollar Bashers - Maggie's Farm (5:29)
4 Marcus Carl Franklin - When the Ship Comes in (3:32)
5 Bob Forrest - Moonshiner (4:57)
6 John Doe - I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine (3:14)
7 Antony & the Johnsons - Knockin' on Heaven's Door (4:11)
8 Bob Dylan & the Band - I'm Not There (5:12)
Format: LP Vinyl
Label: Music on Vinyl
Catalog No: MOVLP135
Barcode: 8713748980245
Genre:Rock
No of Discs: 4
Release Date: 11/22/2010
UPC: 713748980245