Track Review: Dreamin' Of You - Bob Dylan

Dreamin' Of You comes from another collection of rarities by the man proclaimed to be the Best Musician Ever by many a music fan. His latest single is in fact an outtake from one of his many masterpieces, Time Out of Mind.  This, like many songs on that album, reflects on age and his decade-spanning career. "The Heavens Above / feel further away than ever before," he sings, contemplating the ups and downs of his life in a manner to "Love Sick".

This is one of the best-sounding songs of his career. Jim Keltner's drums are slicker than all else on that seminal album, while the piano playing is equally stylish, in keeping with Dylan's cool. His drawl sounds poetic but strong, calling to mind 2000's "Things Have Changed" or Modern Times' "Ain't Talkin'".

Dreamin' may not quite scale the heights of those two tracks, or indeed Time Out Of Mind's highlight "Not Dark Yet", which still stands up amongst his greatest, but it is a very good song. If this was left off Time Out Of Mind, it makes the prospect of a whole collection of tracks left off his last few albums sound very promising, and proof, if it is still needed, that Dylan is just as much of a musical genius as he was in his youth.