Fallen Angels | ||||
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Studio album by Bob Dylan | ||||
Released | May 20, 2016 | |||
Recorded | February 2015-March 2016 | |||
Studio | Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, U.S. | |||
Genre | Traditional pop | |||
Length | 37:50 | |||
Language | English | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Jack Frost | |||
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Singles from Fallen Angels | ||||
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Aggregate scores | |
Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 77/100 |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | |
The A.V. Club | B+ |
Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
FLOOD Magazine | 5/10 |
The Independent | |
Mojo | |
NOW | |
Paste | 8.5/10 |
PopMatters | |
The Telegraph | |
Uncut | 8/10 |
Fallen Angels is the thirty-seventh studio album by Bob Dylan, released by Columbia Records on May 20, 2016.
The album consists of cover versions of twelve classic American songs chosen by Dylan from a diverse array of writers such as Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen, Sammy Cahn and Carolyn Leigh. Much like the album's predecessor, Shadows in the Night, every song on the album, except for "Skylark", was once recorded by Frank Sinatra.
The album has received generally favorable reviews from critics, with particular praise for Dylan's vocal performance, production quality, and the arrangements of his band.Fallen Angels received a nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards to be held in February 2017.
Fallen Angels was recorded in 2015 at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, with his touring band.
Fallen Angels was released by Columbia Records on May 20, 2016.
Prior to release, on April 7, 2016, the song "Melancholy Mood" was made available on iTunes as an Instant Gratification track, and via streaming on YouTube. On April 28, 2016, the day Dylan concluded a tour of Japan, a second track from the album, "All the Way", became available to download from iTunes and stream on YouTube.
In promotion for the release, Dylan released a 7" EP on April 16, 2016, titled Melancholy Mood, and limited to 7000 copies.
Fallen Angels has received mostly positive reviews from critics thus far. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album currently holds an average score of 77, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 21 reviews.