{"product_id":"iconic-albums-bob-dylan-faith-fire-and-backlash-1977-1980-albums-covered-street-legal-1978-slow-train-coming-1979-saved-1980-shot-of-love-1-9798249750169","title":"Iconic Albums Bob Dylan Faith, Fire and Backlash (1977-1980): Albums Covered Street Legal (1978) Slow Train Coming (1979) Saved (1980) Shot of Love (1","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Richard Ward\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History \u0026amp; Criticism - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBob Dylan: Faith, Fire \u0026amp; Backlash (1977-1981)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1979, Bob Dylan did the unthinkable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the height of his myth, after decades as protest poet, electric revolutionary, and cultural shapeshifter, he publicly declared himself a born-again Christian - and refused to look back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result was one of the most controversial periods in modern music history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBob Dylan: Faith, Fire \u0026amp; Backlash (1977-1981)\u003c\/b\u003e is the definitive deep dive into the gospel years - from the emotional fragmentation of \u003ci\u003eStreet-Legal\u003c\/i\u003e through the spiritual thunder of \u003ci\u003eSlow Train Coming\u003c\/i\u003e, the revivalist force of \u003ci\u003eSaved\u003c\/i\u003e, and the complex reckoning of \u003ci\u003eShot of Love\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe personal collapse behind the conversion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Vineyard experience and the decision that shocked the industry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecording at Muscle Shoals and the Grammy-winning breakthrough\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe no-old-songs tours that alienated audiences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eBooing, walkouts, and press revolt\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpiritual absolutism as identity armour\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe gradual softening of tone on \u003ci\u003eShot of Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe masterpiece \"Every Grain of Sand\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe long road from ridicule to critical reappraisal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross 65 chapters, this is not just a track-by-track study. It is a psychological, cultural, and artistic examination of how belief reshaped one of the most important artists of the 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWas it artistic collapse?\u003cbr\u003eCourageous conviction?\u003cbr\u003eOr the most radical reinvention of Dylan's career?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book argues that the gospel years were not a detour - but a defining crucible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor longtime Dylan listeners, music historians, and readers fascinated by the intersection of faith and art, \u003ci\u003eFaith, Fire \u0026amp; Backlash\u003c\/i\u003e offers a bold and nuanced portrait of a period that still divides audiences - and still refuses to be ignored.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47568987750551,"sku":"9798249750169","price":1590.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798249750169.webp?v=1774872265","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/iconic-albums-bob-dylan-faith-fire-and-backlash-1977-1980-albums-covered-street-legal-1978-slow-train-coming-1979-saved-1980-shot-of-love-1-9798249750169","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}