What is the name of the album that marked Bob Dylan's return to rock music in 1997?
Answer
"Time Out of Mind"
The album that marked Bob Dylan’s return to rock music in 1997 was Time Out of Mind. Released on September 30, 1997, it became widely regarded as Dylan’s major artistic comeback after a difficult period in the 1980s and early 1990s.
Dylan recorded the album during 1996 and 1997 sessions in Miami, working with producer Daniel Lanois. Its sound blends blues rock, country, blues, and rockabilly, with atmospheric production and songs that explore aging, memory, heartbreak, mortality, and spiritual longing. The album followed Under the Red Sky, Dylan’s previous album of original songs, released in 1990.
A common mix-up is choosing Modern Times, Love and Theft, or Together Through Life. Those are also significant later Dylan albums, but Modern Times came in 2006, Love and Theft in 2001, and Together Through Life in 2009. Time Out of Mind is the title associated with Dylan’s 1997 comeback and renewed critical acclaim.