Desire is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's 17th studio album, released by Colu… Read Full Bio ↴Desire is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's 17th studio album, released by Columbia Records in 1976.
It is one of Dylan's most collaborative efforts, featuring the same caravan of musicians from the acclaimed Rolling Thunder Revue tours the previous year (later documented on The Bootleg Series Vol. 5). Most of the album was co-written by Jacques Levy, and is composed of lengthy story-songs, two of which quickly generated controversy: the over 11-minute long "Joey", which is seen as glorifying the violent gangster Joey Gallo, and "Hurricane", the opening track that tells a passionate account of the murder case against boxer Rubin Carter, whom the song asserts was framed. Carter was later released - but not exonerated - on appeal more than twenty years later.
A well-received follow-up to Blood on the Tracks, Desire reached #1 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart for 5 weeks, becoming one of Dylan's top-selling studio albums (currently certified double platinum), while reaching #3 in the UK.
It is one of Dylan's most collaborative efforts, featuring the same caravan of musicians from the acclaimed Rolling Thunder Revue tours the previous year (later documented on The Bootleg Series Vol. 5). Most of the album was co-written by Jacques Levy, and is composed of lengthy story-songs, two of which quickly generated controversy: the over 11-minute long "Joey", which is seen as glorifying the violent gangster Joey Gallo, and "Hurricane", the opening track that tells a passionate account of the murder case against boxer Rubin Carter, whom the song asserts was framed. Carter was later released - but not exonerated - on appeal more than twenty years later.
A well-received follow-up to Blood on the Tracks, Desire reached #1 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart for 5 weeks, becoming one of Dylan's top-selling studio albums (currently certified double platinum), while reaching #3 in the UK.
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Desire
Bob Dylan Lyrics
Black Diamond Bay Up on the white veranda She wears a necktie and a…
Hurricane Pistol shots ring out in the barroom night Enter Patty Valen…
Isis I married Isis on the fifth day of May But I…
Joey Born in Red Hook, Brooklyn, in the year of who…
Mozambique I like to spend some time in Mozambique The sunny sky…
Oh, Sister Oh, sister, when I come to lie in your arms You…
One More Cup of Coffee Your breath is sweet Your eyes are like two jewels in…
Romance in Durango Hot chili peppers in the blistering sun Dust on my face…
Sara I laid on a dune, I looked at the sky When…