Oh Mercy is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's 26th studio album, released by Columbia Records in September 1989.
Produced by Daniel Lanois, critics hailed the record as a triumph for Dylan, after a string of poorly-reviewed albums. Oh Mercy gave Dylan his best chart showing in years: it reached #30 on the Billboard charts in the US and #6 in the UK.
While recovering from a hand injury in December 1987, Dylan sat at his kitchen table late one evening ...
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Oh Mercy is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's 26th studio album, released by Columbia Records in September 1989.
Produced by Daniel Lanois, critics hailed the record as a triumph for Dylan, after a string of poorly-reviewed albums. Oh Mercy gave Dylan his best chart showing in years: it reached #30 on the Billboard charts in the US and #6 in the UK.
While recovering from a hand injury in December 1987, Dylan sat at his kitchen table late one evening and wrote "Political World", his first new song in a long time. It was a surprising development as he no longer felt motivated to write songs, but according to his autobiography, "Political World" came to him spontaneously and was easy to write; though no melody was composed, he came up with 20 verses.
Dylan's sudden rush of inspiration did not stop there. Days later (during the first week of 1988), he wrote verses for a second song, "What Good Am I?", over the course of one evening in a small art studio located on his property. The next day,...
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