Saved (album)

Saved
Studio album by Bob Dylan
Released	June 23, 1980 (1980-06-23)
Recorded	February 11–15, 1980
Genre	Rock, gospel
Length	42:39
Label	Columbia
Producer	Barry Beckett and Jerry Wexler
Bob Dylan chronology
Slow Train Coming (1979) Saved (1980) Shot of Love (1981)
Re-released cover

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	C+ [2]
Entertainment Weekly	C− [3]
Rolling Stone	[4]
CCM Magazine	[5]

Saved is the 20th studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released in June 1980 by Columbia Records.

Album information

Saved was the second album of Dylan's "Christian trilogy", following his conversion to born-again Christianity. It expanded on themes explored on its predecessor Slow Train Coming, with gospel arrangements and lyrics extolling the importance of a strong personal faith.

Reception

The album hit #3 on the UK charts, reached #24 on the US charts and did not go gold. CCM Magazine described the album as an "open declaration of Dylan's deepening faith."^[5]

Cover art

The cover of 'Saved' originally featured a painting by Tony Wright of God's hand reaching down to touch the hands of his believers. However, this cover was subsequently replaced by a painting of Dylan on stage performing during that time period in order to downplay the overtly religious nature of the original cover. It has since been changed back on some re-releases. A quote inside the sleevenotes reads, "'Behold, the days come, sayeth the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah' (Jeremiah 31:31)".^[5]

Track listing

All songs written by Bob Dylan, except where noted.

Side one

1. "A Satisfied Mind" (Red Hayes, Jack Rhodes) – 1:57
2. "Saved" (Tim Drummond, Dylan) – 4:00
3. "Covenant Woman" – 6:02
4. "What Can I Do for You?" – 5:54
5. "Solid Rock" – 3:55

Side two

6. "Pressing On" – 5:11
7. "In the Garden" – 5:58
8. "Saving Grace" – 5:01
9. "Are You Ready" – 4:41

Personnel

• Bob Dylan – guitar, harmonica, keyboards, vocals

Additional musicians

• Carolyn Dennis – vocals
• Tim Drummond – bass guitar
• Regina Havis – vocals
• Jim Keltner – drums
• Clydie King – vocals
• Spooner Oldham – keyboards
• Fred Tackett – Guitar
• Monalisa Young – Vocals
• Terry Young – Keyboards, Vocals

Technical personnel

• Barry Beckett – production
• Gregg Hamm – engineering
• Bobby Hata – mastering
• Mary Beth McLemore – assistant engineering
• Arthur Rosato – photography
• Jerry Wexler – production
• Paul Wexler – mastering supervision
• Tony Wright – artwork

References

External links

• Official lyrics from BobDylan.com