'Modern Times': Bob Dylan Returns to the Top of the Music World


14 September 2006

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State Fairs

Statue of Liberty

island at the entrance to the New York City harbor.  It is almost ninety-three meters tall, one of the tallest statues ever built.  Its complete name is "Liberty Enlightening the World".

Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

Bob Dylan's "Modern Times"

Bob Dylan's new album, "Modern Times," was released at the end of last month.  Critics loved the collection of songs.  It soon became the top selling album in the United States.  This is Dylan's first Number One album in thirty years.  Mario Ritter has more.


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