First Details of Bob Dylan's Upcoming Album 'Tempest'

Bob Dylan has revealed more information about his upcoming album Tempest, including cover art and the track listing. It's his 35th studio album. 

The album contains 10 songs, including a John Lennon tribute entitled "Roll on John," which quotes lines from multiple Beatles songs, including "Come together right now" from "Come Together" and "I heard the news today, oh boy" from "A Day in the Life." The title track is a 14-minute epic about the sinking of the Titanic, which actually refers to a scene from James Cameron's 1997 film Titanic at one point. The chorus of another standout track, "Pay in Blood," includes the line, "I'll pay in blood, but not my own." 

Tempest arrives in stores on September 11th, 11 years to the day after the release of Dylan's 2001, LP Love and Theft.  

Here is the full track listing for Tempest:

"Duquesne Whistle"
"Soon After Midnight"
"Narrow Way"
"Long and Wasted Years"
"Pay in Blood"
"Scarlet Town"
"Early Roman Kings"
"Tin Angel"
"Tempest"
"Roll on John"

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Bob Dylan's New Album, 'Tempest,' Hits Stores on September 11th

Bob Dylan performs during the Hop Farm Festival in Paddock Wood, United Kingdom.Gus Stewart/Redferns via Getty Images

After months of rumors, Columbia Records has announced that Bob Dylan's new studio album will be released on September 11th, 2012. The set, called Tempest, was produced by Dylan himself under the pseudonym Jack Frost. A press release has very little information, but it does say the disc contains 10 original songs. It's unclear what the title of the disc refers to, but it is worth nothing that The Tempest is the title of Shakespeare's final play.

News of Dylan's new disc first hit back in March when Los Lobos guitarist David Hidalgo (who played on Dylan's 2009 disc Together Through Life) told the Aspen Times he had been recording with Dylan at Jackson Browne's studio in California. "It was a great experience," Hidalgo said. "And different. Each one has been different, all completely different approaches. It's an amazing thing, how he keeps creativity. I don't see how he does it."

Dylan wraps up his European summer tour on July 22nd and heads to North America for a month of dates beginning August 10th in Lloydminster, Alberta. That leg will finish in Hershey, Pennsylvania on September 9th (two days before Tempest hits stores), but there are rumors he will launch another tour in November with special guest Mark Knopfler. 

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Bob Dylan's New Album, 'Tempest,' Hits Stores on September 11th

Bob Dylan performs during the Hop Farm Festival in Paddock Wood, United Kingdom.Gus Stewart/Redferns via Getty Images

After months of rumors, Columbia Records has announced that Bob Dylan's new studio album will be released on September 11th, 2012. The set, called Tempest, was produced by Dylan himself under the pseudonym Jack Frost. A press release has very little information, but it does say the disc contains 10 original songs. It's unclear what the title of the disc refers to, but it is worth nothing that The Tempest is the title of Shakespeare's final play.

News of Dylan's new disc first hit back in March when Los Lobos guitarist David Hidalgo (who played on Dylan's 2009 disc Together Through Life) told the Aspen Times he had been recording with Dylan at Jackson Browne's studio in California. "It was a great experience," Hidalgo said. "And different. Each one has been different, all completely different approaches. It's an amazing thing, how he keeps creativity. I don't see how he does it."

Dylan wraps up his European summer tour on July 22nd and heads to North America for a month of dates beginning August 10th in Lloydminster, Alberta. That leg will finish in Hershey, Pennsylvania on September 9th (two days before Tempest hits stores), but there are rumors he will launch another tour in November with special guest Mark Knopfler. 

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