Bob Dylan announces details of Frank Sinatra covers album, ‘Shadows In The Night’

Singer says the album will be released in February 2015

Bob Dylan has announced details of his next studio album, ‘Shadows In The Night’, including a release date and a tracklisting.

The record, comprised entirely of Frank Sinatra covers, is due to be released on February 3, 2015 on Columbia Records. Songs on the ten-track album include renditions of ‘Full Moon And Empty Arms’, ‘Stay With Me’, and ‘What I’ll Do’.

In a press release, Dylan explained his interest in the project as well as his recording process, adding that he doesn’t see his renditions as “covers”.

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“It was a real privilege to make this album. I’ve wanted to do something like this for a long time but was never brave enough to approach 30-piece complicated arrangements and refine them down for a five-piece band,” he said.

“That’s the key to all these performances. We knew these songs extremely well. It was all done live. Maybe one or two takes. No overdubbing. No vocal booths. No headphones. No separate tracking, and, for the most part, mixed as it was recorded.

“I don’t see myself as covering these songs in any way. They’ve been covered enough. Buried, as a matter a fact. What me and my band are basically doing is uncovering them. Lifting them out of the grave and bringing them into the light of day.”

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News that the LP would be released in 2015 was originally revealed in a flyer that was inserted into advance copies of Dylan’s new ‘Basement Tapes Complete’ boxset, which was out in November. A note in the box set simply read: “Bob Dylan, ‘Shadows In The Night’, New album coming in 2015.”

Rumours about the LP began to arise in May after Dylan posted a cover of Frank Sinatra’s 1945 hit ‘Full Moon And Empty Arms’ onto his website. The 73-year-old’s forthcoming album was later confirmed by a spokesperson for the singer, who said: “The track is definitely from a forthcoming album due later on this year.”

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‘Shadows In The Night’ will be Dylan’s 36th Studio recording and his first release 2012’s ‘Tempest’.

‘Shadows In The Night’ tracklist:

‘I’m A Fool To Want You’
‘The Night We Called It A Day’
‘Stay With Me’
‘Autumn Leaves’
‘Why Try To Change Me Now’
‘Some Enchanted Evening’
‘Full Moon And Empty Arms’
‘Where Are You’
‘What’ll I Do’
‘That Lucky Old Son’

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