The first album of Bob Dylan's explicitly Christian trilogy, "Slow Train Coming" found the artist grappling with spiritual themes over a Muscle Shoals -recorded backdrop.
- The album was recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabama, with a supporting cast of acclaimed session musicians.
- "Gotta Serve Somebody," the album's opening track and lead single, became Dylan's first and only number-one single on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.
- "Slow Train Coming" reached number 3 on the Billboard 200 and was certified platinum by the RIAA.
Bob Dylan is a pivotal American singer-songwriter from Duluth, Minnesota, best known for his influential lyrics and genre-bending musical approach. In 1979, Dylan was deep into his born-again Christian phase, a period that profoundly shaped the thematic content of his recent work.
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