Credits:Bob DylanDescription:Byallaccounts,TogetherThroughLifearrivedquickly,cutswiftlybyBobDylanandhistouringbandinthefallof2008,surprisingthelabeluponitsdeliveryacouplemonthslater,thenrushedintostoresinApril2009,justhalfayearafterthereleaseofthemonumentalarchiveprojectTellTaleSigns.Giventhespeedofitscreation,itfitsthatthealbumhasaspontaneous,kinetickick,feelingsoalivethatit'salittlemessy,teemingwithcontradictions,crossedsignals,andfrayedends.ThatlivelinessturnsTogetherThroughLifeintoamuchlighteraffairthanitsweightypredecessor,ModernTimes,whichwastingedwithdoomandhadthematicunity,twothingsmissingfromthiscomparativelybreezyaffair.IfTogetherThroughLifeisaboutanyonething,itis--asitstitleandcoverphotoellipticallysuggest--theenduringpowerofromance,howitprovidessustenanceandhowitsabsencecanmakelifehard.ButallthissuggeststhatDylanhasturnedinameditationonthemeaningoflifeandlovehere,whenitscorecharmisitsverymodesty.It'sanold-fashione