snackeyp,
Yes, great albums both. Different but share that Dylan trademark of awesome closing tracks as on many of his best albums eg, 'It's All Over Now, Baby Blue', 'Desolation Row', 'Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands', 'Sara', 'Sugar Baby' etc.
Time Out of Mind is near perfect. 'Not Dark Yet' could break your heart.
rpeluso,
I probably need to give Modern Times a few more spins. Maybe 2001s Love and Theft had raised my expectations a bit too high.
I remember I couldn't latch on to any of the songs immediately the way I could with Murder Most Foul, Crossing the Rubicon, Black Rider etc.
I think I was also listening to at the same time as Morrissey's Ringleader of the Tormentors which was a little more immediate back then.
Sometimes a good way for me to know if I'm going to like something is to play it in the car a few times. I don't like playing originals in the car so I'll rip a copy especially.