Slow Train Coming

Producer Jerry Wexler brought a polished, soulful approach to these sessions, utilizing Muscle Shoals studio musicians. Dire Straits guitarist Mark Knopfler was also enlisted to provide a melodic backbone to the gospel arrangements.

Trading protest anthems for focused, spiritual intensity, the record marks a distinct transition for the artist. The shift toward religious lyrics represented a radical departure from the sounds that characterized his previous two decades of work.