Producer and hip hop pioneer Rick Rubin delivers one after the other guitar record after the other to the bone. After Johnny Cash and Neil Diamond, Jakob Dylan has now also let himself be seduced by Rubin into a naked singer / songwriter record. 'De zoon van' was extremely successful in the United States in the nineties with his band The Wallflowers, a very solid roots rock company. This time too,
… Rubin hits the mark with his basic approach. Dylan's songs tend to sound predictable and formulaic with his regular band; now his music has warmth and intimacy, and attention is automatically drawn to the meaningful lyrics. You have to love his hoarse, sometimes somewhat weak voice, but with Seeing Things Jakob Dylan definitely delivers a convincing solo debut. (MS)more
