 On August 29 , 2006 , Dylan released his Modern Times album . Despite some <unk> of Dylan 's voice ( a critic for The Guardian characterised his singing on the album as " a <unk> death <unk> " ) most reviewers praised the album , and many described it as the final installment of a successful trilogy , embracing Time Out of Mind and " Love and Theft " . Modern Times entered the U.S. charts at number one , making it Dylan 's first album to reach that position since 1976 's Desire . The New York Times published an article exploring similarities between some of Dylan 's lyrics in Modern Times and the work of the Civil War poet Henry <unk> . 
