 On September 11 , 2012 , Dylan released his 35th studio album , Tempest . The album features a tribute to John Lennon , " Roll On John " , and the title track is a 14 minute song about the sinking of the Titanic . Reviewing Tempest for Rolling Stone , Will Hermes gave the album five out of five stars , writing : " Lyrically , Dylan is at the top of his game , joking around , dropping wordplay and <unk> that evade pat readings and quoting other <unk> ' words like a freestyle rapper on fire . " Hermes called Tempest " one of [ Dylan 's ] <unk> albums ever " , and opined , " It may also be the single <unk> record in Dylan 's catalog . " The critical aggregator website Metacritic awarded the album a score of 83 out of 100 , indicating " universal acclaim " . 
