Rolling Stone ranked it 50th on a 2015 list of "The 100 Greatest Bob Dylan Songs", calling it "hauntingly beautiful" and noting that Dylan sang the lyric in "the weary and weathered voice of a man facing the twilight of his life". Gilbert Cruz, writing in a Time magazine article about "The 10 Best Bob Dylan Songs", termed it "a moving end-of-life song written and sung by an aging artist who has somehow managed to remain vital". The refrain "It's not dark yet but it's getting there" is often interpreted as Bob Dylan, or at least the song's first-person narrator, confronting his mortality. "Not Dark Yet" received widespread acclaim upon its release in 1997 with many critics citing it as the highlight of Time Out of Mind. Dylan delivers one of his best vocal performances on the album, touched with sincerity and resignation". The guitars confer a rock-music atmosphere on the piece, but also contribute to its dreamlike ambience. All the musicians contribute to this sound: Augie Meyers's organ is scored the two drummers provide a heavy, haunting tempo and Tony Garnier on bass moves in the depths of the sound spectrum. In their book Bob Dylan All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track, authors Philippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon describe the album version, recorded at Criteria Studios in Miami in early 1997, as one where Lanois "uses multiple instruments to fuel a sonic vision that he alone has the talent and skill to create. " was quicker and more stripped-down and, he changed it into a civil war ballad". "Not Dark Yet " was recorded in the early sessions for Time Out of Mind in a version that featured "a radically different feel", according to Daniel Lanois. It was also released as a single on Augand later anthologized on the compilation albums The Essential Bob Dylan in 2000, The Best of Bob Dylan in 2005 and Dylan in 2007. " Not Dark Yet" is a song by Bob Dylan, recorded in January 1997 and released in September that year as the seventh track on his album Time Out of Mind.
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