Blonde On Blonde

Ok

Not nearly as good as the other Dylan albums I’ve heard. 3.1 stars

A 5 without even listening, love love love this album

I’m not a Dylan fan at all. But this one was pretty good.

One of the best albums of all time

The Duck Face cover. Blues can be done by a white Jewish kid... And his harmonica.

read every other review of this album. especially read Paul Williams review in the Fourth Issue of Crawdaddy in August of 1966. this is genuinely special music. i didn't care for some of the bluesier, stranger tracks like Rainy Day Woman but at it's best Blonde on Blonde is unmatched in rock. the things Dylan can make you feel with a single phrase are magical.

I only knew the words to the first song, but the album made me feel very nostalgic for all the Dylan that was played while I was growing up.

Not quite as good as the two preceding albums (Bringing it All Back Home and Highway 61 Revisited), but a great album, one of the first double albums. I don’t remember my brothers bringing home any Dylan albums in the 60’s, so didn’t really know this fully until I was an adult. Elizabeth had Dylan’s Greatest Hits with Rainy Day Women #12 and 35, I Want You, and Just Like a Woman. She also had Volume 2 of his Greatest Hits with Stuck Inside of Mobile from this album — Volume 2 is a quite cool collection of Dylan songs well worth a listen. Soon after the release of BOB, he had his motorcycle accident and his next few albums were more introspective, not great, but interesting to hear.

I believe “rainy day women” was my first exposure to Dylan, from the Forrest Gump soundtrack. To this day, I don’t get it. Even by the standards of this album, which feels relaxed, loose, improvised, free, that song is a bridge too far. And lyrically, come on. Not the best way to introduce Dylan’s “genius.”

Fantastisk plade med mange stærke sange.

I can't quite put my finger on why, but I had an even harder time getting into this one than Highway 61 Revisited. Still more lyrical focus than I would like and his voice is still bad, but it was fine. Saving I Want You. I will have to revisit this one with more attention to the lyrics.

Very lyrically driven and evocative imagery. I think I'll need another listen to really let it sink in. I think all of the songs would stand alone really well, however listening to them all back to back I found the musical style a little repetitive and they started blurring a bit.

My least favorite Dylan album so far. It's felt less like storytelling, and more like rambling nonsense

This deserves more time and attention than I gave it. It’s one I’ll come back to. Does anybody really like his voice? No one sounds like him, however. There’s no mistaking Dylan.

Undeniably one of the greatest albums of all time from one of our most important and influential artists ever. Dylan is a poet and a genius. I didn’t know Visions of Johanna until now. It’s instantly one of my new favorite Dylan tracks. Also love all the blues tracks here (Pledging my time, pill-box hat, temporary like Achilles, and Obviously five believers). Thoroughly enjoyed immersing myself in every bit of this for the past couple hours (listened twice).

Yet to listen to an album not improved by horns

This is an unreal album. Ten of the fourteen tracks are songs I routinely listen to and sing along with. This is quintessential Dylan.

Bob enters his complaining about women he dated constantly phase, or critics who spurned him. You could call it a metaphor, or intentionally vague, which doesn't make him look any better. I've heard musicians I admire talk about Visions of Johanna as a masterpiece. Never pulled me in much. Maybe I'll understand one day. I hate Just Like a Woman. I really liked the live album we got on here a long while back, thought I might like this more this time when it came around. I guess I gotta give it 4 stars anyway, though it would not be if I liked more of this albums project. Part of me thinks I'm missing out, the other part is quite glad to keep some distance from being a real Bob Dylan fan. music: appreciated. (⌐o_0)

It’s Blonde on Blonde, it’s great. What can I add to that other than, I wish I had given the live record a higher rating way back. The more untethered Bob is, the better, and his live recordings always have more charm to me. It should have been a four, too

Liked way more than expected, but too much harmonica.

Alright well I listened to about half of it and I’m unsure of if I’ll listen to the rest later bc I’m sorta busy but like. Look I get these are all good albums and I acknowledge that. I ain’t saying this is crap music. But I didn’t really enjoy listening to the first half of this album. It wasn’t for me.

too long! songs and album! not my favorite electric era bob dylan, but there's a good amount of classics that get bogged down by 11+ minute tracks.

Love Dylan

I still really do not get most of Dylan.

Yes

Yes, it's a truly great album. Can the generator pick something other than Dylan now, please?

Love the harmonica and listening with headphones in. Damn he really likes that harmonica though. It gets a little shrill. Had to skip the woman one. Kinda skeeved me out

This harmonica is killing me. I liked the lyrics a lot from the first song. I cannot with this harmonica though. Why does he love it so much? The rest of the songs are pretty mid when they aren't killing me slowly via harmonica.

Get the fuck out bob

I really wanted to find what people see in this. I didn't find it. Why is he singing like a hillbilly if he's from Minnesota and lives in NYC? I may even hate him after reading: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2022-10-27/bob-dylan-philosophy-of-modern-song-book-review

5 Great album. Sad eyed lady of the lowlands was my favorite song. 👍🏻

da blues

This is a flavour of rock and roll that I never thought I needed. The harmonica was jarring at first but it actually paired quite nicely with the rest of the musical components. When I first saw the 1 hour runtime I was a little apprehensive, but it managed to keep my attention for the majority of its length. I would say that this is a very high quality and timeless album that deserves its place on the list.

It’s the Dylan we all love and know early on in his career. There’s some really fun grooves with I want you and Just Like A Woman but overall it’s fineeeee. I don’t love it and probably don’t love Dylan in general even though he might be considered one of the greats. I just find a lot of it to be OK in the best way possible. It’s above average ! More like a 3.5

Blonde on Blonde by Bob Dylan is like eating your vegetables as a kid. Everyone tells you it’s good for you, but you still end up swallowing a few without chewing to get them all down.

I don’t know how anyone would dislike this album, and I don’t want to know

another harmonica heavy album

Długie, podobne do siebie i nie jarające mnie. Może 2 piosenki fajne. 2/5

Another god-damn double album. Apple music describes it as the "first double-album masterpiece of the rock 'n' roll era". We'll see. Starting to be concerned about time about 1/4th of the way through this beast of a list. Although last week was great, 2Pac excepted. This is the hipster music origin story. "Bob Dylan" is a brand, not a dude. An acquired taste. If I was 17 in 1966, I would have been on the bandwagon. But I wasn't, so I'm not, although the influence is EVERYWHERE. I'm going to make a little list right now, off the top of my tiny head (also going to make this review into a Bob Dylan-type song later): The Byrds, Every god-forsaken California Sound (and by extension, Yacht-Rock) associated artist from the Doors (yes, the Doors were the progenitors) to The Eagles (Dylan made it okay for these fresh suburban post-hippies to ape a Country vibe) to Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, etc etc etc ad nauseam, Post-British Invasion - look at Pete Townsend's pretentiousness after 1966 - every rock musician smokes a bowl and thinks they're now TS Eliot, Tom Fucking Waits and his ilk (e.g. Nick Cave), David Bowie, Bono, Johnny Cash, Patti Smith, The Clash (wat?), Springsteen and by extension Bon Jovi. I could go on, but once again, TIME IS NOT ON MY SIDE. Then think about the artists THOSE artists influenced. That being said, he is a wordsmith nonpareil. (<-- see what I did there?) Also his anti-authoritarian, anti-mainstream approach does expand his appeal to the more underground among us. I have a philosophy about music that I want throw out here, and that is that there are two kinds of rock music. The first is Elvis based, the other is Dylan based. Every one, without fail, takes a spot on that spectrum somewhere.

The tail end is a little sluggish/a downer but the first 10 or so songs are a hell of a collection of tunes.

It turns out being metaphorical to the point of nonsensical while being backed by some truly great players ends up meaning you make some truly compelling music.

He’s back! Lots of brilliance here. Not big on his voice

Classic Bob

A classic. Not my favourite Bob Dylan but it's great

Not great Bob

I knew the song rainy day women. But that was it. This album starts strong and so far keeps getting better. This is a really good album. I looked up the musicians list n it. He had some great players

Classic

I just could never get into Bob Dylan. Never did it for me and this album was no exception

Didn’t love this album but it has some great tracks. Dylan is not for everyone, but he is an icon in the world of folk rock and the transition of folk from the early 60s to electronic folk rock.

"What the hell is this song about?" I sure would like to love Bob. I really would. Wait...no...I DO love Bob. Sorry. I got confused for a minute there. huh. Here's one of the albums of all time.

Shelf upon shelf of brain-tickling literary lyricism and toe-tappingly layered instrumentation, all bound together within one totemic volume.

There's a reason why he's considered the best American lyricist of all time. 4.5/5

One of my favorite albums by Bob Dylan. He is an amazing songwriter and storyteller. This is the most electronic/rock album by him...it's a bit long and I am not a fan of his voice but it is still a great album that I enjoyed again to listen to.

Slow burner but some memorable tracks. Takes some effort to get through the slightly grating voice/harmonica.

I've never been a fan and I was kind of dreading this one, but it surprised me. I actually slightly enjoyed it. Not going to enter my daily rotation, but I didn't hate it.

Not my favorite Dylan album

So good!

86/100

3.5 stars

Meh, just fine

Achei ok, mas não ouviria de novo

love it. i think .hehe 4/5

Bob Dylan is a struggle to listen to for anything longer than 10 or so minutes for me. I can appreciate a few of his songs. He certainly can tell an amazing story, but his voice is just….I don’t know, bad? This album did have a few winners. Just Like a Woman is one of my favorite Dylan songs, and Stuck Inside of Mobile is a classic, but overall I fail to see the appeal.

That Dylan cadence it's just a bit too much to sit through a whole album. It gets a bit annoying and grating after a while. It's best in very small doses. I just can't get into it enough to see this as the important musical jewel it's supposed to be.

Love this album. I get that some people will hate on Dylan. But that's just the same as saying you don't like chocolate hobnobs. Pfft

It's a bob dylan album

one of the truly great Dylan albums. See you shortly Blood on the Tracks.

Hope you like harmonica. There was actually a song I was unfamiliar with, and I actually liked it. Most Dylan songs are better when covered by other people IMO. This being the third Dylan album on this list I'd say it seemed like the covers are better because of the lack of passion in Dylan's delivery. This album actually was performed with some feeling. So that was a welcome change. Still, it's Dylan. PS This album cover won best cover of 67 (I believe). The other covers must have been utter garbage.

Lots of cool imagery in some of these songs but a bit too much Dylan for me in one installment.

Bob halt.

I like Rainy Say Woman, Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat; I kind of like Pledging My Time, Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again

Its a good album, just not my type right now. Fav songs: Visions Of Johanna, I Want You, Just Like a Woman, Sad-Eyed Lady Least Fav Song : Pledging my time

Didn't hate it as much as I expected

Of all the Bob Dylan albums, this was a really good one! Just Like A Woman and Rainy Day Women were my favorites!

Went on for a wee bit too long, the harmonica was excessive on some tracks, but enjoyed it

Not a huge fan but this had that classic sound. Interesting how they had to find a way to mix in other instruments to make his songs more mainstream

No way... this is 50+ almost 60 years old? Man. Well, this is nit may favorite Dylan album (Blood on the tracks) but definitely his most famous and what started his legend. Props push it from a 4 to 5

I was hoping to be offered a few truly great albums before being hit with Bob Dylan. The blues is a genre that I've never particularly "got", and Dylan's nasal drone starts to grate after a couple of tracks. Even the opening track, "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" feels like it should be a B-side. There are a couple of decent tracks here, "I Want You" is the stand-out for me. Without the vocal and the constant harmonica (what an unpleasant instrument!), this would be much improved. Pretty much all the songs sound the same and it just goes on forever. Still 2 more to go...

I am really trying here. I swear. But I really can’t get into Dylan’s stuff. There’s too many of the things I don’t like: harmonicas and his voice. That said, this is probably the most I’ve been able to sit through. But, just when I thought it might be the end, turns out it was only the 4th song. Send help.

4.5/10

Great album, but starts to drag on at the end. Some of the Bob Dylan-isms also get a little tiring. Best Songs: Visions of Johanna, I Want You, Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again, Most Likely You Go Your Way..., Worst Songs: Rainy Day Women #12 & 35, Pledging My Time

Lyrics go over my head. Sounds OK. Whatever

I loved him when I was young and bright-eyed. I mocked him when I was on top of my world and arrogant. Now that I am older and wiser, I recognize and love his views of life. Bob Dylan is a poet and a treasure.

To me, there is one album worth of material here. It is hard to reach that conclusion about Dylan and this album that is so highly rated but so much of this album sounded the same. Exceptions include "Sad-eyed Lady of the Lowlands" and 'Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again" just because the lyrics are so creative and opaque and original.

Бро заделал аццкий фолк. Классика жанра. Хотя такой музон не особо котирую, некоторые песни рили прикэл слушать было. 6/10

Probably a 5 star album if I had the time to deep dive the lyrics

3 good songs the rest was very bland

I don't get Bob Dylan.

Bob just knows how to write incredible songs. A true songwriter through and through. This is probably the most "rock" you'll get from Bob, and it's spectacular. Lots of great tracks on this album, and really packs a punch from start to finish.

I don’t know. It was alright.

Ist ok aber nicht mein Geschmack

Great song writing with a great backing band

There are lots of different Bob Dylans, and I think this album is the best album by this version of Bob Dylan. But this Bob Dylan is not my favorite Bob Dylan and this album is not my favorite of his albums. It has some amazing songs on it and I like how loose and freewheeling the Nashville session musicians sound but if I’m going to put on a Dylan album it probably isn’t going to be this one. Still unquestionably a great record though.

para nada influenciada por mi hermano Jaja.... pero me gustó! no es mi tipo de música pero bueno....... 8/10

Wow these are great songs. Bob Dylan is the master of the American folk ballad, and he shows it here. I wouldn't want to listen to The Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands every day, but it was epic this first time through.

I think I almost get it.

I liked this waaay more than the other Dylan album I had. There were actually several charming songs here and I wasn't too distracted by his voice as he was so much younger here than on Time Out of Mind. My favorites here were Stuck Inside Mobile with the Mephis Blues, Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine), and Fourth Time Around.

Sehr gut

I'm sure it's good, it's just not my thing

Simply one of the greatest albums ever recorded. Dylan obviously has many incredible albums, but this is easily his best double album. Unlike some double albums which don’t justify their runtimes, Blonde on Blonde retains its fantastic quality throughout, including on the final 10+ minute track “Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands”. Blonde on Blonde is probably one of Dylan’s most diverse albums thematically, but it retains a cohesion that can only be achieved by great mixing and production. This features Dylan at his most tender in “I Want You” and “Just Like a Woman”, at his silliest in “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35” and “Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat”, at his darkest (at least for several decades) in “4th Time Around”, and also his deepest dive into blues and R&B and his first delve into country. But the whole thing still retains Dylan’s trademark folk rock sound and passionate literary social commentary that embrace all of his music. Blonde on Blonde also completes probably the best trilogy of albums ever recorded in a 1-year span, begun by Bringing It All Back Home and Highway 61 Revisited, both of which are also nearly flawless albums. Only The Beatles could rival that kind of quality and quantity.

Не. До сих пор не фанат Боба Дилана. 4/14 = 29%

Trash

Well, I guess this project has taught me that I like Dylan way more than I thought I did. After a rocky start (Rainy Day Women offends me in its obviousness), it quickly gets a lot better. Visions of Johanna a standout. Even when Bob is being very Bob, this is good stuff.

Not a huge fan of Bob Dylan. Mostly because the music get a backseat for the lyrical content (Which is what allot of people think is the strong point and i can respect that). His voice can become a bit boring in the long run but the album is not listenable but it does not speak to me who often are more interested in melody and harmony more than lyrics.

2024-05-20...

MY GOAT

Bob Dylan is an amazing storyteller

The lyrics are beautiful, the melodies are beautiful, and then the harmonica arrives like a car alarm.

This album has a certain kind of air around it that I really like. It feels like Dylan was writing stories and a band decided to play music behind it. It presents with it a sense of familiarity and honesty that I don't get from most modern musicians. We're not singing about getting stoned with the bois. We're singing about GETTING STONED and wishing everybody else knew how it felt. I love that. As for the negatives, it could just be due to me exclusively listening to music at max volume, but this album has some *really* abrasive backing at times. The harmonica in Pledging My Time and Temporary Like Achilles in particular could be turned down a few decibels and I'm confident my enjoyment of them would triple. A lot of the songs also feel very samey, which is a bit of a problem when it comes to a first listen. In general, it's a pretty good album. Bonus points for having clear vocals too. I'm not really all that big on Dylan's voice, but I don't need to be in order to enjoy the songs in this album. It's pretty strange. I don't see myself willingly listening to this, but the album went down smoothly. I'd probably give it a perfect score if I was alive in the 60s but knowing what shows up within the next few years makes the occasionally wonky mixing too noticeable for me to give the album the score it would otherwise deserve.

Nice 60’s album, I don’t understand a chunk of it. Maybe I’m not n the right generation.

Overall amazing album throughout, the harmonica felt so ethereal. Intro song was not my favourite though.

Liked the songs, though it was tough to hear his voice for that song.

I have never been much of a fan of Bob Dylan, mostly due to the fact that he can’t sing and his back band was never recorded well on these albums. It’s such a thin and tinny mix. But what he lacks in musicality he more than makes up for in poetry. Dylan is a beautiful songwriter. His lyrics are full of imagery that evokes both folk symbols as well as religious stories. Somehow he creates a scene that lives just on this side of some of the more extravagant fantasy worlds that later came to materialize in rock ‘n’ roll and metal. His rhyming schemes have always been a little bit unusual for a pop musician, fond of using triplets rather than couplets and sprung rhythm and internal rhymes. Something like a Gerard Manley Hopkins set to American musical forms. This album stretches, blues and country music and does create something different. But it’s not timeless. In many ways, perhaps Dylan wrote songs for a new American songbook , and I feel like so many of these pieces are covered in such better ways by other musicians. Here it is. Blonde on blonde. Dylan’s rock and roll masterpiece with the Hawks behind him and a whole bunch of folks trying to wrestle his vision onto a record.

What can I say? These songs here have pretty much managed to tap directly into both the tradition and the future of American counterculture. This continues to inspire, close to 60 years after it was released. Everything was exploded. Everything was allowed. This album does not capture the feeling of whatever reality Dylan was living in. It frees it. Dylan took the constraints of songwriting of the time, digested them and created for himself a whole new rulebook. And then he did again. Over, and over. He don't look back. And when you see him there, he's gone. He made freedom a verb, and a practice.

I can’t do this for an hour

I bought this on CD in my mid teens, after liking the Bob Dylan track on the Natural Born Killers soundtrack. I remember thinking that all the copies in stores were bootlegs because of the weird camera shake effect that makes it look like a bad print.

2/5

Way too much Harmonica. Very Folky and bluesy.

If today I am a great admirer of Dylan's work, I owe it to this album, which was responsible for opening the doors to this universe that this gentleman provides us with. Absolute Classic!

Warum finden alle Bob Dylan so wichtig? Ständiges Geleier der Stimme und Mundharmonika. Gibt besseren Blues.

First couple of songs completely turned me off of the whole album DNF

Personal Fun Fact: my first concert was a Bob Dylan Concert I was allowed to sneak into. His voice is definitely particular but I enjoy on the album how he delivers his writing. It’s not a great voice but I think it offers a mood to the music. There are moments I’m in the melancholy and happy to hear it right away and sometimes I have to sit with it a bit and it clicks. I’ll be a little biased here and would go on a 4.5 round up

Certainly some great songs, but also a lot of forgettable stuff. When Dylan is on he's on, but when he's off, it's pretty unlistenable. Take the best tracks and put them on a single album and you might have a 4.

If Bob tried with this girl as hard as he was mewing this album wouldn't exist. What a sacrifice.

Sorry bob that was poop

classic dylan. no complaints.

Too much harmonica for me early on. Stuck Inside of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again is a heckuva song.

Iconic sound with the very first song. Rainy Day Women is one of my favorite songs. Visions of Johanna is also a song I really really like. Forever love me some Bob Dylan.

For more than half of my lifetime I could NOT endure the music this man made. Then I'm my 50s I was forced to slow down my lifestyle and think differently about things. One thing I reconsidered was this man. I began to listen closely to his songs, and something magical happened. I could HEAR what he was doing. It finally made sense. Easily earns 4 stars for nearly anything he's recorded from me.

Every Dylan album im thinking "oh god not again" but it always ends up alright, it's like Gammon. Also, I want to shove that Harmonica up his arse.

Although I admire many of Bob Dylan's lyrics, I tend to find him a hard listen. His voice and performance style are polarizing, and I fall more on the side of "not really into it."

I didnt like it

I'm starting to get a little Bob Dylan'ed out after this 3rd album given to me. I'm afraid of how many more I have to go. I think I enjoyed his harmonica the most on this album compared to the other two, but this one definitely dragged on too long.

I've never liked Bob Dylan. I still don't.

First time through. 1.5x.

Jeg må endelig bøje mig og give Bobby en 5'er. Fantastisk album

Yndlings Dylan! Bedste plade fra 60erne????

God plade, men at høre

To some extent, I understand not liking Bob Dylan. On the other hand, the lyricism alone are worth the Pulitzer he won. And once you get used to his schtick, the weirdness of his voice and delivery makes it that much more fun. Not my favorite Dylan album, but it's not far behind.

Excellent 60’s Dylan album.

Amazing song writer, with a pretty annoying singing voice. The weird thing is that his voice grows on you as the album goes on.

I’m not a Bob fan. There’s some good songs and I can tell it’s a good album, but it’s not for me.

I actually like a couple of these. Visions of Johana has a groovy vibe. Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again also does. Rainy Day Women is one of those Dylan songs most people have heard and a strong start to the album. Why didn't someone who loved Dylan tell him to put down the harmonica. The solo on the second track, Pledging My Time? Fuck right off. Dylan can write some decent songs. But when he's trying to write a joke? Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat doesn't land. And when he's just writing a song following a standard blues? It's mediocre at best. Just Like a Woman tries so hard to be profound but is infantile and demeaning. Lyrics aren't poetry. Nobel Laureate, my ass. This "poetry" substitutes obscurity for depth. And that goddamn harmonica work. God, just... asadfsdfhkl;'aiklhfqoighevwlo;JKCEWijou;wikopaipkadfsas. Look. I finished it. I ate all my vegetables. Now I'm going to look for some dessert.

1 bella la musica, linea vocale un po' meno 2, 10 carine 3,4,5, 8,11 e 13 Molto belle 6, 7, 12 e 14 le migliori 9 un po' meh. Molto simili fra loro ma se piace il genere piacciono un po' tutte.

Awesome album

Good old Blonde on Blonde... like a shaggy old cat who's always happy to see you. Good stuff.

Pretty good. Quite a few highlights and some delightful guitar pickin’ & strummin’, but not my favorite Dylan album. Okay, since you asked, my favorite Dylan album is The Basement Tapes.

I mean, yeah. A massive classic, undeniably. There isn’t much to be said about it that isn’t said more eloquently by the man himself. There are times I wish the arrangements were more interesting and not just straight up twelve bar blues, but that’s a minor nitpick.

I listen to this album every few months. It’s an all-time favorite of mine, and not even my favorite Dylan album. I just bought this on vinyl and it sounds greeeeeeat. I will admit, sometimes this album feels like Bob bought a harmonica right before recording and was super excited about it. So much harmonica! Despite that, this is a masterpiece.

best bob dylan album i heard yet, i was more interested by each song and i would go back

The album was fine, I'm just not a big Bob Dylan fan. I really can't stand his voice.

Wasn't a Dylan fan in my younger years but sounds good now

It's not my favourite Dylan album but there are a few good tracks. My favourite would probably be Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands. Low 3.

And we're back to Dylan. I have heard at least one or two tribute albums, and a number of songs from this album have been on it. Not surprising, they're really good, well crafted lyrically and musically. Just... Dylan's voice, again. "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" is always a good song to sing along to. Nice opener. "Leopard-Skin Pill Box Hat" I heard on the 30th Anniversary Concert. The original I do like as much, Dylan's voice does work. "Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands"... I had heard a cover done by Jon Anderson. I thought "wow this is long." Did not realize the original song itself is over 11 minutes! "Just Like A Woman" - the few covers I have heard sound like the original, except for Richie Havens. If you have not heard his interpretation from the Dylan 30th Anniversary Concert, you really need to. Chills every time I hear it. "Stuck Inside of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again" does not win the award for longest title, but it is still pretty long. Fun track to listen to, just like "Absolutely Sweet Marie." So ultimately, it's understandable why so many people come to this album to cover Dylan. It has some classic tunes, easily coverable. I would like some good interpretations of the tracks with better vocalists. Standout tracks: "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35," "Just Like A Woman," "Lepoard-Skin Pill Box Hat," "Absolutely Sweet Marie"

I don't know what it is about Bob Dylan albums, they never completely get me. This one is solid and his lyrics are very, very good. About as good as they get. It just seems tiring at times. Was it that the instrumentals didn't vary enough? Maybe I didn't need the double album? Still, even on side one I was a bit bored with One of Us Must Know. That said I didn't mind the 11-min long, one song only (Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands) side four. The hits (Rainy Day Women, Just Like a Woman) are classics for a reason but some of the others didn't hit the same highs. I can't rate the album higher than Highway 61 Revisited, but it's also better than average - I mean it's part of his peak period where he was firing on all cylinders. Just not quite my style I guess.

Oh, Bob Dylan. Nobel prize winning poet, really weird singer. Sure this is a classic, but it's hard not to roll your eyes at the way he sings. Plenty of good songs and lyrics, but I'm dinging a point for his singing. Favorite tracks: Rainy Day Women (Everybody must get stoned! Classic), Visions of Johanna, One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later), Stuck Inside of Mobile..., Just Like a Woman, 4th Time Around.

Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again

This had much of what I both like and dislike about Bob Dylan. There were moments I really enjoyed the songs, and moments that I railed against Dylan's voice. Today I got to learn what the actual title of what I always thought of as "Everybody Must Get Stoned." Still very happy to have listened to this classic album.

I have heard that this is a favorite Dylan album from at least one person that I know. I can understand why. I don't know that it takes the place of my favorite, but I really really liked it lots.

Yet another great one from Bob Dylan. Very nice listen today.

I’ve certainly overcome my reservations about Bob Dylan thanks to this project. Another worthy album that I thought might be too long… but wasn’t. Wonderful!

Harmonica presence: pretty much. Solid album but it feels soooo long.

Very nice!

Every Dylan song sounds exactly the same.

Would be pretty good if most of the songs didn't drag on for too long.

Some classics, a few fillers. Can get a bit samey…..

Musically very good, however Dylan's voice in this album is grating

I like the song where he switches it up and goes for ear-splitting blues guitar instead of ear-splitting harmonica. Thanks bob very cool

Personal rating 6.5/10

Didn't like this as much as Freewheelin' but I could see it becoming a 4 if I spent more time with it.

timothee can sing

Part of me wants to like Dylan more than I do, but I find him quite boring overall.

BOB DYLAN.... I DONT LIKE HIM but this album was okay! I got used to his vocals and there's a couple of good songs

It's Bob Dylan. I've heard Dylan described as one of the worst harmonica players. There is a lot of harmonica here. The rest is pure Dylan.

Really easy to listen to, I really liked it

I thought I was going to like this a bit more than I did. It felt like a folky version of Velvet Underground, and left some to be desired. Nothing really caught my eye. Or ear...

Bobbyyyy D hits again

some of the dylanest dylan going, front half are some of the best songs ever and back half are pretty good

Love this album but maybe it’s a bit long imo. Maybe that’s what makes it legendary. Faves: “stuck inside of mobile” & “visions of Johanna”

Really awesome, i love how country blues this one feels. Still think i prefer highway 61

Good, classic BD. Not much else to say. Great lyricist, great music, okay singer.

Wow Bob this is downright listenable! Though damn that harmonica tone can get shrill. And then it's more of the goddamn blues. Jesus I'm so tired of the blues.

I don't like Dylan normally but this was pretty good!

Another Bob Dylan album and another one where I can't stand his singing. This time, it's a little better, but the harmonica always makes me want to stop listening. It's a shame because some of the music itself isn't actually that bad. 2/5

Always a great listen

#meh

Nice album. Liked it

Dylan is an great song writer, but sadly an awful singer. This album would easily be 4 or 5 stars if only someone else was singing.

Ugh

I've never understood the appeal of Bob Dylan. I love other music from the period, and other folk music. But I have a hard time listening to Bob Dylan, and barely pushed myself through listening to the whole album. I'd literally given up and then seen that I only had one more track to go, so I finished listening, but damn, that hurt.

Lyrically strong, not my vibe for the most part.

I think the shine has come off of Dylan a bit for me. He's still a legend and so many of these songs have a lot of nostalgia (Dad singing loudly "Everybody must get stoned!"). This is like a 3.5 but I'll round up.

I get it, I just don't love bob's voice and his mostly amateurish harmonica playing. I like some of da Bob songs but none on this album.

i dont know much of bob dylan, but the little i do know is good, as is this album

Muy buen disco de Dylan en el que forman parte de su banda miembros de The Band. Mucho blues-rock con armónica y acústicas.

Gear: Focal Clear Mix: fantastisch - selbst die Über-Mundharmonika u.a. bei "Pledging My Time", "Visions of Johanna" ist Referenz-Mix Musik: verdienter Nobelpreis für Literatur. Und dann ist da noch die Musik. Wertung: 👱‍♀️👱‍♀️👱‍♀️👱‍♀️(👱‍♀️)/5

Strange voice, but songs are fantastic. 5/5

“I want you” truly terrible. First few blues songs are great but this is peak Dylan whine

sorry :(

If you don’t like Bob Dylan, that’s fine, I get it. But you’re wrong and I hate you.

Nasaly and monotone

Bob Dylan is one of my favorite artists and one where how someone feels about him informs how much I respect their music tastes. This is an incredibly easy 5.

Blind album, it was good at first listen. It's Bob Dylan so I can't complain. Few tracks were gems I will say, and the album was good overall. I want to give it a 5 cause a lot of critics would do that, but I can't justify it. Solid 4 from me next to Highway 61.

I only recognised 'Just Like a Woman' but the rest of the album wasn't overly offensive. The algorhythm that kicked in after played much better tunes.

This album represents everything I like and don't like about Dylan: the songs are passionate and heartfelt, but they tend to ramble on. Like a lot of folk/pop, the music here is often verbose. I guess I never bought into the idea that true profundity required quite so many words. That said, the musicianship is fantastic.

Everything seems to fall in place for this album, lyrics, vocals and of course the major piece and the backing band sounds wonderful, just great arrangements. I do like this album a lot.

I’m not much of a fan of harmonica, so we’re not off to a good start. I’ve tried but I just can’t find a way to really like most of Dylan’s music. Some I can, sure. I’d rather sit and read his lyrics than listen to a lot of the music. This will get a higher score than I would give for just my enjoyment because of the importance of the record.

Pretty good listen. I won't turn it off if it came on.

I don't think I've given a single Bob Dylan album a 5. Almost all 4s. And that's just not right, I think they've all been about 4.5 for me. Which this one is to. So I'm going to round this one up to a 5. It's really good. And for a double album, there's no filler on here that drags a lot of double albums down.

Enjoyed this more than Highway 61 Revisited

Nope!

Pacific Fav songs: Rainy Day women #12 & 35 Fourth time around =>

I don’t care much for Bobby D. It was alright, I suppose.

Great album but gotta admit his voice isn't very good. I also like highway 61 and bringing it all home more

No matter how much I love Bobs music…some is saved to my favorites…it’s hard for me to listen to an entire album in succession. It’s his voice. It needs to be sparsed out for me.

B Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 3 Pledging My Time 3 Visions Of Johanna 3 One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later) 3 I Want You 5 Memphis Blues Again 5 Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat 3 Just Like A Woman 3 Most Likely You Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine 3 Temporary Like Achilles 3 Absolutely Sweet Marie 3 4th Time Around 3 Obviously 5 Believers 3 Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands 4 Definitely my favorite Dylan album so far. Only one left.

Love this. One of my faves!

Classic, greatest double album ever made

Я ничего особо о нём не думаю. Ну бобдулан чё с него взять. Ну ээаа

Ambitious, classic, the work of a genius.

This must've been wild to hear when it was new. It's almost turned into a joke or trope sound in albums but Dylan was working a lot of feeling and story telling into his songs. Half of the lyrics feel more mood than making sense though.

A pleasant cacophony of sound. Great instrumentation and enigmatic lyrics. "Now your dancing child with his Chinese suit He spoke to me, I took his flute" I may never know what that means.

Great album!

probably my favorite Bob album. One of if not the best songwriter ever. You either like his voice or hate it.

Some of his best work. Stuck in Mobile gets my vote in spite of other, more popular, tracks.

If you love folk / Americana this is a 5. If you don't then give it a 4 because it is the gold standard.

Hell of an Album. Would be a five if it wasn’t for his kazoo voice.

What's to talk about? Stone cold classic.

I understand the brilliance and impact of Dylan, and this album is more rocking and grooving than a lot of his stuff, but it is definitely too long, and it would be better with a different singer, in my opinion. I think his voice got a bit better a bit later in his career, but I don't really love it during this time. Therefore, the only time I'm likely to go back to this album is for "academic" purposes. I have to give it 4 stars, though, due to the songwriting ability and the consistency of the songs that would make it an easy 5 stars, if I liked the singing better (and it was a bit shorter).

Bob, you either love him or hate him. One of the best songwriters ever, his voice can take some getting used to.

Yeah the harmonica is mixed so loud and often hurts my ears but I like basically everything else about it

I don’t really want to say anything about this but it is gpod

4.8 - Absolutely great album. Some great use of harmonica. I think this albums only flaw is that it’s a bit too long, but other than that it was fantastic

Some fine tunes on here, I really like I Want You and there’s nothing quite like the way Bobby croons “to be stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again”. The barbs on Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat are quite phenomenal. A bit disappointed that I didn’t really take too much from the tracks I was unfamiliar with, and generally Bob needs to calm the fuck down with the harmonica, but overall a pretty cohesive album that’s stood the test of time well. Fave Tracks: I Want You, Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again, Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat 3.9/5

An album I know pretty well. Nice to listen to it fully looking forward to the next one though cuz this was really new

Not my thing at all.

I'll never be a huge fan of Bob Dylan, but it's hard to deny that there are some amazing tracks on this album. Somehow this album feels like it spans 3 decades, with a wildly varied style and expression.

Einfach nur schön, ruhig, melodisch, und rockig. Das Album prägt den Übergang von Folk zu Rock, dem von vielen Künstlern übernommenen Folkrock.

2,5

Not my favorite Bob Dylan. No real hits and too much harmonica. I like the back half better though

A favourite Dylan album

all I hear is Stewie singing. dig the sounds

I know this supposed to be a masterpiece, but this album is just okay. I love many things about Bob Dylan, and have many of his songs on various playlists. I think he is best consumed a song or two at a time. As for this album...The lyrics are clearly the best part of it. The harmonica on this album makes me cringe at times, and we all know his voice can be hard to handle as well. 3 stars.

Top tier Dylan. I love this album a lot and it always gets better every time I listen to it. Bob’s voice is an acquired taste for most people I think, but his singing never sounded better than on this one. The production overall is great and sounds relatively fresh even today. Visions of Johanna has always been one of my favorites. One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) is my go-to underrated Dylan song - I love it so much and it's alway surprised me that it’s not one of his more well known songs. I personally prefer it to I Want You - while not a bad song I’m surprised to see that it’s by far the most listened to song on Blonde on Blonde on Spotify. I can’t say more about Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again than has already been said, it’s a perfect Bob Dylan song. Just Like a Woman is another obvious great track. If Blonde on Blonde isn’t his best album (it might be), it’s probably his best sounding album and contains some of the best songs of his insane career.

BL: One of the quintessential Dylan albums... ...Or so I'm told. I must admit Dylan is a notable hole in my contemporary classic music listening. I suppose no better place to start than here. "Visions of Johanna" is the only track I'm familiar with from this record, and that is my favourite Dylan track of the few I know. So it'll be interesting to hear if the rest of the record holds up. AL: A beautiful album. Dylan's soulful singing and somber themes shine through here in a way I'd never heard based off of the hits I knew. The painful blues tracks and ballads create a level of sorrow and gentleness as though the listener is being sung to. incredibly intimate and powerful, this has got to be one of the best listens I've had on the generator so far. FT: "Rainy Day Woman #12 & 35", "Visions of Johanna", "One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)", "I Want You", "Just Like a Woman", "Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" 5/5

Great!

My gosh that is a long album.

Would have been better if it was shorter. The quality and effort is so much better on the b-side.

Voice annoys me Love the cover mogging

опять эти истории под одну и ту же музыку) я даже одну знала

This one didn’t do much for m outside of the obvious hits like “just like a woman” or “I want you” I love some Dylan albums so much but this one isn’t my favourite style

This voice. It's terrible

Very soothing

One hour long drive home, and Dylan’s voice never got any better. It was difficult to tell the songs apart from each other. I don’t think he would make it to top ten in American Idol today.

solid entry. several tunes we have all heard at least once. The over-emphasis of the last syllable of every single word sung does wear thin after a while.

I love this album. Bob Dylan's lyrics are bizarre and hilarious and touching, somehow without making any sense at all when viewed directly. Is impressionism a thing in poetry? Stuck Inside of Mobile will always be my favorite

Love me some Bobby D. I actually listened to this album for the first time relatively recently and gave it a 9 on my IG. I'm not a fan of the first song, but I think the rest is straight heat. I think "Visions of Johanna" and "Fourth Time Around" are my favorite tracks. "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat" always reminds me of the Death Grips song that uses one of Bob's lyrics as its very long title haha. I know my Dad has "I Want You" in his iTunes as well. This is folk rock excellency, though I prefer the album that preceded it: Highway 61 Revisited - I have that on vinyl. I'm looking forward to continuing my Bob Dylan listening journey with John Wesley Harding sometime in the future.

My main problem with this album is that it would be better if someone else was playing the harmonica and WAY better if someone else was singing, or nobody at all. Al Kooper on keys and Robbie Robertson on guitar completely carried the production. Upon further research I found that the only other thing Bob did for this album was the mixing which is also just not great. I found myself enjoying the intro to most songs and would almost become depressed within one measure of a Bob lyric or harmonica cacophony. HOWEVER, just like I said to Kerri about the Beatles, you have to suspend some judgement and appreciate how it was made almost 60 years ago, it made way for improvement. Bob Dylan tripped so Billy Joel could soar. I was happy to find out where leopard skin pill box hat comes from.

At first I was into it. But as time and this album went on, I started to loose interest and every song sounded the same. Too much Bob Dylan, too much.

Bob can be egregious with his rollercoaster vocal pitch change on some vowels (yooOOuuUUuu) but other times his unique style works well. Harmonica was often too loud. Not many standouts in either direction, it's consistent. Made me wanna listen to Dr. Dog. Thought I would like this more but the vocals got on my nerves a bit. Top songs: Visions of Johanna, I want you, Stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again

Ok first of all the harmonica fucks. Most of this album is a good and fun time, but I found myself getting fatigued by Bob Dylan’s voice style. At first it’s cool novelty, but it eventually gets a little old hearing the same up and down tone shift every line. Aside from that, I had fun with great guitar, organ, and piano backing Dylan’s classic charm.

Nowadays it seems like being hot is a prerequisite for making music. Unfortunately as a result, what we are severely missing out on are weird little guys making music. Something about that screaming harmonica and Dylan’s wispy affectations really tickled my soul. For me, the album lost steam towards the end. I very much vibed with songs individually, but at well over an hour runtime, the aggregate was just too much Dylan. Soft 4 Fav songs: Rainy Day Women #12 and 35, One of Us Must Know (sooner or later), I Want You, Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues, Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat, Just Like a Woman

The music was great, but I’m just not a fan of his singing style. Sorry Dylan fans 🤷🏻‍♀️

This album was just a delight. A lot of great songs on here. Loved the instrumentation and the lyrics. I honestly don't mind Bob Dylan's voice that much but I feel like I start to get tired of how he is constantly modulating his pitch up and down. It's just constantly going up and down and up and down and up and down. The album also feels a bit long. I started to zone out a little bit on track 9.

Oh I love it when Bob Dylan decided to get weird and artsy. This record is so weirdly fantastic. He keeps everything tied back to his folk roots, but he just takes weird swings and make a really awesome unique record. It's hard for me to listen to this songs with new ears, because I've listened to his record hundreds of times. I think beyond the weirdness of this record, he really leans into blues and heartbreak. This is a pretty classic sad boy record, but my favorite thing about Bob Dylan break up songs are how matter of fact they are. He's like totally aware that he's not an easy person to be with and he gets it makes sense to just call it off. I guess I'll just through my favs: -Rainy Day Women #12 & 35: I remember the first time I heard this song, I was so confused. I really just wanted more "Blowin' in the Wind," and this was not all what I was expecting. I really love this song though. It feels like the circus and is just kind of bizzare. -Visions of Johanna: this one always kind serves as a grounding song for. Its more in line with Bob's roots, but its striving for more. -One of Us Must Know: this one always sneaks up on me, but its such a banger. He sounds so hopeless but also so sure. -I Want You: I always think I don't like this song, but I know every word and I always sing along. -Stuck Inside a Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again: one of my all time favorite Bob Dylan songs. I love how blusey and flowy it is. He kind of sounds strung out or drunk when he sings. I'm not even really sure what the song is about, but the characters and weird story are always fun for me to follow and kind of immerse myself in. (I also love when the Grateful Dead covers this one.) -Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat: I have absolutely no idea what this song is about, but I just feel like Bob Dylan was doing a lot of drugs when he wrote this one and no one questioned him. -Just Like a Woman: this one is sincere and sentimental. I don't love it, but I can always feel that he was feeling things when he wrote it. -Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine): I really like his break up songs. They're so matter of fact. -Temporary Achilles: another bluesy sad boy song. Still great. -Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands: always gets me. Love this one.

Super folky

its bob dylan alright.

Having arbitrarily disliked Bob Dylan for so long, I never realized how much Lou Reed is clearly inspired him. I recognize this album is good but also I am arbitrarily giving it a 3.

I just realized the album cover photo is blurry. Anyway great album I think this is one of his classics. Just Like a Woman is achingly beautiful

From what I have read, Bob Dylan is one of the most influential singer songwriters ever, producing outstanding lyrics, capturing true poetry in his songs. From what I have experienced in any of his albums and this one especially, Bob Dylan tries to compensate his subpar singing voice with a singing style so obnoxious, that I can't even listen to the lyrics at all. My mind is too occupied with getting angrier and angrier, waiting for the next unneccessarily eloHOngated and overly pronOUnced slurred syllables. Couldn't finish it. Give me collapsing buildings again.

Ich ha mini lederjagge ah und min schal und es windet und ich ha eh ziggi im muul und laufe dusse und es windet mer d herbstbletter is gsicht und s isch grau und chalt

dylaaan. ha nie dylan checkt irgendwie. erste song no funny er lacht und "everybody must get stoned" zweite song afoch chli blues schnurregiige time. visions of johanna isch scho meh wieni mer dylan wienis mer vorstell. recht cool, plus d begleitig isch super. ha ersz etz gmerkt wie lang de song isch. one of us must know macht huere uuf uf de refrain gfallt mer isch bitz wonky i want you au meega schön klavier lines gfalled mer mega. stuck inside of mobile (lange titel) sehr cool, er singt irgendwie cool aber chöntmer vorstelle dases irgendwenn chli nervig wird. just like a woman wieder big hollywood viel gfühl irgendwie. absolutely sweet marie au sehr cute. geili chords underem schnurregiige solo. fourth time around. en 3/4! mandoline au cool. spannt wim huere ufd foltere bis en andere akkord chunt. obviously fice believers findi goht huuuere hard. richtig geile blues. d line wo d harmonika und d gitarre amel zeme spieled isch huere geil. ah bass macht au mit. letste song mega lang sber huere geil dylan verzellt mir öpis. und d band macht super teppich drunder. ich check glaub dylan. würkli sehr sehr guets album. für es füfi langet nöd glaub aber s isch mega en mood und huere guet gspielt alles wunderschöne sound.

nonie würkli aktiv bob dylan glost (miji eltere henden nöd gern) okay rainy day women kinda funny aber hautmi jz nöd um ouh ja d schnorregiige nervt mich scho jz chli I want you isch jz s erste lied wo ich recht cute find aber joa leopard-skin blabla bluesig, rechr cool "she makes love like a woman" cool danke fürd info bob oke ich verstahn sini musig glaub chli besser aber umhaue tutsmi immernanig. bin lang ufeme 2-kurs gsi aber es 3 isches schoo

Great folk songwriting. The organ parts really make this album sing. Much more electric sounding than other Bob Dylan albums. Good album but not the best I have heard of Dylan. Leopard skin pill box hat is the stand out track along with Visions of Johanna

01) Rainy Day Women ♯12 & 35 - 8,5 02) Pledging My Time - 8,0 03) Visions of Johanna - 9,5 04) One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) - 8,0 05) I Want You - 9,0 06) Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again - 9,0 07) Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat - 8,0 08) Just Like A Woman - 9,5 09) Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine - 10,0 10) Temporary Like Achilles - 8,5 11) Absolutely Sweet Marie - 8,5 12) 4th Time Around - 8,5 13) Obviously 5 Believers - 8,0 14) Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands - 8,0 TOTAL: 8,64 (86/100) It is one of the best albums ever, and I almost feel bad for not giving it five stars. For me, it just comes very close. His way of singing is unique, you either like it or not. I don't mind it, but I feel the album is a bit too long and in some songs, (especially the final two) I lost interest and got a bit bored by it. "Visions of Johanna" and "Just Like a Woman" are among my favorites, but "Most Likely You Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine" is the best one for me.

Auto 1 star. Cringe singing as always. Don't need 7 albums of his on a list..if

One of the great lyricists. But I always feel like I have to push through his voice...

It's Bob innit. It's difficult to be objective with his songs since he's such a big name in music history. The songs emanate integrity but they're just not my cup of tea. Well sung, played and produced but they'll always be a historical object to analyse rather than enjoy.

every song sounds EXACTLY the same and its all bad

wasn't good at all, all the songs sounded the same

after a small amount of research i found that historically, lobotomies could be performed in under 10 minutes. with that information in mind i wonder why mr Dylan decided to spend 72 minutes lobotomizing me

Look it's my fault for starting this thing while I wasn't exactly in a place to sit down and absorb an album. That's on me. I'm trying to meet big bob where he's at. I like Dylan, saw him live with Elvis Costello, and there's a couple songs of his I love, but I have blind spots. I know a few songs from Blonde on Blonde, I know it's big letters IMPORTANT, and I like this thing on first blush. But man. Sometimes it sounds like the Dewey Cox parody of his material.

#56, the first of seven Dylan albums. I would want to put some rambling about this list and its curation process here, but I'll get to the point: I tried it with this guy, really, but I just can't. The point of music, to me, is: music. It's not words. And so a vocalist's performance is mostly sound, timbre, a layer in the music's soundwaves which hit my eardrums and in the process excite the auditory nerves to generate a, hopefully, pleasant and/or interesting sensation. All of music is about that. Dylan's soundwaves are shit. Firmly sitting in the space between grating and boring. And I'm not going to pretend otherwise, in order to be able to discover potentially good song writing. I know it's there, at times, but it wasn't Dylan who has shown me, but among others Melanie Safka (😢), Jimi Hendrix, Joan Baez, The Byrds, heck, even fucking Guns 'n Roses or U2. I don't understand why I would want to listen to this man. [copy/paste to a Notepad file, for the remaining six] This album? Yeah, boring. Grating. Occasionally, it brings about a hint of a nice vibe (Visions of Johanna) but any redeeming bits are nullified by how many more of the 72 minutes do - at best - nothing for me. Blues Rock Sonic Garbage that irritates me more than what his session musicians here eventually did as "The Band" (album #28) three years later and that was a 2 from me.

Dylan doesn’t do it for me. I want you Ok Stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again Bra Just like a woman Ok

The classic. Everybody should get stoned.

Electric blues and folk. Bobs foray into the combo was a successful one, albeit not quite as powerful as the blues fathers, but no less a good shake. Some real hits, and some quality fillers. Great as a whole or split into parts. The classic Bobby singing style as well!

Am I the only person who finds Dylan a bit creepy? Just Like A Woman is at the very least patronizing and at worst infantalizing and misogynist. It's also badly sung. The squealing harmonica and droning organ on most of the songs made this album a bit of a task to listen to. Yeah, I get it, he was a big deal back in the day. But I don't really get the hype.

Bob Dylans voice gets really old halfway through the album 3/5

It's just harmonicas and terrible singing. Absolute garbage

It’s Bob Dylan, but this album never blew me away. I respect it, but for me, this is a 4/5. Doesn’t speak to me as much. I like his voice, generally, but his delivery on this one doesn’t feel authentic. Maybe it just hasn’t clicked with me yet.

Three random notes on what is probably my favorite Dylan album: 1. Fourth Time Around. Is this a musical middle finger to John Lennon's supposedly Dylan-inspired Norwegian Wood? Was Dylan singing to John when he sang "And I, I never took much, I never asked for your crutch Now don't ask for mine?" Here's what Lennon had to say about it in 1968: "I was very paranoid about that. I remember he played it to me when he was in London. He said, what do you think? I said, I don't like it. I didn't like it. I was very paranoid. I just didn't like what I felt I was feeling – I thought it was an out and out skit, you know, but it wasn't. It was great. I mean he wasn't playing any tricks on me. I was just going through the bit." 2. Visions of Johanna. Maybe the worst performance of this amazing tune. Shambolic, meandering and boring. I have read they had a hard time recording this tune over multiple sessions and they must've just been so sick of it so they just shipped this shitty version and washed their hands. The band barely knows the chord changes, bass player blatantly screws up multiple times...compare it to this version, which sends a chill up my spine every single time: https://youtu.be/awlrMmr9eNc?si=TtOJe4G_7nkx5m3A My daughter is a big Swiftie and she agrees with my theory that Taylor was channeling "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" with the full-length "All Too Well" --- can you hear it? https://youtu.be/sRxrwjOtIag?si=UX-5UzsRlek7595K

Ah, a classic among the many Dylan albums in this collection! (And a double album no less.) I'm not very fluent in Dylanology, but even I can recognize this album captured his post-folk/electric/rock period really nicely, and it has a nice balance of more popular songs and very philosophical ones. And I see why "Visions of Johanna" and "Just Like a Woman" are considered some of his greatest creations. (I'll also admit that "I want you" is one of the harder songs for me to align with what I (probably unfairly) associate with Dylan's seeming lifelong asexuality....)

Probably my most listened-to Dylan album despite it having Rainy Day Woman, a song I'm happy to never hear again. But that's not Dylan's fault! With songs like Visions of Joanna, Sad-Eyed Lady, Sooner or Later, I Want You, and Stuck Inside of Mobile, it's easy to see why Dylan got a Nobel Prize. I'm giving this one a 5 due to the greatness of the great songs, though it does have a few weak spots.

Dylan writes some of his most personal words and deepest similes here. He is and will remain one of musics best storytellers. There are moments of pure musical joy. This was my first listen through of the album and it felt like something I’d heard my whole life. Splendid!

72 minutes of Bob Dylan might be a little too much for a single sitting...

El título me hizo imaginar un cúmulo de cadáveres de mujeres rubias

Que niña tonta

Meh. Bob Dylan's less catchy album, although everyone says its among his best.

I agree with many of the comments of the group on Bob. I have always loved his mainstream stuff, but have sort of always felt internally “obligated” to like / appreciate his deeper tracks for being more than they really are. That said , I did love his work with the Wilburys ( Spoiler Alert: TW first album will get a rubber stamp 5 from me if/when it pops up). Bob and Tom work well together and Tom Petty is probably the greatest American singer songwriter of my/our generation as Bob was to the last. That may be why he carries the heavy legacy with him in some circles. 3.5/5