Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

3.48
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Fantastic

This one still creeps into a 5 star rating and used to be arguably my favorite but it has since fallen since I’ve relistened thru his iconic run again. The songs do tend to go on and on compared to his other stuff which slogs it down. Still a lot of my favorite tracks on here though. Rating: 4.6

Blonde On Blonde, expertedly documented in the biography Bob Dylan In America, is an ambitious double album concluding the unparalleled album output that Dylan achieved in the 60s. A level he would not reach again until 1975's Blood On The Tracks. The decision to move the recording sessions to Nashville and find new allies in the form of prominent studio musicians turned out to be brilliant. Dylan's lyrical work is of course great, but it's the accompanying band that really sells Blonde On Blonde for me. 'Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again' might be my favourite studio recording ever with the keys and guitar almost playing as many tricks throughout as there are twists and turns in Dylan's fantastic narrative.

Dylan probably never had a better band than the one on Blonde On Blonde. Another peak in his 60's discography, almost making it seem like an entire mountain range.

4.5★. A bit like the Beatles' White album in that it’s not the greatest collection of songs necessarily but it is a thoroughly enjoyable ride for me nonetheless. Moreover, this one happens to be one of my favorite favorite soundscapes in general. And besides the many fun songs you have the unimpeachable Vision of Johanna + Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again + Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands. (The latter two especially are some of my favorite songs of all time, with their swirling, dizzying, hypnotic repetition that just goes on and on and on in a wonderful crescendo.)

- I don't think I need to write anything about this one .... -

No. Fuck you, Bob.

Ole Bob cuts loose a little here. Some pretty fun songs even though his singing is Bob singing.

Didn’t hate this one, definitely prefer more of his other work but this one wasn’t too bad. Added a few to the playlist so I came away respecting it

Definitely not a must

This is so fantastic - from start to finish. One of my favourite Dylan albums, although I have a good handful of massive favourites of his.

Folk Rock isn't exactly my thing, but I think that the music is okay. The rest, that is Dylan's lyrics and his voice and the way he sings, especially on this album, is between boring and annoying.

C'est bon, mais c'est long. Je comprend qu'il y a tout un arc narratif qui se cache derrière les lyrics, mais d'un point de vue musical, les tounes semblent trop étirées, comme s'il s'était rendu compte dans le milieu qu'il devait remplir un double album. Sa voix est aussi un hit or miss pour beaucoup, pour mon goût il était pas mal tout le temps dans la zone verte. Le son folk est bien travaillé tout au long de l'album et les solos d'harmonica ferais rougir les solos de bien des guitaristes de ce top. All in all, c'est un bon double album qui aurait pu être excellent une fois condensé en un album simple, qui aurait pu compétitionner avec Bringing It All Back Home.

Not my favourite Dylan album. A fair number of the songs are very good but they go on a bit.

I was already familiar with Bob Dylan as a folk legend who pivoted towards rock halfway through the 1960s. I saw that this album was the third of a trilogy where he was making that rock pivot. Yet, I was unprepared for the twisted marching band sound of the opening track "Rainy Day Women". That was surprising, but still pretty good. The rest of Blonde on Blonde might not have the same initial shock value as that first track, but it's still got a lot of good folk-rock songs that occasionally dip into blues. Tracks like "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again", "Just Like a Woman" and "Obviously Five-Believers" are well executed by Dylan and the session musicians, as he delivers lyrics exploring difficult relationships and double entendres, all culminating into the 11-minute closer "Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" in dedication to his first wife Sara Lownds. There are only two contentious points to be had with the album. First is the overall length, clocking in at over 70 minutes where a break in between was necessary. Second is Dylan's vocal delivery, which is a make-or-break deal for getting into his work. I enjoyed Blonde on Blonde as a whole, and look forward to checking out the other two albums in this rock trilogy.

I've had a lot of Bob Dylan albums now, but I'm pleased to say this is on the higher-end of the scale. I don't really like his warbly voice, and I'd still rather he wasn't always defaulting to his harmonica all the time, but the song-writing is undoubtedly good and there's some jams in here. It's got a real nice vibey upbeat feel to it for the most part. 3.5 rounded up.

I said it once and I'll say it again: I'll like Dylan when he respects women in his lyrics.

I'm definitely a music over lyrics type, but can appreciate Dylan since I can at least hear what he's singing. Tracks 3-6 are fantastic, as is the final one. There is a five star single LP within the overlong double album. One of Us Must Know might now be my favourite Bob Dylan song.

6.5/10 This is very Bob Dylan, so if you like him you’ll like this. It plays into his strength - singing style, poetic lyrics, harmonica, guitar. But it doesn’t exactly mix it up, making it very monotone and probably 3 to 4 tracks too long. Sorry bob, you get boring after a while. Best: One of Us Must Know

solid effort from the weird little fella

He really does have a stupid voice though doesn't he

Classic - some excellent tracks. At points over-indulgent lyrics but not enough to spoil the album

I really don't care too much for Bob, but can't deny his greatness and relevance to the times and music at large.

"Visions of Johanna" is everything I have ever wanted a song to sound like, what I've wanted a song to say to me. It is my favorite song of all time, across all artists, time periods, and genres. "Visions of Johanna" is a masterpiece of symmetry, returning to its main theme just when it's supposed to, neither a moment too soon nor too late. It is a song wherein the present wrestles with the past, where mundane life struggles against (and ultimately loses to) shining memory. It possesses some of Dylan's most unforgettable and most poetic lyrics, simultaneously clear and inscrutable, such as "Mona Lisa must have had the highway blues, you can tell by the way she smiles" and "Little boy lost, he takes himself so seriously." It's like Dylan is talking about something particular and universal at the same time. And then there is the pure word painting, where the music comes to life in frightening clarity: "the ghost of electricity howls in the bones of her face" or "the harmonica plays skeleton keys in the rain". And through it all, the visions of Johanna haunt him. He cannot be free of her, no matter what he does, no matter where he runs, no matter whom he fucks. Every day the sun sets, the world quiets, and he is left alone with his thoughts, full of visions of Johanna. All night long. I don't know a more perfect song. If "Desolation Row" is a world unto itself, "Johanna" is the world of one man's mind, and that is just as vast. There are three musical gravity wells on this album: "Visions of Johanna", "Just Like a Woman", and "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands". For me, the whole album revolves around these three masterpiece tracks. Like Johanna in the song about her, the woman in "Just Like a Woman" is both specific and general, showcasing the personal heartbreak a man might feel when faced with a messy breakup as well as the lashing out he might do against the entire opposite sex. But more than this, it's clear he is criticizing a certain type of woman, not because she is a woman but rather because she is vapid and vain, like a socialite or a debutante. The lyrics "just like a woman" are like some kind of beautiful triple spondee, where each word is stressed, driving home the message in what looks on paper to be overkill but in reality turns out to be just what the brain wants to hear. Like the last word in an argument. This is Dylan sneering, and his sneer can pull anyone down from his (or her) horse. As Bowie sings, "a line from your old scrapbook could send her home again." Words are weapons, and Dylan is a master smith. Dylan sculpts a woman out of words on "SAd eyed lAdy of the LOWlaNDS", a beautiful, epic meditation--almost religious in music and song construction--on the effect Sara Lownds is having and going to have on his life, how her footsteps toward him are the footsteps of doom, woman...come to tear down the pride and riches of a world-famous musician. The way to her is barred, however, as long as his warehouses are laden with silver, gold, and every trinket embodying the vanity of man. Shall he leave it all by her gate? Like the other two anchors on this album, "Sad Eyed Lady" feels at once intensely personal (autobiographical) and generally philosophical, as if--if you were but to crush it a little--you can apply this song to any woman you might know intimately.

Bob Dylan is mid

Enjoyed the music.

Listening to this album made me want to kill myself. Bob Dylan's whiney talk-singing and the shrill harmonica made my ears bleed.

Just reminded me of Neil Young, in that the music itself is nice but the vehicles are very distracting and unpleasant. The songs have a interesting structure and the lyrics seem probably artistic and meaningful. Most of that was drowned out by Bob Dylan sounding like a caricature of himself.

легко и весело

Gonna catch flack for this but i don’t like this era dylan much at all.

It doesn't manage to keep my interest. I'm always sound>lyrics so Dylan is often a miss for me.

Top 5 songs 1. Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again 2. Absolutely Sweet Marie 3. One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) 4. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat 5. Visions of Johanna

Having not really listened to much Dylan - it’s a daunting task on where to start. One of the main reasons I started this project was to discover albums just like this! Incredible! I’m starting to get the whole Dylan thing! How can something make you feel equal measures solemn and happy at the same time? I haven’t felt that since I had a really difficult wank in 2015. 4.8

Hupsista keikkaa ei ole arvostekua muistettu laittaa... niin masentava albumi masentavat aiheet en itse pidä masennuksen harjoittamisesta onsekumma tälläistä halutaan vapaaehtoisesti päähän laitattaa..

One of the first double albums in the history of rock music and boy does it pay off. This is one of the most expansive musical statements of all time, simple as that

It's literally Bob Dylan

cannot believe i'm giving this a 5 but on relisten it really is THAT good

Wish I had more to say about this one, I wrote a review a week ago then lost it. Probably for the best too, I was extremely drunk based on the fact that I was moments away from turning 20 when I listened to this. So I have no idea how coherent that review would've been. Anyway, this is the best Bob Dylan album, he's one of the best songwriters to ever live and this is his finest achievement. 9.5/10

Not a huge Dylan fan. It's a pretty boring album and some of the songs are dumb.

Gotta be in the mood to have your ears talked off to enjoy Bob Dylan. Today, I did. Over half of the songs were just okay, but I appreciated the standouts. I don’t think I liked this album more than The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, but it still has its charm and reason to be sung. You get to hear how he strains notes at the end of his sentences in every song. Standouts: One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later), I Want You, Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues, Fourth Time Around, and Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands.

Bob Dylan is a very polarizing artist for me. Sometimes he is tolerable, sometimes not. This album was tough to get through. The first track could have passed as a literal Adam Sandler skit, complete with the laughs, then it got real nasally real quick. Bob also seems to double or triple the amount of vowels in some words and it got to be where I had to cut several tracks short. There were also some oddly specific songs like the Leopard print hat one. It plays out as extremely bitter about a little hat. Mobile and Memphis is also pretty unrelatable. I understand his influence to the music world, but one of the bigger artists I just don't click with. Favorite track "One of us must know" 2/5

Brilliant

I'm not going to get into whether this is Dylan's BEST album.

Not great

Very chill just very samey

Highway 51 is the masterpiece, but this is superb. My god, Dylan, beach boys, Beatles, Who. Those acts that grew incredibly as artists. 18 months earlier, you’d never have picked Dylan doing this. Just superb. One of the few double albums I can abide. 25000 stars.

Ever feel like the odd one out? I intellectually 'get' that he's a good song writer . The folk Blues style music. But his wonky wah-wah / louche, almost drunkassstykised singing voice (like when Alan Ginsburg did that reading) stops me enjoying or getting any real emotional connection to the music. Especially in this album. He may have captured the voice of a generation. Try as I might I can't plug in .

I probably didn’t hear these songs in their double-album format until I got a copy in the early 70’s - I couldn’t afford to buy single albums in the 60’s, let alone expensive doubles. But I knew it from the two singles it spawned in Australia - Rainy Day Women & Just Like A Woman - which both were Top Ten hits on Sydney’s 2UE Top 40. (Although I think the Manfred Mann cover of Just Like A Woman, one of four Dylan covers that band had hits with between 1965/68, got a lot more airplay than Bob’s original.) I found I Want You on a cheap CBS sampler, “26 Groovy Greats Volume 2”(1967) - I kid you not. The rest of the album I heard in bits & pieces, mainly from John Thompson’s Underground, a late-night radio show on 2UW. Highlights? It would be easier to consider what isn’t a highlight on this record. Dylan broke the rules again - the first rock double-album & the fact he agreed to record it in Nashville and use country session musos. It worked. My faves? Visions Of Johanna - one of rock’s finest lyrics, let alone Dylan’s, & one of his most compelling vocals, with Robbie Robertson’s guitar & Joe South’s bass outstanding; Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again - memorable lines abound here; Most Likely You Go Your Way &I’ll Go Mine - in 2007 I went out & bought a 7” single (for an extravagant price) of the Mark Ronson remix, because I was a Ronson fan, but found it quite underwhelming - it’s like toying with perfection; & Absolutely Sweet Marie - a great tune & I can’t tell you how I laughed years later when I read what the phrase “beating on my trumpet” meant. I’ve also always loved the fact that 4th Time Around was Dylan’s reply to The Beatles Norwegian Wood. And that Joan Baez still believes Sad Eyed Lady was written about her, even though Dylan insists it was about his new wife Sara Lownds & that her surname is part of the word Lowlands. It’s a record I love deeply.

Blonde on Blonde; what can you say about this album that hasn't been said before? It is really great, but secretly, I don't enjoy it all that much. There are some all time classic songs and performances on here, but I still find it a bit like homework. As a record collector, of course I have a copy on my shelves, but it is not the Dylan album I reach for. And I find it a bit long. truth be told, I think it could have been trimmed to an outstanding single album (much like Highway 61 Revisited or Bringing It All Back Home). But Dylan's gonna Dylan, and you can't stop him..

His voice really took a moment to warm up to, but about a quarter into the album is when I really started to appreciate it. I love his lyrics and overall had a great time with this album!

A classic

Reminds me of mum

first time listener!!! i loved the bit with the harmonica

Shall I be the skipping record and repeat all that others have said before me? Dylan might be an auteur, and technically speaking a chansonnier, but his delivery shouldn't be something applauded... And then, while I am typing this, "Just Like a Woman" plays, and you forget about the fact that Dylan doesn't have a pretty voice, and you lose yourself in the magic that can be music. So, 3 1/2 ***

harmonica

Didn’t like it

Songs so essential they are woven into the very fabric of the culture.

Another masterpiece by Dylan. It's wild how many classic songs this guy has written. 5 stars all day on this one.

Pretty good after all these years.

Bon harmonica, but rien de si nice que ça

Blah, blah, stoned, blah.

ну что сказать? охуенный, пиздатый, невбъебенный альбом!

Love this album, track 3-7 are incredible!

2 Sterne. Lieder zu lang, und der nuschelt so

My favorite Dylan album. Highway 61 Revisited might be his first electric album, but I think this one is the one that truly showed that it was the future. Lyrically, instrumentally, and emotionally it’s still in a tier of its own.

damn he really ramped up his harmonica usage compared to highway 61 revisited. someone gotta get the harmonica away from this menace. anyway, its a nice album and i enjoyed it as much as i did for highway 61 revisited. i really liked the run from one of us must know to just like a woman; hit after hit besides leopard skin pill box hat but that songs still fine. pretty indifferent to most of side a and c but theyre still nice songs. pledging my time sounded like a comedy relief song until bob started singing and i found that really funny for some reason. the lyrics overall are pretty nice, though im not really one to dive too deep into it. id listen to most of these again. 4 personal favs: one of us must know, i want you, sad eyed lady of the lowlands

I wasn’t able to give this the time it deserved, but the middle was incredible writing

Poetic folk + blues rock from the master Bob Dylan. Hard to contextualize that this album came out almost 60 years ago, as it still sounds relevant. Dylan spits his wordy, visual, lyrical stories while the musicians serve the songs perfectly - contributing and enhancing the songs without being flashy or distracting from Dylan’s ramblings. A monumental album for the future of rock music. All good songs, some brilliant songs, that mesh well together to make a cohesive and innovative album.

the songs i love on this album i 5 out of 5 love. The others, i’m indifferent to. The quality of the songs i like is enough and frequent enough for 4 stars.

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, 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

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!

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.

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%

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...

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.

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

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.

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

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.