Blonde On Blonde

The harmonica on this album evokes feelings that I experienced as a child on a long car trip with my family where a younger sibling was allowed to weild a kazoo, uninterrupted, for hours on end. If you are able to get past that, your ears will be rewarded with the incoherent ramblings of a person who mistakes being high for actually having a personality. Like a fly in the house, Dylan some how manages to be both boring and annoying.

Rainy Day Women is super, and a great opener. It just jumps right in. Although I'm guessing most people know it as the Every Body Must Get Stoned song. Rest of the album is meh. Also didn't anyone ever like women? The song Just Like A Woman is terrible.

Rainy Day Women #12 & 35: 1 - you really should be stoned for this tbh. Pledging My Time: 2 - someone please shoot that man on the harmonica. Visions of Johanna: 6 - would've been a 7 without the harmonica. starting to sense a trend here. One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later): 5 - so infuriatingly close to being good that it actually makes it less enjoyable. I Want You: 4 - things are starting to blend together. Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again: 3 - I know Bob Dylan is supposed to be an amazing songwriter and all that but I can barely focus on the lyrics because everything else annoys me so much. like why couldn't you just write some poetry and leave it at that? did you really have to start singing it all?? Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat: 3 - wow how shocking. it sounds exactly like every other song before it. Just Like a Woman: 4 - his voice is starting to make me want to throw up. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine): 5 - at least it's kind of interesting? Temporary Like Achilles: 4 - yawn. Absolutely Sweet Marie: 3 - maybe I'll just give up on making comments. Fourth Time Around: 4 Obviously Five Believers: 4 Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands: 6 - did it have to be 11 minutes long tho?

Not bad, but not particularly fresh or interesting. Recognize a lot of influence that this has had on other musicians (Sixto Rodriguez).

Wasn’t massive on this one

I listen at work so I miss lyrics and that's where Bob Dylan shines. Just not my cup of tea so much musically

2.5 could’ve been higher if his singing wasn’t SO bad

This does absolutely nothing other than annoy me. For the voice of a generation he sure doesn’t have anything coherent to say.

Not the biggest fan of Bob Dylan.

Wow. That’s a lot of harmonica. Clocking in at 73 minutes I figured more songs would sound different. Apparently I was wrong.

il fait exprès d'être le plus chiant possible en chantant et je trouve pas ça correct ????

Ei

It doesn't sound bad, but for me is like a giant book of poetry with some guitar and some more instruments. A little bit boring

I don't know Dylan that well, his iconic songs are great and I've always wanted to dig into his catalogue a bit. This album wasn't really for me. It was too long, not very interesting and his voice was starting to annoy me by the end. I assume this was an early album and he hadn't settled on his sound yet? Some flashes of good stuff in there but I'm hoping for some of his bigger albums to come up.

I had not listened to much Bob Dylan before, it had a lot more harmonica than I expected. As people rave about Bob I felt like I needed to give this a proper listen. For me it almost hits that middle ground where I can appreciate it but not enjoy. However, his voice is so whiny and annoying it loses a star just for that. Highlights: Rainy Day Women Most Likely You Go Your Way Obviously Five Believers

Bob has his place for sure but I can only handle his singing for a couple songs before tapping out. I also feel the same about harmonica in a song sooooo...

Really not a fan.

Obviously I'm missing something here, but it does absolutely nothing for me. Hopefully the 6 other Bob Dylan albums won't be this excruciating.

bob dylan meh

Bob Dylan the songwriter, lyricist and poet: immaculate. Bob Dylan the performer, singer and guitar player: amateur at best. That's a shame because most of the underlying themes are strong. The problem is, no one but Dylanophiles can fully understand what he's saying and the music, while tightly played, sounds ripped from many blues takes and classics. In my opinion, a product of the time, and a classic for those who already have it in their rotation.

His voice becomes cumbersome after like 5 songs.

I don't get it. I think you must have been there when it was new to fully appreciate it. Favorite song: I want you.

his vocal cadence always reminded me of a child trying to explain his crayon drawing to a group of adults

It was good just not my type of music

it's ok, too much harmonica. does this list really need 5 Bob Dylan albums? Was almost like a parody of folk music, however i guess this is the guy they parody. 2

Still don't like Bob Dylan

Great songwriter, but really have to be in the mood for Dylan. He's difficult

Que les gens qui aiment Dylan viennent devant ma porte demain matin pour que je leur renverse un sceau de pisse depuis le premier étage.

Dylan je vais te foutre ton harmonica dans le cul tiens le toi pour dit.

I’m finding that the book of 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die is far too heavily saturated with Bob Dylan. I understand that people like his music, but do we really need so many different albums? None of his music has blown me away so far, so I’ll admit going into this album already somewhat exasperated. Songs I already knew: none Favourites: I Want You That has probably been my favourite Bob Dylan album in terms of the music itself, but my least favourite for the vocals. His strange talk-singing is so very annoying on here, seemingly more so than the other albums I’ve heard. I’d probably have quite enjoyed this if it was purely instrumental, but his voice ruins it for me. And for that reason, I’ll likely not be returning to this again. Musically, it’s fun. Vocally, it’s hellish.

I’m sorry Jared its just too much harmonica sometimes 2.5/5

I tried. I mean I really tried. Trust me I tried. I tried so hard. But I just can't get over that voice. Sorry Bob.

I tried but I can’t stand Bob Dylan

*on listened up until track 10* Heard it before?: No Enjoy it?: Yeah, he’s a charming and brilliant vocalist, just a shame for me me personally that he needs the harmonica ever present in his production Favourite song: Track 9 - Most Likely Go Your Own Way (and I’ll Go Mine)

I guess this is supposed to be Dylan's opus? I generally like Dylan but found this almost a chore to get through. This is the fifth I've reviewed in the first 200 albums. I didn't find this to be remarkably different than his other albums.

- 2.5 - Moderate vibes - A little long, but enjoyable enough to listen to

- Sometimes his singing is more like a strained version of spoken word - Strong storytelling - blues rock that makes you want to tap your foot

Was a struggle to get through. Nothing to excite you and each track is needlessly long

But I thought this was meant to be good? Like one of the best albums ever?

Two stars for Visions of Johanna but a ton of skips

A couple of good tracks, but most are just a whining Jewish-American intellectual.

Ugh. Why is Bob Dylan doing a dodgy Bob Dylan impression for this whole album. It reminds me of sitting around in a campsite with my mother's tedious hippy friend.

Score: 30 Album art: 50 I want to fucking die ThIIIs albUuum sUUUcks. If you're annoyed at how I typed that sentence then congratulations, you know what listening to this fucker sing for an hour is like. As much as I love hearing completely off key vocals set to endless verses with harmonica mixed at the fucking top of the mix, I'm very glad it's over. First couple songs are terrible. The faster paced songs liked the death grips one and obviously five believers are actually pretty decent. Especially on the latter song, Dylans singing actually matches the song and it isn't bad. Any slower, ballad type songs had me frantically searching my surroundings for a loaded gun. I cannot stand the constant ebb and flow of his vocal volume. He also never shuts up, and almost no songs have a chorus. The song will end the same way its starts regardless of length. If you aren't here for lyrics or harmonica, well then that's too bad. Not really related to this album but I'm also pissed this loser takes up 1% of this entire album list. He ain't that important, let's get some more variety please. I want to give this album a 1 but I wont because I know it's not truly that bad. The writing is interesting, and if you're here for that I can see why you could enjoy this more. But this isn't for me.

I like harmonica, but whoa, cool it dude. Okay, so the BIGGEST issue with this is his voice, it is absolutely hilarious to me. Maybe if I had been listening to this since 1967 I would have gotten used to it, but this is my first time listening to a Dylan album in full. I already knew what to expect with his voice, but having it constantly in my ears for over an hour is really hard for me. I had better get used to it though, cause I know I have another 100 Dylan albums to get through on this list. I enjoy blues, the lyrics seem well written, and this is supposedly one of the greatest albums of all time... but as of right now I cannot rate this higher. Also, the last song may be used as a form of torture in some countries.

I recognize that Dylan is probably one of the greatest songwriters of all time (if not *the* greatest), and taken together with the bluesy sound he explored on this album it works really well together. The thing is, though, (a) it's too long, both in overall length and the length of the individual songs, which drag like crazy and (b) I can't fuckin' STAND Bob Dylan's voice. Especially on this album where he sounds almost like he's doing an impression of himself. The question, then, is what to rate it? I think it would maybe be a 4 star album if his voice was less annoying. Given that I had to force myself to listen to this, I don't think I can rate it higher than a 2.

Bob dylans voice is constantly swinging and i do not like it. it doesnt sound good at all. its so fucking gross tbh, 1 good song (sooner or later)

Not a huge Bob Dylan fan, the ups and downs in his voice are kind of annoying. But I do really like the music other than that.

Dylans moan-singing was exhausting. Like baby trying to explain why it's crying.

I feel bad but I really really don't like this. I'm going to sound like every other hater but I don't like his voice, and his music is just so boring to me. Maybe one day I'll be able to appreciate it. :/

Immer das gleiche Gequäke. Außerdem viel zu lang. Wenn er bloß darauf verzichten würde, selbst zu singen, Gitarre und Mundharmonika zu spielen, wäre der Welt ein großer Dienst erwiesen.

MMMMMM L'unica che mi prende è 'Obviously Five Believers'

Ik had heel veel moeite om dit een uur en 10 minuten lang aan te horen. Een keer een los Dylan liedje is wel te pruimen, maar een heel album achter elkaar van een soort toondove meneer die klinkt alsof ie na een biertje teveel heeft bedacht dat ie kan zingen is teveel. En dan ook echt elk liedje op precies dezelfde manier zingen: dat gewauwel met die lelijke, stevige, vanuit z'n buik aangezette uitschieters de hoogte in, die klinken alsof z'n maag leeg is maar z'n lichaam desondanks blijft overgeven. Niet voor mij gemaakt dit. Mondharmonica en orgeltje zijn altijd leuk, muzikaal dus wel prima. 2 sterren

Ugh. All the songs sound the same. Sure he's got a way with words, and has some great songs - Hurricane comes to mind. But generally my favourite Dylan songs are ones performed by other bands - and they won't be on this album.

Whiney...

It’s fine I like I want you But just find it does nothing that makes me want to return to it

Never really understand the mystique behind Bob Dylan. Perhaps as a lyricist, he finds ways to resound with listeners but musically and vocally, he leaves a lot to be desired for that complete experience.

Honestly did not like this album very much but it wouldn’t be the worst thing to have on in the background.

Good lyrics, but not much else. Very surprised I didn't love Bob Dylan but may just not be for me

Skrrt skrrt

I just don't love Bob Dylan

God, man. I think that a lot of my issue with this has the potential to be the Seinfeld Syndrome. A lot of jokes on that show seem cliche and dumb to a first viewer now because they established so many of those cliches. Maybe because Bob Dylan pioneered so much, maybe it sounds shitty and derivative on a first listen in 2022. Maybe I’ve always hated Dylan’s voice and no matter what I do I can’t get past it. There are other vocalists worse than him that I can listen to…there’s something about him that just really gets me. Look some of these songs are certainly written very well, but some of the rhyme schemes on this album feel like My First Singer-Songwriter Record. The intro track has one of the worst sprees of simple one syllable rhymes I’ve ever heard. Maybe we’ll get another later Dylan record on this and he can redeem himself in my eyes, but until then I’m happy to shelve this one.

Apparently, it doesn't really matter whether the album comes from some obscure, niche band I've never heard of, or from Bob Dylan. This genre of music is just insanely boring.

I only hate his voice and his harmonica... So...

Really can’t get on with his nasal whinging

Never listened to this album before. While there are definitely some Dylan songs I really like, I did not like all on here.

Not a fan of Bob Dylan but like a woman is good. Preferred the second half of album. Voice is annoying.

He's a legend and all but this album is a tough listen.

I don't like the way Dylan sings, it is tiring. I also don't really love the music, like boring blues. Maybe I'll love another Dylan album

Not my favorite Dylan (but at this point I am not sure I have a favorite Dylan...it all may just be meh to me). 2/5

More overrated Dylan, hurray. I’d rather blend neon blood into my food

Wierd start

Not my style. I can see why it's so appreciated, but it's simply not my kind of music.

Just not a Dylan fan.

Couldn't finished, didn't like the "melody"

Sorry guys, I like the music (why don’t people use a harmonica anymore!), but I just can’t with his voice.

Demasiada armónica, ¿no?

Why do people pretend that they enjoy Bob Dylan's music? Just droning on and on with his horrible voice and ear piercing harmonica. Who cares? 3/10.

trop d'harmonica :( déso bob

Some good parts

Bob Dylan might be another case of I Gotta Sit Down With The Lyrics, bc on first listen I just found him kind of grating.

Eh, I didn't care much for the first song. I'm not a fan of Dylan's mumbley vocal style. The music itself is cool but his voice is just distracting. Sorry Bob, I'm not much of a fan besides maybe some of your biggest hits.

Not a very big fan. I just don’t understand Bob D.

Like with my previous album suggestion (Heroes by David Bowie), this is another album that I wanted to like a lot more than I actually did. Bob Dylan's craft is clearly immense but it just doesn't tick the boxes for me. Sorry Bob

The only benefit I got out of listening to this album is figuring out where that one Death Grips song title comes from

Surprised myself but I really didn't feel this one at all. Can't put a finger on why, but nonetheless on this morning it was not the one.

Didn’t hate it but pretty boring. No reason this had to be 72 minutes, get it together Bob.

Couple of songs were good… trash the rest!

Of the Dylan albums we have listened too this was my least favorite

I really want to love Bob Dylan but aside from a few songs his music just doesn't really do anything for me.

Music is great but all these years have passed, and Dylan's voice is still grating. I'd rather listen to cover versions. Didn't add.

I just wasn't very into this one. it's like it's all the Dylan stereotypes- the nasal singsong between two notes, really grating and repetitive. And I love so many Dylan songs and have an album called Lullabye Dylan for goodness sake. This one just wasn't for me. Still I'd listen it to it over some of these in the past 100, so it still gets a 2.

It was fine.

02/07/2022 Lol, no. I can't stand this guy's voice and wow, harmonicas sure are annoying, too! Happy for those that like it, though.

i don't like bob dylan

Tasapaksua rallattelua joka ei ainakaan päivän fiilikseen ja etätyöpäivään sopinut

Just do not get Dylan at all!

I don't quite get the mystique surrounding Bob Dylan

More Bob? Hurrah. I sure hope there are like 27 more Bob Dylan albums on this list.

I really don’t like his voice but I did enjoy elements of this. I used to say he’s a better poet than a singer, but the lyrics are often rambling nonsense. Tried a couple of times but couldn’t make it through the double album.

I'm sure the words are good but I know it's my fault but I have a massive blind spot

Eh. Love Bob Dylan for his impact on musical culture, vocals are garbage.

I still really hate Rob Dylan as a performer. It's hard for me to get past him and adequately review the work.

Some real good songs on here but this album feels like it has been overrated and hyped over time.

Não é muito a minha vibe

Look. There's no review on Dylan or this very very famous album that is gonna be new anywhere. Dylan...the great(est?) American songwriter, revolutionary, etc etc etc. Oooh he went electric... I just don't enjoy the songs. It's that simple. I know there are great messages and symbolism in here. I do. Just that for me music is music first and this ... eh, it really strains my ears to listen to the blues or folk with that harmonica just wailing (screeching) over and over and endlessly. It's not even so much his voice - that seems a tired critique although I get that too. Hey I like a lot of Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler sounds eerily similar to Dylan. "Rainy Day..." is funny in a novelty sense (in fact as a kid I thought it *was* a novelty song for years) but I only need to hear it once a year. Anyways - it's the music. It's laconic, repetitive, and dull and sure I'll hear you out if you tell me if i were alive and a teenager in 1966 this would have blown my mind and I believe you. I'll even be fine if I come to your house and it's playing: "oh hey! Blonde on Blonde! cool. ... got any Rush?" See also: Leonard Cohen. Not my bag. Pass. 4/10 2 stars.

Never really got Dylan. My bad, I know

Oh, more Dylan. This one is the worst yet for his voice, he needs to mix up his flow a bit. Musically nothing outstanding, vocally horrendous, lyrics ok.

not for me

its just a bit guff. its weirdly formulaic.

Dylan en ik, ik weet het niet.

Ik heb het echt geprobeerd, maar Bob en ik zullen nooit vrienden worden. Ik trek die stem echt voor geen meter.

It's Bob Dylan. Not my kind of singer, and his voice gets old pretty fast. 2/5

I just don’t get Dylan. 2*

Note à moi-même: streamer cet album si je veux écouter de l'harmonica. Il y en a dans CHAQUE musique de cet album. À écouter en road trip sur la route 66 ou pour traverser le Nevada. --> L'album me soule

Good musician. Terrible singer

не интресно

Не впечатлило, однообразно, гарможка уши режет

most borin trash shit zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

wack boomer

meh

Not a fan of this Bob Dylan. Some of the bluesy tracks were OK not much else did anything for me. 2*

This was so Bob dylan-y it almost sounds like a mock of himself. I thought I usually like him, but this felt overly nasaly. Just didn't do it for me.

From the first minute of listening, I suddenly understand why people compare early Springsteen (see: "Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ") to Dylan. "Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again" sounds so much like "It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City" and "Sad Eyed Ladies of the Lowlands" sounds so much like "Mary, Queen of Arkansas" that I'd almost call it plagiarism on Springsteen's part. I can understand why people like Dylan so much, but his style just isn't for me. This is definitely one of those "I probably learned something from this, but I'm not going to listen to it again" albums.

I can’t get over his voice. It’s like Kesha with sing-talk. There are some catchy hooks but ultimately this isn’t my thing

I know its a classic and there are some Dylan songs I love... but getting through this was a chore.

This surprised me. This was not for me.

Fav: Rainy Day Woman #12 & 35

Mi tema con Bob Dylan es que su "sonsonete" o no sé como llamar a ese tonito con el que canta con el que extiende las 'e' y las 'i' me maaaaata de hueva, y es mucho más notorio y tedioso en las canciones que son como "country". Las canciones tipo blues son un poco más tolerables. En cuanto a la música, no estoy muy seguro a qué se debe la fama de Bob. Quizá por haber difundido en Blues, aunque estoy seguro de que hay mucho mejores exponentes del género.

I like the music but I don't really like his voice.

I just don't like Bob Dylan.

Ok i guess 2.2/5

Not really my kind of album, good soothing music though.

13 songs too many. I just want to listen to the new Mastodon album anyway..

Late last week, I receive Highway 61 Revisited. I didn't like it at all. But I gave it two stars. I admit there is obviously something there, that while I cannot hear it, other people hear mastery in it. I cannot be so charitable with Blonde on Blonde. This is awful. It's a 1 star album. I'd give it zero if I could. This album is so bad that it seems like a parody of Bob Dylan. The first half of the album especially is full of songs that are ALL HARMONICA SO LOUD IN THE MIX THAT YOU CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING ELSE PLAYING AND HOLY SHIT NO ONE NEEDS THAT MUCH HARMONICA THAT LOUD ALL THE TIME. All through this album, Bob Dylan sings like a person doing uncharitable mimicry of Bob Dylan's whii-HINEEEEEY vocal affectation. This album is way too long. Wikipedia has the runtime at over 72 minutes, owing to every single song on the album being too long by minutes. If there is a story to be told, or a feeling to be felt in these songs, it gets lost on me due to impatience, boredom, and the general malaise that comes from listening to more than an hour of this stuff. Even the packaging is annoying. Just a portrait of Bob Dylan, but him looking like a curmudgeonly old man, even though he's only in his mid 20s in the shot. And it's shot slightly out of focus. The whole package is supposed to be ARTISTIC, but it just comes across is pretentious and wearisome.

I guess I just don’t like Bob Dylan…

Can't imagine why this would be an album to remember, I did not connect with it or BD in general at all

What a uniquely terrible experience the overwhelming majority album was. Like, even compared to other Bob Dylan albums (of which I liked 1). Bob Dylan became popular during a moment of surging counterculture, and I think he owes his success to a group of people who who would eat a (musical) shit sandwich if it meant someone else had to take a bite. This is the sonic equivalent of that Scandinavian fermented fish dish you have to open under water so you don't have to burn your house down for the smell. People say they love it, but they're just fucking with you and want to watch you squirm and vomit. Dylan got lucky being a shitty musician in a time when shit sandwiches were becoming popular. Y'all win. I took my bite. Do I have to listen to the rest of the 40 garbage Dylan albums on this list? This is my 4th Dylan album from this list, and I'm absolutely done trying to like him and trying to understand what people see in him, or why they think his songwriting abilities are too notch because I figured it out: they just want to believe it's true, even if it isn't. They're like the conspiracy theorists who believe insane shit because they have nothing that makes them feel special, other than having claim on the secret knowledge of the "real" truth. They're fucking cranks, should be ignored, and they can have their flat earth and lizard people, but no more of my attention. Anything that was remotely inoffensive to the ear had its score brought down by the exceptionally terrible songs before and after it. Also, harmonica torture ⭐.25 Afterward Maybe I'm an idiot and I just don't "get" it. Could be so. However, I submit when you hide the fundamental truth of life inside the wood chipper, it's going to stay there; I'm not climbing in the certain death machine to find out what it is. I'll just live my stupid little life far away from the cacophony of the wood chipper and be happy to not be near it.

Not gonna lie I hated this.

oh boy i miss when i knew bob dylan only from the video of him reading a store sign and messing it up in a fun way, i would've thought he made interesting music, which is ?perhaps? true but not good sounding music... not to say every music has to sound pleasant AT ALL but i just fucking can't with the. damn. harmonica. it was the first and one of the only real instruments i ever owned and it never made anything other than hit my brains and ears the wrong way (also storage everyone's spit permantely). i'll give it to it though when it keeps that very long note in the second track, it almost sounded badly good. it also stops appearing and then it is just... country music? i don't know what's worse. the vocals arent as bad as i previously knew from him, but this is still a big big noo. i see how one star can be tough i've messed up my rating system and this fed my algorithm so fuck it !!

headache inducing 0/14 added to liked songs

Okay I’m convinced you all just want to torture me. This is the second Dylan album in one week. I’m certain that I’ve already heard at least 2 others before this. No more BOB Dylan PLEASE. 😭😭

I’m just not a Dylan fan, he’s so annoying

I gave this an honest listen, 3 times. I am convinced that a young Bob Dylan witnessed a record executive murder a child in an alley and his music career was manufactured by powerful people to keep it quiet. Hopefully this is the last Dylan record on this list as it feels like I have heard 18 of these piles of shit already.

Possibly the most irritating Dylan album yet. That bloody harmonica shreds the ears and his vocals are as bad as I feared. It’s not even boring and forgettable, it’s straight up annoying.

Sorry, Bob Dylan isn't my thing...

People say Bob Dylan is an acquired taste, but personally I actually hate him more the more I listen

I don't quite like country but his style of music I don't like even more. I don't know what it is but is not for me 1/5

ok vähä speed kuuntelin läpi mut main thoughts: - mitä tapahtui med huuliharppu??? tai yleensä diggaan siit mut toi ei ees osaa soittaa sitä?? - laulu vähä friiki ahh - overall semi mid sori 😁❤️

I got to song 2 before noping out. The first song was stupid, about getting stoned. The second had a super long obnoxious harmonica part that made me want to quit this 1001 album thing.

I know I'll ruffle some feathers with this but I couldn't even finish this album. Found his voice and overuse of harmonica so grating.

I Just hate country music

It feels like in this generator all shitty albums were collected. I feel irritated from every album

Kyllästyin venyttävään laulutyyliin hyvin nopeasti. Sitten aloin toivomaan että oispa levy jo ohi.

I'm sorry but I didn't like this album ONE BIT. It literally made me cringe a little how he sang some songs and, I mean don't get me wrong, the songs weren't that bad but, you may already guess, this is not the genre I would listen to. And when I say he made me cringe, I mean it like slightly okay, I just couldn't stand his voice for some reason LOL. SORRYYYYY

Bleeeeehhhh

0/10

Velade mellan betygen men blev tyvärr alldeles för trött på detta innan albumet var över.

not a big fan

this was a strruuuuuuuuuuuggggle

album #50 sick to bastard death of bob dylan. ꩜ album rating: ★☆☆☆☆ ꩜ number of albums left to review: 1,039 ꩜ number of albums from the list that i agree with being on the list: 29 ꩜ albums from the list that I would consider on my list: 11 ꩜ albums from the list I won't include on my list: 39

I don’t listen to much Bob Dylan but I swear I’ve heard much better from him. It was a bit repetitive. I went into this one with some excitement as I’ve been meaning to try out his music because I’ve heard songs from him that I really enjoyed. Nothing really stuck out here but it wasn’t terrible. Edit: You know what I KNOW Bob Dylan can do better than this and now I’m just pissed off with this album. Stupid.

Not for me. Typical tedious Dylan. A couple of tracks on side 3 were ok but maybe I had been beaten into submission by that point.

1. rainy - 1 2. time - 2 3. vizionz - 1 4. knouu - 1 5. uuant - 1 6. memphiz - 0 7. Skin - 1 8. Woman - 2 9. Go - 1 10. Achilles - 1 11. Marie - 1 12. Fourth - 0 13. Five - 1 14. Lady -1

I've never liked Blonde on Blonde, he drank too much of his own bathwater by this point.

Too much harmonica

Lo siento, sé que es un gran artistia pero no es de mi gusto

Couldn’t finish. All the songs sound the same. He has an annoying cadence and nonsensical lyrics.

ok.

i do not like this vibe

Not a fan

No es mi estilo

J.... te više usna harmonika konačno dajem keca dylanu ne može ovo više gubim strpljenje potpuno nabij sebi usnu harmoniku u nemuzikalnu guzicu.

The harmonica can be a cool instrument if you use it sparsely to create a mood or if you can actually play it (think Stevie Wonder) ... but not if you just randomly blow into it at max volume. Some potential on this album that could have been developed into songs, but it all sounds like a band jamming on an idea in the practice room with some guy reciting ill-fitting poetry to it. And when the lyrics are finished, cue a fade-out. The mix sounds awful and unbalanced too.

I've never been much of a Bob Dylan fan. I think he's a great songwriter but as a performer I can take or leave him. So this 1hr 12min Dylan album was a bit much for me.

Dylan remains a tough listen for me. Every song despite the sometimes excellent lyrics sound the same. Harmonica, singing, repeat ad nauseum.

entiendo q es Bob Dylan!!!!! pero honestamente me pareció repetitivo y llano1/5. Paralelamente a esto, estoy haciendo una playlist en Spotify con canciones de los álbumes q me van tocando, agrego una (o más si me gustaron) si o si y la que agregue de este álbum fue " Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again"

This is not for me Plenty of other reviewers have already listed the reasons why is some detail

It's a wonder Dylan has had so much staying power with the number of craptastic throw away albums he released in the 70s. Jesus what is this album doing on this list

The final song being 11 minutes long was the kick in the teeth I didn't need at the end of this album.

Opening song is kind of jazzy, but not in an upbeat way. The harmonica on this album is actually so loud that it is physically painful. Bob Dylan’s vocals are not really my taste… 2/27/26 (14 songs, 112 mins)

I hate this man and his harmonica

Não gostei nao

I’ve been doing this listening daily thing for close to 2 weeks now. This has been my least favorite album, I didn’t even finish it. The music behind the man is fine. But I really dislike the way Bob Dylan sings

Liked: NONE Disliked: Rainy Day Women #12 & 35, Visions of Johanna, Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again, Just Like a Woman, Temporary Like Achilles, Absolutely Sweet Marie, Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands Lowkey hated it. Something about the way he sings just gets on my nerves, I thought everyone was overreacting.

Nope nope nope. Sorry. Can’t do it.

I hate to say it but I didn't enjoy it at all. Whole album just sucked. It may be my poor taste but I really wanted it to end the whole time. Harmonica carried.

Bleurgh

You can't make me listen to Bob again !!!

I wanna take that harmonica and shove it so hard up his ass he stops this assault on my ears.

JESUS never again

Album 35 Top 3 "favorites" off the album: I Want You, Fourth Time Around, Obviously Five Believers Nah. I could just leave it at that. Nah. Crucify me if you want. He's not my thing. His voice was grating. He has the cadence of a mix of Mr. Boss and Allan from Smiling Friends. It's not really singing so much as it is sliding around in a way that's trying to be musical but just ends up being like an even more untuned slide whistle or one of those sticks that you flip back and forth to get the funny noise. Bob Dylan choose a note and stick to it challenge: impossible. Bob Dylan make it interesting to listen to challenge: impossible. Contrary to what other people think, though, I consider this to be the appropriate amount of harmonica. The harmonica actually saved this for me. I nearly faltered with the beginning of Temporary Like Achilles; I had to turn down the music momentarily, but I stand by my harmonica appreciation. At least it isn't his voice. Oh, and let it be known that Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands would normally be my flavor of song, but: 1. Bob Dylan is singing it. 2. It is 11 minutes of Bob Dylan singing it. So, my marriage to the nearest brick is sealed with a sudden, passionate kiss. I'll give him points for some of the lyrics. Absolute minimum, to be clear, but still a crumb. There is some artistry here. Again, SOME. Crumbs. My lovely mother told me that Peter Himmelman is his son-in-law, I grew up listening to Himmelman when my parents had it in the car (My Best Friend Is a Salamander, anyone?), so I'll stick to him instead.

I feel like an ox on the oregano trail

A lot of harmonica First 2 songs really slow and boring can barely hear singer with all that harmonica.

Maybe its just today but I can't deal with the harmonica. It's like nails on a chalkboard and I quit on the 2nd track. I may try to revisit at some point.

Didn't love the style. or the Voice. seemed lazy. I know lots of people that love Bob Dylan. But I am not one of them.

1/5 - No, just no. Couldn't get past track 7, and that was me holding on for dear life.

He’s horrible and everyone knows it they’re just pretending.

this was a painful and frustrating listen. grating harmonica, dylan's slurred enunciation.. this is reeeally not for me. managed to get through 6 out of 14 tracks.

Genuinely made me feel a bit ill. Don't know why I gave this a 2 originally. This is why we listen to things a second time.

No no no no no. Bob Dylan's ridiculously terrible voice married with a harmonica? Gross. Barely survived listening to the entire thing.

Bob Dylan sucks ass

I said previously that Bob Dylan is very hit or miss, and ended up giving his albums either 4 or 5 stars. But now we've come to the first miss This album was painful to get through! The vocals really really grated on me this time, and that damn harmonica got on my tits, screeching away Also why is the album cover blurry? Pisses me off 1 ⭐️

Doubled up on Dylan this round so maybe I'm just already primed to not like this but this was even worse than the blood on the tracks one to me. Just...bored out of my mind trying to listen to it.

I think I am not a Dylan girl. It all started to sound the same by about halfway through.

По прежнему рот ебал этого дядьки

I already don't like Dylan's voice. It grates on me. But on top of that, I just don't enjoy the vibes of this album. The attitudes he has towards women in the lyrics of this album are not nice and hard to go through.

every time i hear that devillish harmonica i shudder violently... apart from that, i don't even like his voice. shame that i constantly confuse him with David Bowie...

Really wanted to like Bob Dylan to seem cool but I find his singing style insufferable. It sounds like a parody/ the man is singing in cursive. Couldn’t finish not for me

Me han hablado mucho de Bob Dylan, que es buen escritor, buen músico, etc. Lamento decir que por mucho que intenté encontrar algo que me gustara en este álbum fracasé y no lo encontré. Simplemente no me gustó, no me dió algo que personalmente me atraiga (En todo caso me dió algo que me alejó con la armónica que me recuerda a uñas en el pizarrón). Tengo intenciones de darle más oportunidades en el futuro por supuesto, ruego que me sorprenda y cambie de parecer.

Never been a fan of Bob Dylan

ok the first track is way too long.. he said the word stone about 25 times more than he needed too. the length of these songs seems to be a theme… this album so far could be about ten minutes shorter and i’m like three songs in. one of us must know isn’t as bad as the rest of them tho i want you ✨sew bed✨ no no no i’m sorry i couldn’t finish this. i don’t think bob is for me. the songs just aren’t interesting enough i can’t. i’m sure he’s a great guy but the harmonica is enough for me to want to launch off of a moving train, and that’s without the incessant length of each track.

170 Ya me tocó escuchar el freewheeling que estaba piola, pero le puse un 2 porque a ratos se ponía muy country. La semana siguiente vi un documental de Los Beatles donde decían que ese disco les hizo explotar la cabeza. Bueh, pasas que cosan. Si pudiera subirle la nota a este disco a un 3, dejar este en un 2 (letras misóginas, voz nasal, notas arrastraaaadaaas), lo haría. Pero no puedo, así que por respeto a ese disco, este se ganó el 1.

I have a huge respect for the man, but his music...... MEEUUGHEKKHRRR, nope, thank u. I'm giving it -1.

My goodness. wtf. I couldn’t get through one song without wincing so much. The instruments were overstimulation central

I can’t stand it

Mumble mumble bollocks bollocks

Where's UNCAT when you REALLY need it? Dude needs to fucking put down the harmonica, and I'm not even kidding. Seriously, what can be said? It's a double album by someone who already has too many albums on this list. Unnecessary.

Somebody, anybody. Please take away that damn harmonica.

1 / 5 I won't listen to another Dylan album, simply out of spite for how boring his music is.

I can see why people like(d) Bob Dylan, and this isn't very Minnesotan of me, but this album and most of his music just doesn't sound good to my ears.

#11 Holy harmonica Batman! Dylan's nasal voice puts me off.

Massive overrated turd.

You know how people like good music? What if we made it not that way? Did not finish.

the harmonica assaults my ears

There very few singers that i dislike more than Bob Dylan. Lyrically he's OK but I cannot stand the voice. This is a hard no for me.

shit

- this drove home for me that I do not like Bob Dylan one bit. although I will for sure encounter other Dylan albums on this list, I will undoubtedly be an unhappy, biased listener - his voice is so incredibly frustrating -- not the timbre most people tend to take offense to, but the fact that he does this vocal scooping/"sliding around" kind of singing where he doesn't hit a single note directly. that annoying inability to give the listener any kind of solid melody -- you know, the reason why people usually set complex lyrics or poems to music in the first place -- steamrolls over any reason I would have to care about the words being sung - groups like Dire Straits (and artists like Courtney Barnett) can do the talk-singing thing really well, but it implies that the singing is just as passable as the talking. when executed well, the sung lyrics feel emphasized and more emotional than all the spoken ones (in "Romeo and Juliet": "I love you like the stars above, I love you till I die"). but that's not what's happening on this album and not why Dylan is singing this way - couldn't wait for it to be over (sorry, Bob)

Too country.

Visi Dylano albumai yra šitame sąraše???? Atsibodo tikrai, jie visi man skamba vienodai, kodėl kokio vieno negalėjo atrinkti.

Bob Dylan's voice is just grating to me. Annoying. His harmonica is good and the songs aren't terrible but man I can't stand his singing in this album

Sounds like music demons play in a circus

Dog shit.

I want my 71 minutes back!!!

Cannot stand Bob.

I've never wanted to dnf an album so fast as the first verse on this album. I pushed my way through it and it didn't get much better. But I at least have to hand it to Dylan for telling us to tolerate his work at the end of the first verse when he says, "Everybody must get stoned."

Aggressive harmonica, but I just can't with his singing style. I can't stand the talky-pretend-to-sing style of some singer songwriters. I really wanted to give up on this. 1*

Worst than previous Bobby Dylan album, whined rather than sang

boring and cant sing, what happened to real music? (the beatles)

more like harmonica on harmonica

NO NOT THE HARMONICA BOB DON'T DO IT PLEASE, THINK OF THE CHILDREN

Fucking hell, I don't get it. Couldn't get through the whole thing.

not a fan

Awful

An hour too long for me, still not a fan.

Death to harmonicas. When I was in high school there was a girl called Bhree, I remember her talking about the song 'Hits from the bong' by Cypress Hill and how most people liked it because they thought 'it was cool' but she liked it because she ACTUALLY smoked pot which was 'way cooler' - I imagine people who like Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 for the same reason are as insufferably annoying as she was. Anecdote 2 - when I first heard 'everybody must get stoned' I was quite young and only knew of it in the biblical sense (I don't think I'd mind getting stoned if it meant I never had to listen to Bob Dylan again)

An utterly inexplicable artist. Can’t sing, music is trash, lyrics purposely opaque drivel. Every second spent listening to him is a second wasted. Wish I could rate it zero.

Not for me. 1/5

Never have been a fan of Dylan

Randy Newman wannabe

I went in with an open mind, not having heard much Bob Dylan and hoping for the best. I did not get the best - it was worse than I could have thought.

mochte ich tatsächlich nicht. Bob dylan ist sehr bekannt und er hat auch ein paar gute lieder. außer one of us must know hat mir eigentlich kein lied gefallen und ich fande die mundharmonika stellen etwas nervig.

They say never trust a guy with two first names. Yeah. It holds the record for the shortest amount of time it has taken for me to stop listening to an album due to how shit it is. I knew 5 seconds into the first song I was going to hate it. Maybe it's the sour mood I'm in, but I reckon this album put me in the sour mood in the first place. There are ZERO redeeming qualities in this. Some of you lot will wank yourselves off about the lyrics or storytelling or whatever, but if the guy telling you the story sounds like a drunken snot-filled seal you aren't paying attention to what he's saying are you. The fact that he even had the AUDACITY to make it into a double album pisses me off even more. What makes it even worse is that I've got 4 more albums off this prick - at the very least - and has added to the list of albums I'm dreading of getting in this forsaken website Fuck Bob Dylan and fuck his shitty little harmonica. Grow up.

Grossly overrated.

Reading idiotic writings like this are annoying. On the first song "Rainy Day Women #12 and 35" According to Andy Gill, by starting his new album with what sounded like "a demented marching-band ... staffed by crazy people out of their mind on loco-weed", Dylan delivered his biggest shock yet for his former folkie fans.The elaborate puns on getting stoned combine a sense of paranoiac persecution with "nudge-nudge wink-wink bohemian hedonism". Heylin points out that the Old Testament connotations of getting stoned made the Salvation Army-style musical backing seem like a good joke." Andy Gill, you are a muppet. That first song is Dixieland music that Dylan aped from the New Orleans area. Dixieland is frequently accompanied by marching snare, and guess what they tend to also sing lots of traditional and gospels in Zydeco and Dixieland style. You give Bob Dylan too much credit for creating something new, when he is merely copycatting traditional American folk and jazz, and poorly at that. I say it all the time, but Bob Dylan is the most overrated American musician. While he may of trailblazed a double album, I would say he was far from the master of its form. His lyrics don't really illuminate as much as they just sensationalize fringe communities in order to appear sufficiently countercultural for his time. It is literary masturbation. At least I have the good taste not to write songs about it. BLONDE ON BLONDE is filled with the terrible singing you've come to expect and the aural assault that he calls a harmonica. No thanks, Bob. Piss off. Next.

I like some of his songs but damn did I dislike this album

Oh no, no, no. After Highway 61 Revisited I never wanted to hear another Bob Dylan album. However, deep down, I knew that the Dylathon never ends. I am now two albums deep into the Bob Dylan heptalogy (yes, I looked up that word just so I could use it here). I don’t recall much about Highway 61 other than that I disliked the ear-bleeding harmonicas and Bob Dylan’s shitty vocals. Tombstone Blues admittedly pops into my head every now and then, so this one might not be that ba-OH MY GOODNESS IT’S A DOUBLE ALBUM. Red alert, red alert. I am endlessly neurotic about conciseness in music and the double album is an affront to all that is good in my eyes. I have endlessly bemoaned the “hour tenner”, an album length from which only one album has returned alive. It’s not looking promising for this album. In any case, I’ll give it a fair shake. From what I’ve picked up about Bob Dylan, I’ve heard that he has a knack for songwriting – a talent I’m continually dumbfounded by. There’s no craft or catchiness to this music. Bobby just dumps a bunch of random shit into these songs and desperately tries to pair his lyrics with bog-standard, overblown instrumentals. Out of this entire suite of songs, there are only two that I think are alright. I Want You has a nice instrumental and is the best-written song on the album. Fourth Time Around is also pretty alright. Very reminiscent of Norwegian Wood on a lyrical and instrumental level, which means the instrumental finally chilled out for a second. This album was indistinguishable from Highway 61, though I'm curious to know why it’s on here. I’m checking the book. Rock’n’roll’s “first masterpiece”. Poetic. “...voice of a generation”. Rock’s first double album (so it was Bob Dylan to blame, huh?). The first page of the 1001 Albums book has an image of Jimi Hendrix lisening to an album with a few vinyl albums strewn beside him, of which this was one. This is probably a worthwhile listen if its one of the first things I’m confronted with when opening the book. I hesitantly cosign this inclusion.

I don't understand why people like Bob Dylan. Boring music, terrible so-called singing, corny writing at times. I don't even think this has the music people know him for on it.

Als dit album niet in deze lijst stond had ik het niet afgeluisterd denk ik. Het eerste nummer was al een directe afknapper, maar uiteindelijk wordt het wel beter. Het enige nummer met een redemption voor mij is I want you door de aanstekelijke melodie, maar daar houdt het ook wel op.

Hoewel het eerste nummer wel echt het dieptepunt is van dit album, zette het wel meteen de correcte verwachting dat dit een verschrikkelijk album is dat ik alleen heb afgeluisterd uit respect voor deze lijst.

opaque production, abrasive instrumentation. dylan’s voice is terrible like so often on his early work. the whole thing is just self important and uninteresting. “i want you” is ok

I hate Bob Dylan's voice and "singing." There are maybe a few songs I find okay, but I tend to like covers of his songs more than the originals. He's like if the Beatles weren't clever or wholesome. Or if Zeppelin wasn't cool. Or if the Stones weren't edgy. Okay music, okay lyrics, terrible voice. Too much harmonica. By far the worst song is the degrading and tone deaf Just Like a Woman. Shut the fuck up man.

Trash

this would be a great album if Bob Dylan wasn't on it. still don't like his vocal tone or cadences.

I mean...i enjoyed parts of it. Side 2 was best in my opinion. It just kind of leaves me cold in the same way that Neil Young does. It isn't even one of those "i don't love it but I can see why people do" situations...like i just...don't get it. At the time this came out, there was so much more that was again, in my opinion, more appealing.

Blonde on Blonde is a bloated, self-indulgent mess where Dylan mistakes gibberish for genius and nasal whining for vocal style. It’s the musical equivalent of being cornered at a party by a pretentious bloke who’s definitely read too much beat poetry and won’t stop telling you about it. Half the tracks go on forever about absolutely nothing, the band sounds like they’re winging it half the time, and by Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands, you’ll be praying for sweet, sweet silence. If this is ‘the pinnacle of rock poetry,’ no wonder punk had to happen. Made a heap of money and lived a soft cushy life by being an absolute wanker.

Pff Bob dylan

Blues appropriation with a tone -deaf vocal delivery.

get OUT OF HERE BOB DYLAN I hate your voice

nee, niet voor mij

Nah

It's alright, I guess maybe I'm just not a fan of this style of "singing". I'm sure the stories he is telling are great and all but I just don't care much for this style.

My 2nd Bob Dylan review. My opinion in his music hasn't changed.

Still can’t stand his nasally droning.

Well, after a lifetime of avoiding seeking out Bob Dylan music to listen to, here we are. And of course they throw me a double album to start! Look, I get it, Dylan is a legend and massively influential. I know there is a reason, and he's not a completely talent-less hack. But lets be real; to my (and many others') ears, his voice is like nails on a chalkboard. Same can be said for his harmonica playing. My understanding is that his biggest strength is in his lyric writing, which may explain part of why I've never really understood the appeal, as a self described "lyrics last" kind of listener myself. I did not consciously follow along to the lyrics while listening, and while I understand that it might not be the best way to try to understand Bob Dylan...again, I don't listen to music primarily for the lyrics, I listen for the MUSIC, including vocal melodies over lyrics in a lot of cases. Well, another strike on Dylan for my ears, because whatever melodies he may be singing are just far buried under his absolutely awful, effectively tuneless, and distracting voice. Look, I listen to plenty of singers who aren't traditionally good, but there just really aren't any redeeming qualities to his voice that make me want to hear it. And then comes the music. The entirety of the instrumental playing on this album just feels so far in the background because Dylan just never. shuts. up. And again, I get it, its the style! But just really, really not for me. Any break he gives us from his nasally croaking usually is accompanied by some shrill and almost equally annoying harmonica playing. I forget the song, but early on in the album he holds out a single, shrill and obnoxious note for like 15 seconds, but it felt like a god damn eternity to me. I was literally yelling at my speakers "Fuckin' get on with it!!! Christ!!!" I just didn't find much of anything of interest in the instrumentals backing him to redeem my severe distaste for his vocals, but its clear that they're just support characters for his words. If I were to review this album for the public, I might be more kind or reasonable, once again fully understanding his significant impact and influence. But since this is just for me...sorry Bob, to the 1 star pile you go. I'm sure we'll meet again here, and I'll do my best to give you another shot, but I'm not really holding my breath about coming away any differently than here.

I really am not a fan of Dylan's voice. Everything else is fine, but just his voice seems like a parody --- of his own voice.

What a nasally man.

So bad

Yeah I don't want to be rude, but... Is Bob Dylan deaf? I made it through half the album. That's about all I can handle of his "unique" singing.

Q: What's the one thing worse than a Dylan album? A: A *double* Dylan album. That voice. I think I've got PTSD.

Turns out I dont like bob dylan

each song finishing is like getting the boulder to the top of the hill and the next song starting is like the boulder rolling back down again THE most overrated musician of ALL time bar NONE when comparing his actual ability to the amount of praise he's received

not my kind of music, very dad core but not my vibes

More Bob Dylan. Ugh. This blurry ass smug mf only stops screeching when he wants to abuse the shit out of a harmonica. Please make it stop

Just no

The penchant for aging records and the narrow taste of the curators of this list is self-evident at this point. Nasal, whiny, overrated. I really dislike Dylan's voice, and he consistently leans into the vocal timbre that's most annoying. Can't speculate as to why, and not particularly interested in however this was meant to be innovative. Harmonica is fun for a bit, but quickly becomes grating. Goofy fucking lyrics. I read that this won a Nobel Prize for literature? Maybe in the same smoothbrained way that some people consider Ernest Hemingway to be literate. No thanks.

This is terrible. I try, but its just sex drugs and terrible pop culture takes from what sounds like a 15 year old trying to piss off his mommy. Skibidy toilet for baby boomers.

That’s it I’m on strike. This is like my third Bob Dylan album and I’ve hated all of them. The man may have switched to electric but that’s where his range ends. I’m not listening to this because I already know what it sounds like. It’s stupid to have so many albums from a one note bitch like Dylan.

Didnt ask dont care

I didn't like it. Is Bob's harmonica meant to sound like a train whistle in every song?

Fuck Bob Dylan

Not a great album. You either love Dylan or you find him grating and annoying. I fall into the second camp. Some familiar songs on here, but they are the ones that you quickly change the channel on when they show up on streaming radio or youtube. Not a fan/.

Such a bad singer.

I'll never get the appeal of Dylan.

not the fucking harmonica again...

I tried, but I couldn't get into it.

No.

Artiste connu de nom uniquement. Le premier contact est malheureusement très mauvais, je trouve le morceau 'Rainy day Woman' vraiment inintéressant avec son instrumentation type fanfare. Et je n'apprécie pas vraiment la voix de BD. Le second morceau est un blues très classique, avec un chorus d'harmonica moyen. La suite n'est guère plus originale. L'ennui m'a gagné assez vite et j'ai sauté d'un morceau à l'autre pour terminer. =>1/5

When you've heard 1 of 3 types of Bob Dylan songs, you've heard them all. I can't speak for any impact this album had at the time of release but personally it was forgettable.

3rd Dylan album and my opinion has not changed. Would rather listen to a wet dog fart than hear his voice

Bob Dylan- not for me. Grasping to find the appeal