Reviews (page 7 of 14)
Own this one. Lots of good ones here
Very folksy, good builds throughout each song.
Judas and his newfangled electric guitars can really rock out. Who knew?!?
Interesante, aunque siempre hay un punto en Dylan que no termina de conectar conmigo. 4/5.
Classic bob Dylan
Love Dylan’s lyrics, but can only listen to several songs at a time. Had to listen in stages.
Grows on you? Can't really listen to the lyrics, which is what I understand to be the best thing about this album. Dylan's voice is hell funny. Oompah first song sucks though.
It's Dylan. Dude's got a Nobel Prize in Literature for his lyrics.
Pretty good but had some lows
Awful vocals that actually get better with every listen. The instrumentals and the word smithing is what shine here for my first bob Dylan record this one was amazing. I go out of my way to listen to my favorites and think it was well crafted
Fürs Singer Songwriter Album
Won’t be surprised to see some polarization with Bob. But to me he’s one of a select few of great American songwriters. B on B is probably the sweet spot for most listeners, where he’s expanded his sound beyond all acoustic but pre… whatever he turned into after this, which was at times unlistenable. A truly great album that I’ve heard countless times, but is missing a song that launches it into 5 territory for me.
Really cool album, really screams USA. Kind of a Lou Reed vibe at points. This won't be missing in my US road trip playlist when we set out on a journey again. 8/10
I played it in the background and liked it. Should probably listen more to get a better feel for it
First listen all the way through.
Great album, not my favorite Bob record though, bit too bluesy for me
Classic Dylan
Figured out that I actually like Bob Dylan
A terrific album, but not something I go to often.
Coulda skipped Sad Eyed Lady, Bob.
Bob Dylan is great. I’m more into the rock albums than the folk ones but this is good
Boozy Rainy Day, a bluesy Pledge, beautifully worded Johanna, a mattress on a bottle of wine... I've always dug the lyrics and the music.
It’s Bobby D
Found some songs I've never heard but liked which surprised me. His voice does keep me from ranking it a full 5 stars, but overall pretty solid album. Happy with this surprise today. 4/5
Slaps
Bob Dylan maakt nooit wat mee. Nee, de hoofdpersoon van zijn liedjes dat ben JIJ. 'How does it feel to be on your own, like a rolling stone?' 'They'll stone you when you're trying to be so good...' Etcetera. En bovendien dacht je dat je wist wat iets was, MAAR het is iets anders. Als je erop let, hoor je hetzelfde mechanisme steeds terugkomen. Al met al trek ik deze muziek beter dan ik had verwacht, ik vind de begeleiding en de harmonica heel sfeervol, en de liedjes zelf zijn ook niet onaardig. Maar die stem, man die stem. Die ben je op een gegeven moment wel zat. Daarom zal dit nooit een 5 worden.
El álbum m'agrada prou, però les primeres cançons que eren més estilo country no me han molat tant però les últimes són una locura
Tune after tune
quite enjoyed the harmonica, its a lovely instrument i dont hear very often in songs so it was a nice part of the album.
i've listened multiple times always a great album
I thought it was quite relaxing and was enjoyable to listen to as I was doing my homework. Bob Dylan, as always, is an amazing lyricist. I didn’t know that he had a lot of blues influence, and the prevalence of the harmonica surprised me.
Not my favorite Dylan album but still great
Feel like I need to preface this with stating that I have no musical talent. I'm not even going to attempt to speak to anything technical. On the surface, Dylan's lyrics seem very simple, but not in a negative way. I feel it makes the album approachable, easy to listen to and understand. It was a relaxing listen, definitely worth revisiting.
Dylan is always great
Having been born in 1966, obviously heard the name Bob Dylan but didn’t realize that over the years that I had heard some of his music, two on this album to be exact. Listening from start to finish gives you a little story, poetically written, again never realized how beautiful some of his lyrics are. Couldn’t help but giggle at the drug references dropped in here and there, probably more blatant to most listeners now. Overall I’d give it a solid 4.
I enjoyed the album. Hadn't heard or thought about it in a long time.
This album is a notable step from Bringing It All Back Home thanks to the boys from the Hawks and shows Bob's movement towards the sound he would cultivate in the late 60's and 70's. Always poetic and well spoken, I was not as familiar with this one, but glad to get the chance to listen to one of the early modern double albums
A legendary album at a formative moment in rock, quality songwriting in Dylan's top form. Interesting to know that there was an entire failed session in New York before trying again in Nashville.
We haven't done this one already? I coulda sworn... Well, first off, you know I love Bob Dylan, and this is, of course, a landmark album. He's using The Hawks in the studio for the final installment of his rock trilogy. The stuff of legends, right? But it's almost like he's trying to get that out of his system here, and get on to the next thing. I enjoy this album and all, but I feel like it's the weakest of the trilogy. I've never been able to connect with it in the same way as "Bringing It All Back Home" or "Highway 61 Revisited," which are absolute lightning rods. This just doesn't have the same sense of urgency that those other two records do. The formula seems like it might be wearing out a bit at this point. Then there's the fact that it's a double album, with some fairly indulgent songs to boot. It's pretty much the classic example of something that could've been edited into a fantastic single album. For example, I think "Sad Eyed Lady Lady of the Lowlands" could have made for an absolutely legendary outtake that people sought after, talked about in hushed tones, and collectively orgasm over when it would be officially released years later as a bonus track on a boxed set or something - but it doesn't necessarily serve the album as a whole. I actually have solution to trimming it up. Just chop off the first two tracks and the last two tracks. Then move "Visions of Johanna" to the end so it runs "One of Us Must Know" through "Fourth Time Around" with "Visions of Johanna" tacked on the end for your long ballad outro, and I find I enjoy listening to it much more. It would run about 48 1/2 minutes this way, so in between the lengths of his previous 2 albums in the trilogy. Try it out, see what you think. The Jonny Cut. The main thing that holds this back from being a 5 for me is that I don't feel there are any individual tracks that just completely knock me out like "Subterranean Homesick Blues" or "Like a Rolling Stone." And perhaps it's just the process of wading through the sheer bulk of the album that wears on you until you're sort of desensitized. I don't know. In some ways I feel like it's a transitional album. Something made to satisfy demand while internally he was searching for his new direction. And you know by this point he was surrounded by yes men just to complicate things. Not to mention the exhaustion from touring, and of course the drugs that go with that. Just look at that album cover. He's a little blurry. Says it all.
I think we basically listened to a live album version of this, but overall this is a pretty strong Dylan album. Granted, I am very reluctant to listen to Dylan deliberately so it's not in my rotation, but I can rate it as credit is due.
This is Dylan at his best. Mixing folk and electric blues in a genuine way, it has style, it has melancholy, it has deep confidence
Dylan ist gewöhnungsbedürftig, als einer der nicht auf Texte hört, sondern auf den Klang, eher uninteressant
This is a great album. Some classic Dylan on here.
Some absolute amazing tracks. A bit slow in the back half but I get why it's considered a classic.
Not as good as blood on the tracks Better than highway 4
There is a 5 star album in here. Many great songs including Sad Eyed Lady…. Just noticing the chord progression from it that Foxygen ripped off. But there are some songs I have zero attachment to. It’s one of 2 Dylan albums I owned and I still love what I like be on it even more.
Classic
Hard for me to get over HOW he sings what he sings... but I get it. I appreciate it. IDK, maybe I need to be locked in a room with this on repeat in some twisted attempt to indoctrinate me to his random word emphasis.
Classic! 4/5
Pretty good BD album
Not the biggest fan of Bob Dylan. Obviously a legend and his songwriting chops are commendable. I do feel like his songs are a bit formulaic and his vocals are quite frankly bad. Not much of a knock but when evaluating this album it needs consideration. Solid 4 stars.
Not a Bob Dylan fan, this is probably one his most tolerable albums :) Standouts: Rainy Day Women Nos 12 & 35, Just Like a Woman, I Want You, Others: Pledging My Time, Visions of Johanna, 4th Time Around, Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands 4/5
Pretty good. Can definitely tell the folksy influence, and see why Dylan's songwriting is heralded as one of the best in the bizness.
Great album. Classic Dylan. Unique sound and lyrics.
Part of the background sound of western society. At least a three.
Just a couple shades below his best work.
Not super for me but solid, I get it
At times a bit whiny but overall excellent. I can see why Bob Dylan is considered so influential.
My parents were right about his voice, he sounds like Mr. Burns. Can't imagine seeing him in concert now that he's 80-something. Didn't like the more whimsical stuff but might be easier on a second listen. Too dense with metaphors. Album really picked up at song 3. I identified at least to a point with most songs, esp. 3-8, but Just Like A Woman feels so much like me and Kitty. I Want You feels like me and Violet. Album got a little weaker after track 8 for me but still alright. Like the ending track (14). How the hell was THIS too hard rock for people, folk fans were WIMPS
This dylan guy is going somewhere
Pretty cool album
Perfect for a road trip. Great voice, great sounds. Wish I knew the words. 4 of 5
An album my dad loves, great music and song lyrics. Bob is giving early autumn vibes of a late August evening that's kind of dusty (could just be his voice). Serious porch songs. Favs: "Just like a woman", "Most Likely To Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)", "Fourth Time Around" & "Sad Eyed Lady of the Low Lands".
It’s a bit of a mess and all over the place but the highlights (Johanna and Memphis) are some of his best songs. Of course, Rainy Day Women is his worst.
Губной гармошки очень много, раздражали эти вставки под конец
Such a classic. Nice to hear some of the history behind the making of the album.
This is not the best Dylan album of the era. . . which is highway 61 revisited
Pretty good stuff, a bit too much harmonica for my modern tastes though. 7/10
An amazing album full of 5s and 3s gets a 4.
Bobbie
What in the WORLD is this hippie going on about???
I recognised this from the iconic album cover and inwardly groaned. However, I must be reaching that time in my life where even Bob Dylan starts to sound good. The singing wasn't great, but the song writing was superb, so I think 4 stars seems fair.
This meeting could’ve been an e-mail, this e-mail could’ve been a text and this double album could’ve been an 8-song album. Nothing after Just Like a Woman is remarkable. And while Visons of Johanna and Stuck Inside of Mobile are great, they could be 4 or 5 minute songs. Dylan’s voice and song structure doesn’t really work for long songs
Pretty solid record! It was a bit long maybe, but overall a fun listen, and I definitely feel the bluesy looseness.
I could’ve sworn that we already did this, but no, we’ve just done other Dylans. Anyway, this is one of the better double albums from that period. A little too loaded still, but there isn’t a truly weak song on here. The best stuff in particular is among his most exciting and lyrical. Definitely a highlight in his career. A-
Great album, classic BD
Rounding up here. I can dig it but dammit, Bobby, what the hell are you talking about? “Yes, I could tell you what he means if I didn’t have to try so hard” Okay
Beautiful - apart from Rainy Day Woman. Never want to hear that again. The rest was mesmerizing, and a killer song radio afterwards as well for extra points!
Here’s Dylan pushing cultural and musical limits with this legendary album. Once you get used to the high-pitch harmonica, you will love the songs.
Masterful lyrics and a down home style Memphis blues instrumental.
Band work typically loose for Dylan. Works well on the (in)famous Rainy Day Women; apparently about getting baked, sounds like the band is declining into a ganga-infused stupor -- really, it's about being persecuted, leaving the declining feeling of the song more metaphorical than the average radio exec realized. Pledge My Time feels like a similar blues pastiche but isn't as interesting. Some quality melodic folk entries -- Visions of Johanna has some lovely imagery and Dylan's determined, propulsive strumming that give him such a unique quality as a writer about love. Dylan's vocal delivery, it just be said, is an acquired taste. He writes lovely melodies and is perfectly capable of hitting his notes. His voice tends to have a breathy hoarseness, but that's effective, too. He often ends lines with an unfocused-feeling glissando, sliding down off of the closing note, past the 'blue' note and off into oblivion. Sometimes it's not just the end. Whether he's doing it on purpose to ape the unsophisticated airs of his hero, Guthrie, to disarm the common folk listener and dissuade the snobs or maybe just plain lazy about singing will remain a debate we can all choose to indulge in or not. I choose not to -- that's just what Dylan sounds like. Frankly, I think his protest music remains his most lasting and emotionally-accessible work, but this album is has a well-deserved reputation as a classic of Western popular music. Listen to this with a lyrics sheet at least once, just to see if you buy the hype about Dylan as a poet.
Generally interesting. One of the better ones
I’m not a Dylan stan, nor a convert after listening to Blonde on Blonde, but I did appreciate this one. Dylan’s take on Rock is strange, it would take Springsteen to truly make the Rock big band work, but what’s important to Dylan’s music are the lyrics and the songwriting, and the guy is on top form here. He writes well and intelligently, with observation and with detail and reference. In fact he really would be the greatest songwriter of all time if he wrote about literally anything else but how much he seems to dislike women. So a star removed for misogyny, but otherwise check this one out.
really enjoyed it, need a relisten. production (or remaster?) is really great
AJ: my second favorite Dylan album. So many great songs. Fizzles at points but there’s more than a few tracks that i absolutely love. Now give me Blood on the Tracks.
My favorite Bob is electric Bob, but this record still has so many great songs. This is like the precipice before he truly took off as an artist. Great record, ‘I Want You’ might be the dumbest song I’ve ever heard tho.
Loved this album, it just unfortunately suffers from the classic double album dilemma of having just a bit too much fat that could’ve been trimmed (Rainy Day Women opening up dragged a bit towards minute 4, the back half lost my attention a bit in spots) but overall there’s some incredible stuff in here! Who would’ve thought we’d get hit by some genuinely great Pop hooks in One Of Us Must Know or I Want You?! Overall I preferred Highway 61 but there’s a lot to love on here. I’ll just pick and choose my tracks in the future instead of tackling it as a whole.
Classic Dylan
best dylan record.
Great album
Four simply for the excellent use of harmonica
I've never given Bob Dylan a good listen before. I guess I've always been intimidated. I was both excited and nervous to see this album show up. I have a difficult time interpreting poetry and poetic lyrics like on some (not all) of these songs. I think it is important to remember that albums like these are meant to be listened to over and over again, and a single listen doesn't do it justice. I really like the blues/folk sound, and Dylan's voice does a great job of carrying these songs over the surprisingly strong compositions. I did not find myself wanting to skip any tracks, and was surprised at how fast the listen felt. 4.5* rounded to 4.
Good album, wasn’t really my thing but didn’t turn it off.
This is the quintessential Dylan album for me. Some truly amazing songs, some fabulous lyrics, and a little bit too much harmonica when I listen to it all at one go.
Thoroughly enjoyed this. Think I listened to this once years ago but it didn’t really click then, but I’m beginning to buy into the hype more now. It is a bit long, and this style can get repetitive, but it grows and grows and he does this so well. Lyrically, he’s got to be up there with the best. Standouts for me being: Stuck inside of a mobile…, just like a women, I want you, Fourth Time Around. Will definitely be back to this
My dad is a big Bob Dylan fan. This one rings a bell from growing up. Didn't mind it at all, flew by. "Stuck Inside..." was the standout for me, but I also greatly enjoyed "Visions of Johanna". I have to say I prefer his folksy politics stuff, but this album is incredibly solid.
An almost flawless offering from the nasal-voice master in person!
Very nice chill songs
Probably one of Dylan's most iconic and accessible albums of any time period.
I liked it but it’s not my favourite bob dylan album 4/5
Listened to it once yesterday whilst deep in concentration on some work stuff, and it kind of washed over me, didn't take any of it in. Listened again this morning and was much more impressed. All the usual Dylan criticisms apply; his voice isn't great and the way he inflects his voice is weird and a bit annoying, but the storytelling is great, he combines some pretty cutting snarkiness with really tender moments and it's a really good listen (barring a couple of tracks that are a bit too on the nose). I don't enjoy Dylan enough to give it a 5, but it's definitely a 4.
Good album, found it kind of samey though. Apparently I already listened to it before, but I don’t remember it, so that’s something
okay I finally get Dylan, I think, some great tracks
Harmonica is craaazy
This is a good album for #100 since I love Bob Dylan and don't really have anything new to say about him. My review of the whole project so far: it's pretty clear that white boomers compiled this list - so much classic rock. I like classic rock, but I feel like it's over represented. I haven't gotten a single country album - I realize it's not a "cool" genre, but there's so much good stuff out there; maybe I'll get 900 country albums from here on. Overall, though, I have been enjoying the project. I have found some artists that I had never heard of and now really love, and I'm excited to keep on with it. Despite the prevalence of rock, I have discovered a new love of jazz and rekindled my love of funk
Great!
4.75
This was my favorite album all of Fall 2016. I listened to it every single day on my commute from Frederick to Baltimore during my final semester of college. The surreal lyricism, the arrangements with Robbie Robertson and some of the members the Band, Al Kooper's organ wailing across most of the tracks- it all still holds up for me. This album is perfect for driving down uncrowded American roadways on a bright, crisp Autumn morning or late afternoon. No doubt there are some songs you just have to get through. Rainy Day Women is probably the worst album opener of all time, and followed by Pledging my Time wouldn't sell me on sticking it out if I was listening to this for the first time. But even the songs that are sillier like Leopard-Skin Pillbox Hat are great- "It balance on your head just like a mattress balances on a bottle of wine" is a hysterical visual, and the ripping blues guitar makes a song that is pretty dumb and makes it enjoyable. Once you get to Visions of Johanna, it's mostly up. Visions, One of Us Most Know, I Want You, and Stuck Inside of Mobile are incredible. If you do listen to this in the fall like I said, you'll understand instantly why I Want You was the main falling in love song in I'm Not There when Heath Ledger and the Charlotte Gainsbourg are riding the motorcycle through the country side. If you replaced one of the blues songs with Positively Fourth Street, a single released during this same area and probably the most clever and cutting "Go Fuck Yourself" song in Dylan's catalogue, it would elevate this album. But even without it, the "thin, wild mercury sound" across most of the tracks, transports. Best moments: The 4-song stretch between Visions of Johanna and Stuck in Mobile. And if you made it through the first 9 minutes of Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands, the final 2 minute harmonica outro.
Reluctant 4 stars. This has such a great depth in the lyrics and yet has Dylan as the singer. Some of the best harmonica work ever recorded
Not my favorite of Dylan's stuff, 3.8.
I don't have the greatest grasp on Dylan in terms of where the lines are between his different phases and artistic personas. There is a lot of mythologizing that goes in to him, particularly the earlier eras that were more than 50 years ago now. That being said this is a rock record recording with a rock band as backing musicians, so it seems this is post Dylan going electric. A lot of very well known songs on here, and the rest of the record has a swing to it that gives it a drive. I am guessing if I listened to this a lot more I'd think it was phenomenal. Obviously a great record.
As far as a Bobby album goes, this is good and that’s all I have to say about that
Sí, la cultura popular está llena de advertencias acerca de este disco. Lo tomas o lo dejas. A mí me ha gustado. Incluye varias canciones que ya había escuchado antes, pero nunca me había dado el tiempo de hacerlo en formato disco.
Até que é bom, mas odeio Bob Dylan
Great great album, one of the greats my dad showed my early on in life. Incredible songs on this album including Stuck in Mobile, what a perfect song. Very good album! Can’t wait to see more on this list!
Have listened to this one a lot, Visions of Johanna has always been one of my favourite Bob Dylan songs and the whole album is great
3,7
Such an iconic voice and lyrics. I really want a leopard-skinned pill-box hat The harmonic fucks
Everybody must get stoned. There are some sweet guitars on this one that don't necessarily stand out but absolutely make some of these songs for me. I have never wanted a Leopard-Skin Pill-Box hat more.
Musically a fun folk journey led by Dylan's meandering, drawn out vocals. Elements of jazz throughout. Standout is "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again."
Rainy Day Women #12&35- Full of energy, really like this one 👍 Pledging my time- Catchy 👍 Visions of Johanna- Very interesting lyrics, with a good melody 👍 One of us must know- High intensity song, love the instrumental in the background 👍 I want you- Slightly generic, but probably one of the catchiest Bob songs I’ve heard 👍 Stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues again- I like the chorus, but a few too many extraneous verses Leopard skin pillbox hat- One of the less engaging Dylan tales Just like a woman- This works, sets scene well 👍 Temporary Achilles Absolutely Sweet Marie, 4th time around- 👍 Obviously Five Believers- quite generic bob song here Sad-eyed Lady of The Lowlands- this is where Bob loses me, just another level of meandering and plodding I liked this album for the most part, I think the first half is definitely stronger though. 4/5
He can’t sing for shit and the guitar and harmonica makes my ears bleed but the songs r gr8.
Not typically a Dylan fan but this album has some great tunes underscoring the lyricism which is normally what I find lacking.
It's Bob frickin' Dylan, mans a legend. but I will note I feel certain tracks would hit better if I was under the influence of drugs/alcohol.
7th and final Bob Dylan album
I think I’d place this in the second tier of Dylan on this list, below Free Wheelin’ and Highway 61, and just a bit under Blood on the Tracks. It could move up to a 9 upon further listening, but for now it’s an 8/10.
4.5
Loved this
I've heard this one so many times before, I don't know if I even need to listen to it for this project, or even need to write any listening notes
Relisten. Hard to tell when listening to something like this if I'm responding to the material at hand or just the blueprint-ness of it all, but I enjoyed it. A bit long though. 4.5/5
Not big on Dylan but I am BIG on this album. An all time nostalgic favourite.
Pretty decent effort from Dylan
Don't tell anyone I like Bob Dylan
Blues riffs, harmonicas, social commentary, and a NYC focus? I'M STAYIN'. Look, say what you want about the quality of his vocals, Dylan is a songwriting force to be reckoned with. This album is fantastic.
Dylan hitting his stride
Classic. A bit long for my tastes and I prefer his first two in this “trilogy”
One of the top Dylan albums showcasing his move into mainstream rock n roll blues. Catchy songs and lots of fun. An easy listen and definitely one of the important albums of the mid ‘60s.
Ok
Haven't listened to Bobby D in a while but it still holds up
It was pretty good I guess. His voice is a big annoying and the songs were really long. But still good for it’s time.
My god do I hate Rainy Day Women #12 & 35. Beyond that, this is the Bob I remember hearing as a child and _not getting_. A lot of chunka-chunka-chunka-chunka rhythms and whiny (so nasal!!!) voice. I definitely have a higher tolerance for the sound today. Four stars for being so Bob seven albums in. Not many folks can make this many albums and have #7 have such an iconic sound.
Some brilliant beautiful lyrical standouts and some glorious blues throughbacks. Great album.
A great one, though I think at length there is something of a monotony of tone, and Dylan’s vocals are mostly near their most obstinately Dylan-y. Still an album I’m happy to give a listen pretty much any time.
this was a good one!
The first folk album that blew my mind. I know that folk artists are basically poets, but here Bob Dylan is on another level. I love the images and narratives that he conjure with the lyrics, and I regretted not focusing on them much. Maybe next time when I am not too busy. As for the sound, we got some delicious harmonica fiddling. Some tracks are bluesy and some have rock elements. I enjoyed it a lot and I know that this is something special. So while it tend to be boring sometimes, I think it will grow on me after a few re-listens.
I wasn't sure what I was going to get with this one. I like Dylan well enough, but we got his "Live 1966" album recently and it wasn't great—a lethargic performance that was so nasal it was like he was doing a bad impersonation of himself. But this was the Bob Dylan I was looking for, far more lively than "Live 1966," with a healthy helping of blues. "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat" is deliciously bluesy, and "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" is a classic bit of silliness that's probably familiar to anyone who's ever been within 20 feet of a stoner. Then we've got Dylan staples like "Visions of Johanna," "I Want You," and "Just Like a Woman." I love me some harmonica, but he hits it a *little* hard on this album, especially on "Pledging My Time." Other than that, the only complaint I have is that it's a little long at 72+ minutes. As good as he can be, I prefer Dylan in smaller doses.
Ok I count myself as a non-fan of Bob Dylan - nasal voice, too derivative from his influences in folk of the time and well I probably (misguidedly) think he is overrated. This record though is the one that I warmed up to most of his - and after listening through the hundreds of albums so far - you start feeling the records with secret sauce - and this one is one of those.
The fifth Bob Dylan album we've had so far. Not as good as Highway 61 Revisited, but still a nice album with a couple of very good tracks such as Visions Of Johanna.
4.5
I know it is a classic but I'd say a third of the songs are lesser Dylan songs in my book. Visions of Johanna is a favorite. Also Stuck Inside Mobile... it is really good but not my favorite byba long shot.
Probably the first Dylan album I've immediately thought I would listen to again at some point in the near future. Having some ace session musicians and members of the Band backing him up probably helps a lot - the screeching harmonica isn't doing a lot of heavy lifting this time around.
Day 1! October 24th 2022. Very nice! First Dylan album I listened to in its entirety. Some songs were a drag, but most of them were really nice. I'm surprised by how bluesy it was, felt like every other song employed the 12-bar blues. Will listen again and add a few of the songs to my playlist. Didn't get into the lyrics for this listen-through, but will have to do so on future ones!
Good album. Is a little bit the same, but still one of the greats
I didn’t expect to enjoy this one, at first I thought his style was too monotonous but I really vibed out with this one
Really good fall album
Dylan being Dylan
Too much harmonica.
Calming nice album
More upbeat than I was expecting
It's established canon (by the gatekeepers) and has been for the whole of my lifespan and yet it's nowhere near my favourite Dylan album. Don't know what it is, it has some of his best individual songs but never gels. To many songs? Too long (overall)? It's no 'Highway 61 Revisited' or 'Bringing It Back Home' or 'Blood On The Tracks' and maybe that's the only thing that's really wrong with it.
A lot more varied than I'd remembered.
This is an interesting album. On the one hand, it's not my favorite album in terms of the overall style of the music and lyrics. On the other hand, I recognize almost every one of these songs from either the radio or from appearances in movies and TV. I think it's good overall, though I'm not sure why this album gets so much praise relative to a lot of other Dylan albums made in this period. Blonde on Blonde is commonly held up as the pinnacle of Dylan. It's good, but I feel like it's substantially similar in terms of quality to a lot of his other albums. To be fair though, I've never been the biggest Dylan fan. He's good, but not really my thing 4/5
Cut the harmonica and you have a 1 hour 5/5 album. Bob is very comforting. When everything is balanced he is best. Some of it is too long. 90s bobs voice goes funny like he’s trying to sound like himself a little. Would listen again.
Proper classic
Rating: 8/10 Best songs: Visions of Johanna, I want you, Just like a woman
Listened to most of it. Have known a few of the tracks for some time. Very weird yet accessible for him. Rick Danko is on some bass, quite good. Fav Track: Fourth Time Around
Maybe it was growing up to him on the warm sound of spinning vinyls. Maybe it was people spontaneously singing the lyrics around me. I'll always have a home for the too often reviled Dylan. This album is a masterwork. A lullaby by its end and so many of the greatest hits are on it. Dylan is indeed a prince and an American icon. That said, I finally went to see him at Jazzfest one year. The swamp was so hot that I ended up 10,000 miles away from the jumbotron smashed between de-shirted frat bros, and it made me reconsider. All of those images were in my head as I enjoyed some of the lesser known tracks. Stellar artist and a great example.
Rainy day women is about my mom and her intrusive sister when they used to raid my room looking for my stash... Ha! I laugh at you... trying to rain on my parade. You two are clowns, every kid knows that the best place to keep your doobage is in the locker at school and guarded by a guillotine. Very convenient for those early morning detention sessions with Claire and the other fools. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUIAlHjdFGE
Bob Dylan writes some absolutely beautiful songs. And cannot sing.
I found it pretty good. I often struggle to get into Bob’s music but the instrumentals are pretty lavish and fun on here so that kept me interested. I still gotta listen again to figure out the cryptic lyrics but looking for ward to that. 7/10
I mean, it's Dylan. Can't go wrong with this one.
3.5/5. It’s Bob Dylan. So it’s pretty good, but not as good as people seem to make it.
The best Dylan album.
Bob Dylan is great. I can understand why people love him. Just not for me so much.
I have this LP, so this is the first album that I have already listened to from start to finished prior to this listening project.
I was only familiar with two or three songs from Blonde On Blonde, eventhough I know that this is one of Bob Dylan's albums that is frequently recommended by his fans. I like Dylan, but it takes a bit of proding for me to explore more of his work. This album sounds like a Bob Dylan album, and is even a source for paradies of Dylan. (Brak from Space Ghost, Coast to Coast included). Blonde On Blonde includes Dylan's iconic voice with his drawn out syllables to the point that the vocals are more spoken word than singing. I have a harder time with the drawn out slow delivery, but the combined whole of the tracks can be interesting. There are reasons to listen to this album. Particularly by the last four tracks ("Absolutely Sweet Marie", "4th Time Around", "Obviously 5 Believers", "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands") there is enough energy to the music and melody to the vocals that I can round up to a full four stars.
C'est mon époque préférée de Bob Dylan (époque qui débute avec Bringing It All Back Home). On est dans la chanson, mais on sent une énergie nouvelle, un goût de participer aux changements musicaux qui s'opèrent à ce moment. On le ressent dès la première chanson. Les pièces blues lui sied particulièrement bien. J'aime aussi comment ce n'est pas parfait. Je dois admettre par contre que certaines pièces sont longues, ce qui devient répétitif pour arriver à livrer tout le texte. Mais il y a aussi des pièces parfaite comme I Want You avec son rythme entrainant et sa formule plus près d'une chanson populaire. C'est un peu long comme album, mais c'est un album double. En vinyle, c'est parfait. Définitivement un album qui a sa place dans cette liste. Pièces préférées: Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again, I Want You, Just Like A Woman, Visions of Johanna, Most Likely You Go Your Way
Man so damn classic! Even if you don't like Dylan, the fact that pretty much everyone still knows these songs 50+ years later is insane. The guy could write a song about any random mundane part of life and it would still be a classic.
honestamente eu não sou muito fan do dylan, eu conheço pouco da carreira dele, mas o pouco que ja ouvi não me agradou. o que mais me incomoda é a voz dele, tem uma malandragem que me lembra outros cantores, como mick jagger, jimi hendrix e lou reed, mas a voz dele tem um certo tom e rasgado que me irrita. outro fator é o tamanho das musicas, esse album em especifico é duplo, e cada musica tem em media 5 minutos, algumas chegando a 7. normalmente isso não é um problema pra mim, minhas musicas favoritas tem 5-7 minutos, mas o bob dylan tem uma certa formula que me enjoa facil. bom, é o tipo de coisa que so se resolve com o costume, quem sabe com o tempo isso vai sumindo. eu cheguei agora em "i want you", é um pouco mais pop que as outras, a que eu mais gostei por enquanto. maldita gaita que aparece em todas musicas. eu gostei do album no final, meu problema é com o bobby mesmo
I've always known the name Bob Dylan as well as some of his most famous songs, but listening to this album was my first foray into Dylan fandom. That is to say, I very much enjoyed this "side" of Dylan. I find his voice goofy and not particularly beautiful, but it somehow works, and the musicality of the songs themselves isn't in question, even if they come off as laidback and carefree. For me, the type of enjoyment was similar to that of listening to Randy Newman.
One of my favs of his for sure.
On Steve's bachelor party trip, on the van ride back to NJ there was a discussion about favorite Bob Dylan albums. I listened to him but never played through one of his albums from start to finish (blasphemous for a singer-songwriter). When I was asked, I think I responded with \"Highway 61\" because it was the one that had tracks on it that I actually knew and knew the names of. Someone had said \"Blonde On Blonde\" (Steve? Or was it Steve Fingerhut?) and so the next day or a few days later when I was at work I threw it on and loved it. It's a great album and a strong follow-up to Highway 61 Revisited. It feels fun and energetic compared to the common idea of what Bob Dylan sounds like. The only downside of this album is that it relies so heavy on the blues chord progression, and there's really only so much you can do with that in similar keys and instrumentation before the songs start to blur together and get a little predictable. It's still an amazing album but for someone who has drilled the blues progression a few hundred times, my mind can't help but drift when listening to it in an album format.
Great but meh
listened to again man this is an absolute classic and a must listen
A strange ramshackle glorious affair. Dylan's stream of consciousness lyrics are a wonder to behold.
I get why people like him and can appreciate the music but his iconic voice is a bit much after an hour straight. The music changes but every song the vocals sound too similar
Great Dylan album.
Usually, Dylan's music passes right by me. I think this album is the main exception: it's musical enough for me, and it includes several tracks that really penetrate.
Excellent
Swag…. Han sjunger episkt…
The increased musical variety courtesy of being a double album is… cheeelin
Respekt till Bob Dylan.... älskar hur han sjunger.
I listened to this some time ago and was happy to get reacquainted with some of the lesser-known tracks like "Visions of Johanna" and "Obviously Five Believers". It's still "Just like a Woman" for me, such a complex, emotional, and probably biographical song suffused with real love.
Tähän mennessä selvästi parasta Dylania listalla. Levyn kahden ensimmäisen tylsän bluesjurnuttelun jälkeen päästiin eteenpäin vähän seesteisimmissä tunnelmissa. En ennakkoon tuntenut yhtäkään levyn kappaleista, mutta varsikin peräkkäinen kolmikko One of Us Must Know, I Want You ja Stuck Inside plaaplaa on todella kovaa tykitystä. Levyn loppupuoli tarjoili muutakin rauhallisen tyylikästä Dylania. Hieno levy, joka kohensi reippaasti omaa mielipidettäni Dylanista. Parhaimmillaan vitosen arvoisia veivauksia, mutta ehkä nuo bluesfiilistelyt pudottaa arvosanan vahvaksi neloseksi.
Dylan is great, but I do start to feel like the songs blend together
Very good! It's a little bit of a mixed bag at times, and maybe a couple of songs could have been cut, but the songs that are good are excellent. And even the ones that I don't like as much aren't really bad, it's just that the album is long enough that you could cut a song or two and nobody would be complaining. I'd give it a 4.5 if I could.
Kid's got a future.
Classic Dylan
There are three Dylan albums that are in my all time favorite albums. This is one of them. Granted, it’s the third out of three, but it’s a masterpiece. Besides the obvious hits here, “One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)” and “Visions of Joanna” are hidden gems. Love this one.
I’m not as big of a Dylan fan as I would like to be but I really like this album!
Say what you will about his singing, but Bob Dylan knows how to write songs. This is a very good listen.
Lyrics are brilliant, but his voice (and the harmonica) does get a bit annoying
This is the best Dylan that I got here at this project until now, but I'm wondering that, at the end of the day, I don't like so much of Bob Dylan as I thought. I know that probably is some kind of a crime somewhere in the world, but I prefer his "rock" songs (like some in this album) over his "folk" ones, that is the majority of his work. Maybe, listening to it some other times brings to me new perspectives and I change my mind, but I like this very much of this Dylan album exactly because it sounds less like Bob Dylan for me.
Not my favourite Dylan album but it is still excellent.
This is one of 3-4 Dylan records that I listen to with some regularity. I like the sound of the record. The shrill and clanky guitars, the long, piercing harmonica notes, and Dylan's songwriting, of course. I know this is probably one of his most heralded records. It deserves the accolades. "Rainy day women..." is a brilliantly subversive song. That being said, I'll reserve the 5/5 for "Highway 61 Revisited" and "Bringing it All Back Home."
Not my favourite Dylan album but some really good songs on here
I dont like country but this wasnt horrible
Blonde on Blonde by Bob Dylan (1966) I suppose that a young listener hearing this recording for the first time might wonder what all the fuss is about, included as it is on nearly every list of the greatest albums of all time. I can suggest two reasons for this perplexity: (1) Many of Dylan’s creative innovations have become so standard that they now seem routine, and (2) Twenty-first century ears have not yet caught up with twentieth-century poetry. However, surely everyone agrees that at least until the boomer generation (i.e., mine) completely dies out, this double LP will be regarded as one of the greatest albums ever produced (but see below). What makes this music great is that it consists of a first-rate synthesis of first-rate poetry with first-rate rhythmic and melodic construction. These three elements combine exponentially in Blonde on Blonde. Bob Dylan’s music blows rather than sucks (please, dear reader, try to avoid profane associations with this image). Most popular music sucks. That is to say, it inhales from its musical culture those elements that have proved successful—mixing, arranging, and elaborating on them in interesting and entertaining ways. Dylan’s music, on the other hand, blows. It exhales into its musical culture a spirit/wind/breath of substance—vivifying, enlightening, and nourishing the soul of the listener. Where pop music takes (symbiotically or even parasitically), Dylan’s music gives. It evokes passion in the listener by rendering him or her passive. The listener gasps. The listener receives. The listener learns. The listener grows. If one wants to begin accessing Dylan’s poetry in Blonde on Blonde, I might suggest starting with track #5 “I Want You” and focus on everything he says other than “I Want You”. Nothing is here by accident. And it isn’t until the last line of the final verse that we discover that his desire for his woman is the cause of all these deceptively random and seemingly nonsensical reflections. Throughout this album, from the reassuring observation that undeserved suffering is the common lot of humanity (via the playfully paronomastic “Everybody must get stoned” in “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35”) to the insight that “She says ‘your debutante just knows what you need, but I know what you want’” (“Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again”), we hear such lyrical delights as oxymoron raised to an art (“Temporary Like Achilles”) and the hymnic encomium of “Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands”. We weep more than once. In terms of images, can we not exult in picturing the “jelly faced woman with the mustache say ‘Jeez, I can’t find my knees’” (“Visions of Johanna”)? And surely there’s no more inventive lament than this: “And here I sit so patiently Waiting to find out what price You have to pay to get out of Going through all these things twice” Please note the exquisite yet subtle change in the final chorus of “Just Like a Woman”, after he has said to his ex-lover, “I believe it's time for us to quit, but when we meet again, introduced as friends, please don't let on that you knew me when I was hungry and it was your world . . . “. Now after all this praise, I hope the reader will not be disappointed or stunned when I say that this is not Dylan’s best. He stumbles over his own poetry at least twice, and the studio musicians appear to just be along for the ride, especially Al Kooper on keyboards (overrated at this stage of his career). Much better albums by Dylan both before and after Blonde on Blonde include The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (1963), Highway 61 Revisited (1965), Blood on the Tracks (1975), Desire (1976), and Time Out of Mind (1997). I don’t think it’s just a matter of taste. But this album is worth a serious listen, time and again. 4/5
It's good, just a bit overrated. His voice can sound annoying at times.
Obviously very good
Ok...so is it sacrilege to say that Blonde on Blonde pales in comparison to Highway 61, Revisited? Well for me it does. I also prefer Blood on the Tracks, and possibly Bringing it all Back Home. But this is a review of B on B. It's a great album but for me it's more along the lines of The Basement Tapes, more feel than substance. In my opinion there is a pretty high rate of filler on Blonde on Blonde in comparison to some of Dylan's best but it's still Dylan during his most creative period, but I just don't think that it's the all time classic that it is widely considered to be. 4.25 stars
Lækkert album, men lidt for meget skinger mundharmonika til at man kan bruge det som baggrundsmusik.
Would go back and listen again. Found it to be very interesting.
Bob’s your uncle 👍🏾
Very good songs on here, but the harmonica can be a little bit overbearing sometimes.
Never really got in to Dylan before, but glad this gave me a chance to listen to an album in full. Still not a huge fan of his vocals, its an acquired taste but thoroughly enjoy the composition, sound and bluesy/country/folk/rock feel. Surprisingly enjoyable
Joyful melodies and rocking rhythms. And lyrically so perfect. A true classic and deserving it’s place in this list
A smooth and good sounding album from an icon
Enjoyable! Although i prefer Stevie's harmonica.
Number 2 of 1,00,. First time listening. Enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Has some of the stuff that initially put me off Dylan: the harmonica, the voice, the "prestige artist" stuff. It's good fun though, and would definitely benefit from repeated listens. Will dive back in.
I literally cannot stand this man's voice it kills me but how can you rate low? You can't. Would be a 5 if his voice didn't grate on my nerves.
Some of my favorite Dylan is on this album. A classic.
Excellent. Some brilliant tracks that I hadn't heard before.
Classic slice of Bobby D! Not his best… but still outstanding!
Cannot complain
Good album. Some classic songs. Some misses
I mean its Bob Dylan
Awesome album. Classic Tock at it’s best
I really liked melodies.
- classic album I've heard for awhile now that brings back a lot of memories - enjoy the more blues-y tracks ("Pledging my Time", "Leopard Skin pill box hat")
Catchy but not a huge fan of his voice.
lyrics 5/5 composition 2.5/5
Lyrically enjoyed this. Iconic but a little Monotonous- (unpopular opinion)
pretty good
Šta reći o ovom albumu? Malkoc fali da bude petica, a nije toliko slaba četvorka. Jednostavno top 3 Dylanovih albuma, predivan, dosta harmonike, lijepe lirike, odlične atmosfere. Svake godine se mora poslušati par puta, tu nema premca.
50% poet 50% musician. Beautiful blues and classic Dylan.
7/10 Very pleasant to listen to, the album has a wonderful start and remains consistent throughout. Not sure how to properly explain it but listening to it gives off the feeling of ‘home’, a very peaceful feeling. My only gripe is the harmonica, perhaps it was great during its time and hasn’t aged well, or maybe it’s a personal preference, but the harmonica disturbs that peaceful feeling. Favs: One of Us Must Know, Most Likely You Go Your Way
For me, this is the sort of album you put on and dance around your apartment/house and clean to. So much energy - "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat," "Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)," and "Obviously Five Believers" stand out to me. Love how long the songs are as well, as most artists feel constricted to streaming #'s these days which = short, hallow feeling songs. Tons of emotion. I'll give it a 4.
I really liked this album, though I think Blood on the Tracks is probably better overall.
I own this one
Wenn man sich erstmal in seine Stimme reingehört hat, macht das immer wieder Spaß.
Den ganzen Tag einen Ohrwurm von Nada Surfd Blonde on Blonde gehabt und jetzt das Album wrm eingepackt auf dem Balkon hören. Sehr schön.
Da fällt mir auch nichts zu ein.
I love this album. Music great. Bob....well is Bob.
Altijd vreemd om nummers die je enkel kent als Vlaamse cover ineens in het Engels te horen. Mooi album met sterke nummers.
Oké album voor op de achtergrond
put me on a little bit of dylan kick over the weekend. there's a lot on it; some parts of which works better than other parts but when it's great, it's great
Yeah, this a good album.
The album starts off kind of bad with my least favorite song, "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35." The lyrics seem not up to Dylan's typical standards and I don't love what sounds like a drunk brass band as the instrumentation. "Pledging My Time" also isn't my favorite and the harmonica licks are a little hit or miss for me. "Visions of Johanna" is much better in my opinion and the album stays pretty consistent throughout the remaining hour or so. "One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)" is one of my favorite songs from any of the albums I've listened to so far. Honestly. I think some of the songs would be better without harmonica solos (for example "Temporary like Achilles"). That being said, there were some very good songs on this album, and I really should listen to more Bob Dylan. This album showcases a lot of his fantastic songwriting. Favorite Songs: One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later), I Want You, Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again, Just Like a Woman, Fourth Time Around, Obviously Five Believers, Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands Least Favorite Song: Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 Decent 8/10
Love a bit of Dylan. The fact that this almost sounds like a greatest hits album for one of the most influential and important musicians of all time means it would feel a bit churlish to give it less than five stars. Still, I’m nothing if not a bit churlish so I’m giving 4 stars as some of the songs can drag on a bit. Great album though.
I don’t really have anything to say, very solid. Dylan doesn’t inspire a lot of passion in me but he does inspire respect
EVERYBODY MUST GET STONED
Bob's just being Bob and I'm all here for it
3.8 + Rollicking good fun. Some longer tracks here. "Stuck Outside of Mobile..." is excusable, even at 7:04. "Sad-Eyed Lady" at 11:19 takes some fortitude.
Masterful - will listen again.
Well, primero lo primero. Cantar no es su fuerte y se olvida del fraseo y la métrica cuando quiere. Well, tiene canciones muy largas y el disco es también bastante extenso y se puede sentir pesado. Well, pocas personas son capaces de pintar en mi cabeza escenas tan vivas como Dylan. Me gustó mucho como habla de amor crudo y cínico, que no termina en cuentos de hadas, mezquino a veces, idealista aunque nunca inocente. Well, gran, gran disco. Well, usa mucho well pero nadie se queja. Songs: One of Us Must Know, Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat, 4th Time Around, Obviously Five Believers
Classic dylan.
You can tell Bob was just having fun with this one. Not my favourite but I got a lot more out of it this time round.
I prefer a folksier Bob Dylan, personally, but this is still good listening.
This album again is straight up lovely and my favourite Bob Dylan album to date
Bob is not one of those artists that I listen to very frequently but that I quite enjoy when I do.
Loved the lyrics, enjoyed the music style but folk never going to be something I truly appreciate I think
Classic Dylan
Not my favorite Dylan album, but I love "Stuck inside of Mobile" and "Just like a woman"
Made it through most of it. Didn't like it as much as Ramblin Bob Dylan
I like the harmonica. So far, this is spoken not sung. The music is great. I don't like most of the vocal choices The lyrics are poetry. I would enjoy this so much more if the vocals were pleasant.
Dylan is a dick. But his music is good in small doses.
Good songs but his voice is rough
Знову Боб! Михайло Попов вилітий)))
Correct mais je commence à être tanné de la sélection, c’est vraiment pas assez diversifiée
Blonde on Blonde ("BoB" for short) has never been a favorite Dylan album of mine. The hype surrounding it only made it worse! So, when I got it again today, I said, "Let's give it another go." Maybe it's all the stress I have to deal with right now in life as a new parent, with a new job and a new home, but in a way, it helped me understand what Dylan was going through when looking into this album. There's so much written about this album that it's hard to compress everything into a single review. So, to summarize, Dylan was having a lot of difficulty getting the results he wanted for this album. Tensions with some of his band members were high (Mike Bloomfield left the band, Al Kooper told him that he didn't want to tour with him anymore), and manager Albert Grossman was busy getting him to embark on a nine-month world tour, which I don't think he was too hot about. He called over the Hawks, then backing Ronnie Hawkins but soon to become the Band with Levon Helm, to back him on the album. Alas, the sessions in New York that he did with them were not to his liking, with take after take being repeated to no avail. On top of that, his second child, Jesse, was about to be born (sessions had to be paused as a result). The solution? Producer Bob Johnston, fresh from his work on Highway 61 Revisited, recommended that they move to Nashville to finish the album, against Grossman's wishes. The result? Thirteen out of the fourteen songs recorded in Nashville sessions made the final cut. The result is a Dylan album that is the most diverse he had done to date, and the Nashville session musicians, such as Charlie McCoy and Kenneth Buttrey, add so much to this album in terms of quality and delivery. The fact that everything was recorded live in-studio, with no overdubs, only adds to the quality. While this story is interesting, it also explains why this album feels so tiring and disjointed at times, in spite of my admiration for its lush and often festive sound. So, for starters, I'd like to say that I'm not a huge fan of novelty tracks such as "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" and "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat," or of a lot of the twelve-bar blues tracks, though they do make me smile from time to time (especially "Obviously Five Believers"). I'm actually more impressed by the honest-to-God sentimental and poppy tracks like "I Want You," "One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)" (listen to Paul Griffin from "Peg" fame on piano here!), the heartbreaking and sardonic "Just Like a Woman" and "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again," as well as ethereal meanderings of "Visions of Johanna" and folk masterpiece "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" (done in a single take at 4am - amazing!). I simply love Kooper's organ work here as well, especially the final track. It's so haunting and soulful, and adds just the right amount of mystique that this album needed. As for the rest, it's perfectly fine. Maybe a bit too long, maybe a bit too loaded, but Dylan was packaging everything he loved about American music and putting it to his poetry. This was a very modern, new type of music for the time. Apparently, it was the album he was most proud of, which probably confirms that Dylan is either more down-to-earth than we give him credit for, or truly mysterious with his comments that the sound on this album is the closest to the sound his mind, reminding him of "wild Mercury" (whatever that means). Either way, we'll never know, but at this point, he was truly unchained to do what he wanted and seemed to have fun no matter how tough the recording was. 3.5 stars, could grow over time.
I learned to like Bob Dylan later in life and increasingly I find that I like him selectively.
some of these songs fucking draaaaaag, especially in the first half. i had the urge to skip the album but i'm glad i stuck through because the closer is amazing. i had high hopes after i listened to Bringing It All Back Home (my first Dylan album) yesterday since i really enjoyed it (4 stars), but i struggled with this one. this album was too long and also felt kinda redundant, especially the section with nothing but cringeworthy horny songs (and i've listened to a lot of hair metal, and even that didn't usually give me such an ick). i'll never listen to this album whole but some of these songs are going to my playlist. best songs: "Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands"
Another Dylan album. Not bad. Not good. Middle of the road. Alright I guess. Must listen to? Not really sure.
Sometimes a bit too jazzy. Loved some songs. Glad i listened to it, but i wouldn’t likely listen to the whole thing again.
the lyrics writing certainly is strong (when they can be discerned), but their delivery is loose and idiosyncratic, and while the individual playing is generally tasteful, the overall effect is of a more or less monotonous block.
Getting past Dylan's voice remains a challenge for me. A few songs on here weren't too bad -- I Want You, Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again and Fourth Time Around might come around for another listen. But a few songs on here were just loud. Rainy Day Women and Most Likely You Go Your Way are two examples... and in each song that was noticeably loud, it was the harmonica that was the culprit... just way too live in the mix.
This 60-year old album of Bob Dylan's, whom I am not a fan of, is actually pretty good.
Bob Dylan's "singing" was never my thing, but the music is nice. I like harmonica and the rest of the instruments, but to be honest the whole album sounds mostly the same. I can listen to it, it's decent, but I always feel the urge to turn on something more creative.
It’s a little whiny
Rainy Day Women is the only song that I am immediately familiar with, though I may have heard a couple others. Everyone talks about Dylan's terrible singing voice, but if you can get past that, the music and lyrics make it worth it.
bit repetitive and special way of singing, but nice background music and good protest-like lyrics
I don't hate Dylan's voice like many here, but that album was boring as shit.
Some good tunes some fillers.
Didn't like the harmonica, but I like his voice and some of the songs
Not a Dylan fan
Classic Dylan
Bob Dylan is an amazing song write, who is difficult to listen to in long doses ... this dose was a little too long
la verdad es que quede muy sorprendido con este album. nunca fui de escuchar a bob dylan (tampoco creo serlo ahora) pero este disco me gusto bastante, de igual manera siento que me hubiera parecido una obra maestra si en vez de ser un sudaca argentino fuera un yanki blanco de clase media... destaco el cuarto tema "one of us must known (sooner or late)"y el ultimo "sad-eyed lady of the lowlands" como los que mas me gustaron.
I’ll never like.Bob Dylan’s voice, but I enjoyed this album. I want a leopard skin pill box hat.
Dylan #2 Preferred this to Highway 61 but there's a lack of energy that prevents from fully investing in Dylan, maybe this one just needs to marinate or something might be wrong with me?
Впервые заболела голова от этих гармошек. Аналог зубной боли. Хуже волынки.
вроде и приятно местами, но 3.5
Bob Dylan feels like an artist I should love more than I do. Everything about him & his reputation points to being an accomplished, legendary artist, but his music never fully lands with me and I’m left questioning why his music is so revered. There are plenty of high points on this album - I Want You & Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again are fantastic tracks - and the instrumental work is solid throughout the record. A good half of the songs on the album just feel very middle of the road to me, and I’m pretty sure I’ll forget them by tomorrow. Overall it’s a decent listen with a few high moments, but too much of the album feels lacking to me. And it’s too long. 6/10.
Some enjoyable stuff on here, but I didn't really love it.
Me esperaba mas de bob dylan, medio pelo. 5,5/10
Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
Pretty standard Dylan
Dob Bylan
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