Blood On The Tracks

One of my favorite albums, certainly in my top 15. I can listen to it anytime, any day. Yet, that being admitted, it is not my favorite Dylan album (Blonde On Blonde). Prime example of a type of song I don't care for at all: "Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts." Songs about card games, riverboat gamblers, and the like not my thing. Otherwise, I like/love every song, especially "Tangled Up In Blue", "Simple Twist Of Fate", "Idiot Wind", "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go", "If You See Her, Say Hello", "Shelter From The Storm", and "Buckets Of Rain". Desire and the various versions of the Big Pink "bootlegs" were it for me. But truly, what a run it was. An American jewel. 5 "making me lonesome" stars.

She studied the lines on my face.

Not just one of Dylans best, one of the best albums ever made full stop.

Best Bob Dylan album, hands down for me 5/5

This is Bob Dylan at his best. The themes are maybe a bit darker and more personal, and I think he really shines as one of the greatest lyricists of all time. He loves redefining his one line refrains over the course of the song, to the point where it almost becomes formulaic. My favorites are Shelter From The Storm, Simple Twist Of Fate, and Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack Of Hearts. The storytelling is top notch, and makes me wish more modern folk artists took a page out of Bob's book.

Probably my favourite Bob's album so absolutely easy 5 stars here without thinking too much at all! What more can be really said about this great work, and yet I will still listen to it today on my way to the damn dentist appointment ouch

he’s pissing me off

Classic

tangled up in Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Banger

5/5. The early 70’s was a very mixed bag for Bob Dylan. “Self Portrait” was a critical disaster (though honestly not as bad as it’s often painted to be), “New Morning” was very safe and forgettable, “Dylan” straight up rivals some of his 80’s material in terms of being his worst, etc. . Which is to say Blood on The Tracks was a major “we are so back” moment in Bob Dylan’s catalogue, and all it took was the collapse of his marriage! Opener “Tangled Up in Blue” is one of Dylan’s biggest songs, and that’s for good reason, the guitar playing is solid and it showcases Dylan at the top of his storytelling game, which continues on other highlights like “Idiot wind” or “Simple Twist of Fate” or “Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts”. And the album closes out strong too with the 1-2 punch of “shelter from the storm” and “buckets of rain” which bring down the intensity a bit and puts a bow on what’s one of Dylan’s best albums (and it’s not even my personal favorite 70’s Dylan album, for me that honor would go to “Desire.”)

Greatest breakup album ever. Second greatest Dylan album ever.

Love this album. Had never listened to it start to finish before. Noticed interesting things referenced in other music I've never heard pointed out before, like Hootie and the Blowfish's reference to the wife in Italy from Idiot Wind, and the way the "sundown" in "If You See Her Say Hello" sounds like the same cadence in the word when Gordon Lightfoot sings the same word.

Love + heartbreak + Dylan = Masterpiece

Shelter from the Storm was well timed for my emotional state. I understand why people overlook the annoyance of his voice and focus on his poetic lyrics. Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts was also excellent.

One of the best of the best from the best of the best. The original cut, Blood on the Tapes, might even be superior.

Can a record that features Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts be a 5? Does Idiot Wind make everything better? I don’t know. But I do know that at age 43 it IS a wonder that I can even feed myself.

while i'm far from a Dylan apologist, a classic is a fucking classis. five bloody stars.

Probably the pinnacle of one of the greatest artist ever's career. Some of his finest lyrics combined with some of his greatest melodies and just a mournful feel that adds depth to those he think he is just folksy. The sort of album that makes you wish you'd been divorced just so you could feel it even more.

“Sundown, yellow moon, I replay the past I know every scene by heart, they all went by so fast If she’s passin’ back this way, and I sure hope she don’t Tell her she can look me up. I’ll either be here or I won’t” Dylan’s last masterpiece.

One of the best albums of all time!

My late roommate from University was a performative fan of Bob Dylan. I’m not sure he actually liked his music that much. They were just both from Minnesota. I traditionally didn’t care much for his music but a I really enjoyed this album. Maybe it was nostalgic memories of my roommate and university days. Also maybe it is due to the fact that I’m coincidentally reading this book at the moment that highlights Bob Dylan’s path to success. The book mainly focuses on Bob Dylan’s intense dedication and passion studying every aspect of the genre. Bob Dylan dropped out of college, moved to New York, and relentlessly studied his craft. Including deep dives on all the artists that inspired him. He moved to New York with little to no money, a guitar, and a suitcase. He wanted to immerse himself at the center of the folk scene. I think a lot of people assume big musicians get this lucky break. But Bob Dylan’s dedication to learning the craft and maybe going all in on some bold dreams led to his success. Bob Dylan was dedicated to finding work he loved and avoiding career regret experienced by 60% percent of workers. Since everyone knows if you love what you do for work. You never get a day off. Fun fact Bob Dylan changed his name legally from Robert Allen Zimmerman and famously avoided speaking to the media or doing interviews because he didn’t want them to over simplify him.

Bob Dylan... What can I say?

If you're going to listen to one breakup album in your life, make it this one. There's so much sadness and hatred throughout this entire record that it's impossible to put into words the emotional toll that it must have taken on Dylan to write these songs. I'm grateful that he did though, as this has always been my favorite album of his.

goat

296/1001 Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks Heard before? ✅ Revisit? ✅ One of my favourite Dylan albums. I absolutely love the storytelling and musicality on this. A Simple Twist of Fate is an all timer for me.

listen man, it's blood on the tracks! i was like four years old autistically requesting tangled up in blue to be replayed ad nauseam on the car stereo! i once stopped in ashtabula, ohio only because it is mentioned on this record and saw a bald eagle fly over a covered bridge and it is maybe the only time in the last ten years i've felt proud to be american! i genuinely think You're A Big Girl Now is one of the top ten most beautifully sung songs of all time! this shit Lives in me, it has been running through my veins longer than any other record. every song on it is the best song on it, and i'm going to tell you why. Tangled Up In Blue - "we always did feel the same, we just saw it from a different point of view" Simple Twist of Fate "people tell me it's a sin/to know and feel too much within/i still believe she was me twin/but i lost the ring/she was born in spring/but i was born too late" You're A Big Girl Now - "i'm going out of my mind/with a pain that stops and starts/like a corkscrew to my heart/ever since we've been apart" Idiot Wind - "i can't feel you anymore/i can't even touch the books you've read/every time i crawl past your door/i been wishing i'd been someone else instead" You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go - "situations have ended sad, relationships have all been bad/mine have been like Verlaine's and Rimbaud's/but there's no way i can compare/all them scenes to this affair/you're gonna make me lonesome when you go" Meet Me In The Morning - "honey, we could be in Kansas by time the snow begins to fall" Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Heart - "and Rosemary on the gallows, she didn't even blink/the hanging judge was sober, he hadn't had a drink" If You See Her, Say Hello - "sundown, yellow moon, i replay the past" Shelter From the Storm - "not a word was spoke between us, there was little risk involved/everything up to that point had been left unresolved/try imagining a place where it's always safe and warm/'come in' she said, 'i'll give you shelter from the storm'" Buckets of Rain - "i've been meek/and hard like an oak/i've seen pretty people disappear in smoke/friends will arrive, friends will disappear/if you want me, honey baby, i'll be here" better than i ever could've put it, bob. thanks for the record.

Blood on the Tracks is one of those records that suffers slightly from its own reputation. “The divorce album.” “The confessional masterpiece.” “Dylan gets personal.” You approach it expecting either granite-carved importance or two sides of nasal recrimination. What you actually get is something much more elusive, humane and structurally astonishing. The first surprise, listening closely, is how alive the album feels. Not polished-alive or “great performance” alive, but psychologically alive. The songs don’t settle into a single emotional position because the narrator himself cannot settle. One minute he’s angry, then nostalgic, then tender, then exhausted, then spinning a western yarn because perhaps that’s easier than staring directly into the wound for another three minutes. The album moves like memory moves - contradictory, repetitive, selective, full of false certainties that dissolve by the next song. That’s why the sequencing is so extraordinary. Dylan seems instinctively aware of how long both he and the listener can remain in one emotional register before needing release. When the introspection becomes too intense, he shifts into movement, myth, blues form, story, humour, archetype. Then quietly returns to intimacy again. The album breathes. It never becomes emotionally airless. The architecture is much richer than the “raw confession” label suggests. Dylan is constantly transforming experience into song form rather than simply reporting it. “Tangled Up in Blue” feels less like autobiography than a Steinbeck novel compressed into linked sonnets - roaming characters, shifting perspectives, roads, jobs, weather, remembered encounters. The chronology fractures because emotional truth matters more than factual sequence. “Simple Twist of Fate” achieves devastation through tiny harmonic movements and weary acceptance rather than theatrical heartbreak. “You’re a Big Girl Now” sounds almost frighteningly exposed precisely because the composure initially holds so gently before beginning to crack. And then Dylan repeatedly escapes direct confession altogether. “Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts” arrives like a pressure valve opening - enough of this emotional autopsy for five minutes, let me spin you a yarn. But even there, the themes remain: betrayal, escape, shifting identities, consequence. The masks and western archetypes simply redistribute the emotional material into story and action. Dylan understands an old truth of ballad-writing: feelings often become more powerful once translated into movement and narrative rather than directly explained. Musically, the album is deceptively subtle. Repeated cadences and rhythmic shapes link songs together almost subliminally. Harmonica breaks function less as solos than emotional decompression chambers - moments where language can no longer carry the weight alone. The arrangements are sparse enough that every chord movement matters. Again and again, Dylan avoids the obvious grand gesture. A major chord quietly turns minor. A phrase hangs unresolved. A guitar figure gently keeps the emotional weather moving. Perhaps the album’s greatest achievement is that it ultimately arrives not at bitterness, but at perspective. “Shelter from the Storm” stands over the experience rather than merely inhabiting it. By the time “Buckets of Rain” closes the record, the masks have largely fallen away. No hood-eyed prophet. No venomous wit machine. Just Bobby Zimmerman sounding tired, affectionate, human and capable of tenderness again. The gorgeous loose fingerpicking and half-smiling warmth of the performance feel like emotional circulation returning after prolonged internal weather. A lot of supposedly great breakup albums climax in devastation. Blood on the Tracks ends with breathing. And that may be why it endures. Not because it is “the definitive statement on heartbreak”, but because it understands something quieter and more adult: after rage, after grief, after narrative reconstruction, life continues. Not healed, perhaps. Not triumphant. But capable once again of warmth, humour, movement and rain.

I'm a very literal person. If my love for someone transcends time and space, I'm just going to stay "My love for you transcends time and space." For Bob Dylan, he weaves a narrative across centuries and continents about how he and his love will always cross paths, no matter how tough things get. I love how "Tangled Up in Blue" follows its own dreamy logic; it doesn't make sense- and yet- I get it! I think it's amazing that he can do that. The album as a whole is incredible, barring "Idiot Wind" and "Jack of Hearts." They're both just too long. And I hate Bob's vocal performance on "Wind." I do love that Hootie and the Blowfish stole the first verse for "Only Wanna Be With You," but that doesn't redeem it for me. WIthout those two songs "Blood on the Tracks" is an all timer. With them, it still manages - FIVE STARS

One of my all time favourites. Even the deeper tracks are good, lyrically strong and musically cohesive

Really enjoyed this more than other bob dylan albums even! It felt more concise, richer and less dry I think. Top track: tangled up in blue but maybe just because I know it better

The best breakup album of all time. Crushing, introspective, biting, poetic. I love Bob and this is Bob at the top of his game. Masterclass in album craft.

His fifteenth album. Folk / Folk Rock. I am in a bit of a jam today. My landlord isn't renewing the lease so they can sell the property. My home for a decade and nowhere to go. I poured myself a coffee, added some fine bourbon for a little extra kick, sat in my spot on the couch that has worn down to the exact shape of my arse. I sipped my coffee and took a deep breath, then completely lost myself and my situation as Bob Dylan told me stories with a poetry and music in the way only he can. What an album.

Bien.

YAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYA

One of my favourite albums of all time!

I am biased because this has been one of my favourite albums for a long time now, so I have attached a period of my life with it

Hadn't really been giving this one a chance. I keep hearing Dylan is washed up, but he sure wasn't here. This was stellar from start to stop.

Gotta be one of the ultimate break up albums. Tangled Up in Blue, Simple Twist of Fate is a perfect one two punch to start the album. I think tracks 3-4 are the least interesting to me. Meet Me in the Morning is genuinely so groovy for a Dylan track. You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome, Shelter from the Storm, Buckets of Rain - just love how plainspoken these ones are compared to the usual cryptic Dylan lines. Not too many clearer depictions of heartbreak in folk music or maybe any music.

My fav Dylan

Yeah good

A lot of people regard this as Dylan’s masterpiece. I’ve given it multiple tries and while it is still a great record, I think his mid-60’s “electric” era albums are better. This is still a strong record though. You have to really be in the right head space to really get this record. Otherwise it’ll be a tough listen. But despite all of that, this record is still a 5. When it grabs you it’ll hold on tight. Favourite tracks are: Tangled Up In Blue Simple Twist of Fate You’re a Big Girl Now Meet Me In The Morning Shelter from the Storm Buckets of Rain

this is beautiful song writing and insane harmonica-ing. i loved it. the emotion is raw while being comical. idiot wind might be my new all time favourite song. this is my dylawakening.

One of my favorites; an easy 5*. This album has absolutely no skips.

Lyrically, this is my favourite Dylan album. It reminds me of being 17 and sounds incredible. Simple Twist of Fate makes me feel so many things.

Just great. I guess I’ve made peace with his voice. After you do that, the songs shine. Similar themes but with variation of style, all well done. Tangled and Simple Twist of Fate are a knockout 1-2 to start an album. Jack of Hearts gets a little long but I’m nitpicking.

Already got

Amazing album. Source material for many of my favorite live Bob songs. Mesmerizing and hypnotic.

as close to perfect as is probably possible. a break-up album, but so much more. buckets of rain, alone, is worth the price of admission.

10/10 So here it is, album 370, the Greatest album of all time. It's what I would have chosen when I started this journey, and it still is today. Will that change in the next 700? Seems unlikely, but if it does, I'm in for a treat. Lyrically, it is perfect. Musically it's spot-on. Every single song is top drawer.

One of those (and they are very few) don't-really-need-to-listen-to-it-to-give-five-stars albums. But what a pleasure it is to get to revisit a loved one nonetheless. P.S.: Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts hate is for bozos.

Absolute banger. Lots of favorites on your part, but "Tangled Up in Blue" might be your new favorite jam. :-) We listened to it on your playmat while mommy worked out and you were all smiles the whole time!

One of my top 10 albums of all time, certainly. A monument of melancholy; a wonderful, wistful, sublime, and strikingly composed collection of songs. This is Dylan's masterwork, in my opinion. The voice of the songs is mature and confident, but with the poetry and wordplay of his earlier work. The instrumentation is perfect, there's not a note out of place. Easily 5/5 from me.

Killed me it was so good.

Bob's best in my opinion. Fantastic songwriting and storytelling with beautiful instrumentals. Hurts so good! Perfect. 10/10

Especially Excellent Genius who cares and creates Exceptional Music

Arguably the most essential album of Dylan's catalog.

It's Dylan and it's some of his best work. I don't think I need to explain anything further.

9/10

Masterpiece

An absolute timeless classic

The combination of acoustic guitar strumming and laid back but melodic bass lines on this album gives that are really very simple songs/arrangements such a depth of feeling - gentle, sad, tender, warm - that just invite you to dwell in it.

Got this album right after listening to Calenture by The Triffids and wow, those are just two ends of a spectrum. Never thought otherwise, but comparing one overproduced, painfully boring album with this one is a car vs train situation. It's easily one of Bob Dylan's best, everything just flows and he has this ease of grabbing your attention. Great stuff.

This is possibly my favorite Dylan album and one of favorite records period. The highlight is Idiot Wind. It's just jaw droppingly great. The raw emotion of that song always chokes me up.

so good

Masterpiece! Tangled up in blue Idiot wind Simple twist of fate. Come on the mans a fucking genius ....period!

Not really listened to this album before - I know and really like some of the classic tracks - Tangled up in Blue / Shelter from the Storm - but not that familar with most of the tracks. They are not the most immediate songs as lyrically quite dense but I'm sure they reward repeated listening. My initial reaction on a couple of listens is a 4 but I'm sure it would be a 5 if i could listen a few more times. ...

Leaving. I'll be here, passing by, carrying a few buckets of tears. Trading misery. And seeing no one anywhere. I'll walk through mud and rain, whistling some tunes on the avenues. Aiming for a shelter from the storm.

This is Bob Dylan's best album. Really strikes a balance between Americana aesthetic and timeless poetic turns of phrase, every song has a myriad of devastating metaphors and ruminations on heartbreak. A real contender for best American record of all time.

Vakre sanga med god lyrikk. Æ e heldigvis en av de som har null problem med stemmen til Dylan. Favoritta: Buckets of Rain Tangled up in Blue Simple Twist of Fate Vippa mellom fire og fem.

The unsustainable generation of bob dylan albums from this list continues for me. I think I’m about to enter a long Dylan desert for the next 700 or so days.

One of these I’ll give less than 5 stars for a Bob Dylan album…. Not today though.

Easy 5*. A master at work. Every track is superb.

This is my second Dylan album on this challenge, I’ve got to say I preferred it a lot more than the first album I listened to, I’m debating giving this a full 5 stars, will give it another play to be sure, my favourite track is a toss between Idiot wind and Tangled Up in Blue

Day 227 Wonderful album, not a bad track on it. Highlights Tangled up in Blue Idiot Wind Meet me in the Morning

Again I don't have any perspective really because this record is so deeply embedded in my DNA. I've performed the whole album multiple times and each song is a massive masterpiece imho. Tangled Up In Blue alone justifies his Nobel Prize. I do prefer the slower version of Idiot Wind from the outtake records. It is not my favorite Dylan record but since he is one of my main heroes (Bowie being the other) I keep close to all of his work (yes even Under the Red Sky lol). This album was my Dylan gateway. You never forget your first.

GREAT

After over half a decade of relative mediocrity, Dylan comes back with one of his best. A classic front-to-back.

10/10 Favorites: Tangled up in Blue Simple Twist of Fate You’re a Big Girl Now Idiot Wind You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go If You See Her, Say Hello Shelter from the Storm

Great album. Not a bad song.

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Banger. Doesn’t get much better than this. Simpsons: Yes

Easy 5 for me. Love this album so much

Never knew I liked Dylan before starting this journey

Dylan’s best post 60s record.

Beautiful but I find it almost hard to listen through the sadness and melacholy. Fav tracks: Tangled up in Blue, Simple Twist of Fate, You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome, Shelter from the Storm. Saved a song: Y RYM: Y (#85)

Still one of my favorite albums

Love. Love. Love. Fabulous album as most of Dylan’s albums are. Nothing less than 5 for this musical genius and this great album.

Great folk album

Best Dylan Album

Many consider this to be Dylan's best album, though it took a while to reach that plateau. When it first came out, it got a mixed reception, with some critics most definitely not impressed with it, and at first blush it's easy to see why. The production and recording of this album feels a little bit less polished than Dylan's earlier works, but then when you sit down and listen to it properly, you realise that this is a much more crafted album than what went before. I'm not sure I'd say it's my favourite Dylan album. But I'm also not sure it isn't. I can't help but give this one five stars.

This is not the first Dylan record off the shelf for me usually, but it's full of incredible songs, and I don't mind the more tailored sound of the record instead of free wheeling folk stance, My favorite track is Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts. That's an all-timer for me.

Didn't need to play it again to rate it. Tangled Up In Blue is an all-time great; Twist of Fate, Idiot Wind, and Shelter from the Storm are regular great; the rest is not bad.

5/5 - I would not change a single track. Have listened to this dozens of times. Lyrics are absolutely brilliant. If you can’t engage because you’re hung up on Dylan’s voice, I feel bad for you. You’re missing out.

The peak of his storytelling. If this isn’t a 5 star album, then nothing is.

Great songwriter.

This one is absolutely killer.

This album is phenomenal and will go down as one of the deepest love/heart break albums of all time.

My goat fr fr. Every song is a banger. I really love the alternate new york tapes off this album too. Top 5 off the album would be Tangled up in blue, You're a big girl now, Idiot wind ofc, Buckets of rain, and Simple twist of fate.

It really says something when you are listening to an artist's discography and an album just sounds so much better then the last few albums after the first few seconds. Blood on the Tracks wears its' meaning right on its' sleeve and doesn't shy away from getting emotional about it's break up content. Even though you know exactly what this album is about, breaking down each lyric is such a treat to do and makes the songs so much more interesting then that face value listen. For an album so heavily featuring break up material it never once feels mopey or whiny, instead it feels very smart and understanding with its' words. Bob never once speaks any bit of hatred or spite and instead turning it into a wishful goodbye as he knows they will be parting ways. It's sad but in the way a movie is sad when it all comes to an end and you don't get to see any more of it until you play it back from the start again. That's why I adore this album so much, it's really smart for the perspective it takes and truly is as respectful and to heart as possible, and that's what made Bob Dylan's previous albums work so much.

One of Dylan’s best.

I've never had an issue with Dylan's voice, but I can appreciate when someone says they don't like it. Despite being a divisive nasal voice, you have to look past it to an extent, to the words, the melodies, the gorgeous backing band. Superior.

Choosing a favourite Dylan album is like choosing your favourite child. The diplomatic answer is that you don't have one but the real answer is that it varies week to week or month to month. This is one of my favourite Dylan albums. Lyrical, musical, caustic, mysterious . Stone cold classic, 5 out of 5 stars.

Ik ben waarschijnlijk de grootste Dylan fan die jullie kennen dus dit was een no brainer. Alltime classic

Dylan at his best post electric

Great album, loved every second of this listen. For some reason all I wanted was to be in a one of those big ass home libraries with this album on record playing in the back ground.

For some reason I came into this wanting to be contrarian, but half way through track 2 I gave up and admitted it's wonderful. "Tangled up in Blue" is a classic song perhaps rendered a bit dull be how many times I've heard it. "Simple Twist of Fate" is one of my favorites "Idiot Wind" has some slightly different and more ambitious singing that I'm really enjoying. On the right day (today) my favorite song on the album. A few songs in the middle don't interest me as much. I appreciate the bluesy county sound on Meet me in the Morning, but I'm listening to Dylan for the lyrics and storytelling. To me, it's missing for a few tracks. We're back in business with Shelter from the Strom and Buckets of Rain. Excellent. I didn't want to do it, but it's a 5 star album.

Bob Dylan… as I get older, the more I appreciate it. Fantastic album.

Loved it. Nice easy listening. Reminds me of the Holdovers.

Rating this album while hearing the second song, but I know the rest of the album will be good. It's always a pleasure to hear Sir Bob Dylan.

Tangled Up in Blue Simple Twist of Fate You're a Big Girl Now Idiot Wind You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts If You See Her, Say Hello Shelter from the Storm

Insane, very influenced by blues. Meet Me In the Morning - sounds like Ramblin' On My Mind, but the Johnson version. Dylan is a master of storytelling (Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts) and I love that cynic tone of his voice.

Long time favorite - don't care for some of the deeper cuts as much as some Dylan heads, but the shallow cuts are plenty. This time listened to the drums - good sound, simple, but perfect, and very varied.

Ya lo conocia.

A masterpiece, a magnum opus.

I have listened to this one so many times! The production is so clean, the songs cinematic, the music marries everything in a profound way. I know every single word, and will listen to it many more times.

Great album

OAT

Classic Dylan - great story telling . Low 5

So many good songs here in the story telling tradition. One of his very best

Blood on the Tracks sounds so different from early Bob Dylan. These songs do not have traditional beginnings or endings. He using his guitar to create long form canvases to sing stories over. Once the story is finished the track stops. I’d be surprised if these generally came in at a set length or if he’d play a song in the same way twice. Yet things don’t sound loose because he is playing the guitar with such purpose, and the lyrics sound particularly personal. A phenomenal record which I’ve underrated compared to his mid-60s classics.

Blood on the Tracks is a low 5 for me, could rise as I spend more time with it over the years which I definitely will. The guitar and arrangements throughout are lush, the narrative style of the lyrics are very appealing to me and it all reminds me a lot of early 70s Joni which is a winner for me.

If you can only listen to one Bob Dylan album, I'd say Blood on the Tracks would be a great candidate. It's a no skip record that captures the pure essence of Dylan.

This is my favorite Bob Dylan’s album so far (let’s see how many more we get lol) “Tangled up in blue,” “You’re a big girl now,” and “Idiot wind” are so beautiful, and “If you see her, say hello” got me emotional.

In the era of big arena rock, the birth of hip hop & punk rock, disco & top 40 radio Dylan puts out a masterpiece that sounds like it should've been released 10 years earlier then it was!

A sequence of absolutely classic songs and amazing lyrics. The perfect soundtrack for your post-break heart maladies.

Good sad fun.

One of his best albums, and one of his most vulnerable, even though he denied in true Bob style this album being autobiographical (I don't think he was kidding anyone.) He also said that he could not understand how anyone could enjoy this album when it is obviously full of so much pain. In chronicles the breakdown of his marriage to his wife Sara, their son Jacob describing this album as 'his parents talking'. I think that is what is the magic of Bob. It is stories but not in order, not with resolution but with moments where you can completely relate and others where you are just absorbed in the storytelling. The opening track, Tangled Up In Blue, is full of these stories that seem to be in the past, present, future, who knows but they paint a picture and you can see the bar, the car, the woman, the narrator just travelling and experiencing life. Loneliness is a constant theme throughout the album and this is Bob's vulnerability. He has been alone before, but never lonely. Now he's different, without Sara. The most beautiful and vulnerable to me is 'If You See Her Say Hello' and it being near the end of the album seems just perfect. He's gone through the emotions that are never linear in a break up - 'You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go', 'You're A Big Girl Now' and of course the scathing 'Idiot Wind'. Now, though, in 'If You See Her Say Hello' when all is said and done, this is the real pain I am feeling and that, of course, I loved her. Acceptance, sorrow, loss and love all in one. "Oh whatever makes her happy, I won't stand in the way, but the bitter taste still lingers on from the night I tried to make her stay."

A classic, my favorite Dylan album

This album is so special to me I'm not even sure how I can write a review, but surely this has to be one of the rarest albums ever laid down. Bob Dylan looks frankly at his failed marriage from every possible angle and his pain is so visible. We also get some of his best lines ever on this album and the instrumentation is so good. For once, they mastered the harmonica so it doesn't feel like a dentist's drill in my ear. Masterpiece.

Oh, come on. This is one of his best and most enduring records. "Idiot Wind"? "Tangled Up in Blue" "You're A Big Girl Now"? Uncle! Let me up, I've had enough! The man was in a corner, getting pummeled like Ali in the Rumble in the Jungle, and he bounced off the ropes to deliver the once-in-a-lifetime knockout.

Great album. Perhaps his finest. Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts is a great song with story. I don’t think it’s fair to give an honest opinion unless you listen to his music and the impact he had on the 60’s, 70’s and society.

It’s not my favorite masterpiece from Dylan but that doesn’t mean it’s not an all timer. Tangled Up In Blue, Simple Twist of Fate, Idiot Wind and Shelter From the Storm anchor Dylan’s most palatable album. Yesterday I imagined what it would be like to hear Shelter From The Storm for the first time. I envy those who can expierence that but I’ll tell you whether it’s the 1st of the 10,000th it’s still other worldly. Dylan’s pen was less abstract on this album but his poetic prowess still at god level cementing him as the GOAT.

Since this list has taken me on a journey from Bob Beginner to Discerning Dylan Devotee, I feel confident that this must be one of his best. And they're all pretty great tbh.

I'm not much for “desert island” lists, a, where are you getting power from and b, I'd get sick of the same 10 records. That said, I've never gotten sick of this one. Tangled Up In Blue is not just my intro to Dylan back when I was 12 and listening to the radio through shitty headphones, but really the track that led me here and a million other cool musical spaces. This album is the best divorce/break up album, and the best Bob Dylan album and who knows maybe it's the best album of all time. I can't name one I definitely like more than this one. Every track would be any other artist’s best song and it's only one of two amazing records he produced in 1975. 10000/5

Bob Dylan has an annoying voice, but the music's good and the lyrics are too. It's not Nobel worthy, but I like Dylan.

Kannte vorher nur "Tangled Up in Blue", aber hab mich hier nie ran getraut. Ein großer Fehler. Schon beim zweiten Hören wirken die Songs sehr vertraut und die Melodien eingängig. Dylan ist in seinen Texten hier oft überraschend klar, sogar dem 8-Minuten-Storyteller kann man gut folgen, ohne direkt 50 Metaphern entschlüsseln zu müssen. Für mich ein klares Highlight in seiner Diskographie.

First dylan album i listened to all the way through as a kid

Amazing listening experience. Dylan at his most Dylan. "Idiot Wind," "Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts," and "If You See Her, Say Hello," were all favorites.

All time classic no notes

Dylan's best, and deserving of its reputation as one of the best break-up albums of all time. Dylan's vocals are full of pain and regret, perfectly communicating the emotions in these lyrics. "If You See Her, Say Hello" in particular is a highlight in that regard. Dylan's lyrics are more direct than usual here, often focusing on stories and specific details. This is a big positive; sometimes his lyrics are a bit too dense and the simplicity lets the painful and cutting moments come through stronger. "Idiot Wind" is the album's centerpiece, with the highlight being the final chorus switch-up as he turns the attack on himself as well. This may also be his best musically, with songs like "Tangled Up in Blue" showing some of his most natural blending of folk and rock. The highlight of an impressive career and an ageless depiction of what love can do to you.

This is my favorite Bob Dylan album, and I think his best. Lyrically brilliant (of course), and sounds awesome.

Blood On The Tracks has a lower global rating than Hot Fuss by The Killers, huh? For shame.

I have to start by saying I have not been a big fan of Bob Dylan’s music prior to listening to this album. I always thought that his vocals were not good and his lyrical content was overrated. That being said when I decided to give this album a chance, I was pleasantly surprised. I thought the vocals and lyrics were great, along with the music/instrumental, while being basic, was also great. This album had a great vibe to it, with most of songs being ones I would happily come back and listen to!

What seperates this from the 5-star albums of the 60s? The production. A real evolution in how Bob works with sound here. I personally prefer some of the 60s lyrics, but the quality here is undeniable.

(7/7) Obviously some good stuff on here. Love that rock organ!

I have found Bob Dylan to be divisive, I love him and think he is a genius lyricist and my partner hates his voice. This is probably him at his peak, maybe not his best album but I feel like every song in a banger.

Stone cold classic top to bottom. Stands with Bob’s 60s classics.

Some would say it’s his best album

Perfect album

I’m not a huge Dylan fan but it is hard to deny his greatness when you look at his discography. Feels like it would be a shame to not give him at least one 5*…and I am going to use it here. This album clicks with me for some reason. Meet Me in the Morning may be my favorite track. 4.25/5

A legendary album. My favourite of Dylan’s.

Dylan at his best. Great songs delivered with a voice of sand and glue.

favorite album so far from this list

I’ve already listened to this masterpiece

Already Listened, All time classic, Hot Wind Blows, Jack of Hearts, and Tangled up in Blue are my top 3 Bob Dylan Songs ever, I adore this album 90/100.

All timer.

Blood On The Tracks has always been one of my favourite Dylan albums, and every time I come back to it I’m reminded why. This is Dylan at his absolute best: great tunes, simple arrangements, and some of the most unbelievable storytelling he ever committed to tape. It feels raw, personal and honest without ever tipping into self-indulgent. Tangled Up in Blue has always been a standout for me – it’s one of those songs that changes slightly every time you hear it, depending on your mood and where you are in life. There’s not much fat on this record. The songs are strong, the melodies stick, and the lyrics do the heavy lifting. It’s an album you can sit with, properly listen to, or just let play and absorb. Favourite tracks: Tangled Up in Blue, Shelter from the Storm, If You See Her, Say Hello and Twist of Fate – all beautiful songs, each for different reasons. Least favourite tracks: None. Everything on this album earns its place. Album artwork: An iconic Dylan cover that perfectly matches the mood of the music.

Stevie Wonder has tons of talent, but we all just didn’t really love the songs. Bob Dylan is the opposite – dude can barely sing, but write amazing songs. 5 stars

Ten individual moments of magic.

Yooooooooooo this slaps never heard it before but this shit goes hard af

13 albums to go... Not saying last.fm is lying, but have i really never heard this before? Idiot Wind is a cool song, nice discovery

Bob NEVER misses

A familiar one.

Best songs: tangled up in blue, gonna make me lonesome, meet on the morning Hearing this album so soon after listening to freewheeling Bob dylan really emphasizes the growth and sophistication of his music by making some of the most amazing tracks ever

Bob Dylan is iconic

Bob! Excellent album!

9/10. An album currently resonating with me right now because I am going through a breakup & dylans songwriting & vocals performances are speaking to me so it was very fitting that this album came up first.

What a great listen. Starts with the wonder of "Tangled Up in Blue" and just keeps you hanging on for more all the way to the end. First 5 star! Dylan at his best!

I've only heard a couple songs from this album before but I loved it! He's just so funny

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

one of dylan’s best albums for sure, had a lot of fun listening to this again, my first time hearing this was a while ago and i’d forgotten how good it is

Good album loved the vibes ,the songs didn’t feel repetitive and the length was perfect,I felt some country inspiration in some songs which isn’t really my vibe but otherwise very good

This one definitely took a few listens to get into. His voice and style of singing make it not immediately accessible, but what I found initially off-putting I eventually started to find enjoyable. Thought the instrumentation was really lovely and the lyrics were compelling. Fav song: Simple Twist of Fate Least fav: Meet Me in the Morning

Some wonderful songwriting here - and I’ll always have a sentimental spot for it as it was one of only two albums* I had with me when travelling around the states by train with a portable minidisc player way back when. *Elbow’s Asleep In The Back was the other.

So the list has been pretty locked in on giving me actual art I see. This is probably the major album so far that has made me realise I MUST listen to the album for the review, familiar or not, because my opinion of this album is vastly greater than when I last listened to it. Inherently I could never dislike Bob Dylan, a musician's musician who inspired some of my favourite people and yet he still holds. I also was going to hold the opinion of "this came out in 1975, and I know albums that came out this year that I adore and it will never hold a flame to them." and yet. This probably my favourite Dylan album, of the 5 or so I've heard, and while I will elaborate on why as we go because they literally are all on this list but this one is my frontrunner because it's consistent in quality enough that the great songs do not throw off the pace of the whole album. Maybe a minor loss not ending on "Shelter from the Storm" but no song on this album is unjustified or drowned out when placed against Tangled Up In Blue which is definitely an all timer, and one of Dylan's best. I think for most people maybe Jack of Hearts should be a verse shorter but the song is catchy enough and the story is so endearing it does lots for me. It may be from significant practise but Dylan has an incredible manner of story telling, truly if you don't like the music but you listen to the structure and story I think you could still come away from this album with some positive thoughts. The music in and of itself is some of his best, in an era where creativity within rock was peaking (in my opinion) a pulled back folk album should not present itself so strongly but that's just a testament to the quality. This all makes sense as well as of his big 4/5 albums this is the latest of them and thus is the most seasoned and that is nothing but beneficial. Best songs: Tangled Up in Blue, Shelter from the Storm Worst songs: N/A Rank compared to everything else so far: 9/36 (below Superfly, above Tusk)

It's a wonderful album, but one that I'm overly familiar with. Still, it's been awhile, and it's nice to catch up. Check out the More Blood, More Tracks bootleg for more context and clues to Dylan's original concept. 10/10.

Loved it!

bangers all the way

к'юті альбом

Love this album

4.5

Terrific album in every sense of the word - Dylan's songcrafting is amazing, with moments of beautiful abstraction paired with a sense of pervading melancholy, melancholy that is felt within every second of the record

Come in she said I’ll give you, shelter from the storm. Classic Bob Dylan, not a chord out of place and every word is worth 1000. One of the best.

When I was really into Bob Dylan, I never got this album. Either I never found a copy of it at the stores I was going to or just skipped right over it. Because of that, this is his one great album that I’ve listened to the least. Although I prefer the albums I’ve listened to more, this is still a great record. Sad and beautiful in all the right ways

This is one of the goats. 100% a five star album. Songs that hit so hard. Where did the true poets go?

Hard to rank Dylan but I think this is probably in my top 3 albums by him. Definitely one of his more consistent/complete albums and a true return to form after a bit of meandering after coming out of the gate with possibly the best 6 album run in music history.

Tangled up in an idiot sandwich

Possibly my favourite Dylan album. Something that needs to be properly listened to so that it can be really appreciated. Only Joni and Lana del Ray are in the same ballpark when it comes to songwriting about the human condition. Gloriously emotional.

Great album. A few songs that I know performed on the live album Hard Rain. These songs sound great live with a band, but it is cool to hear the refined studio versions. Rhyming and phrasing completely en pointe. This album has a great feel - good production and instrumentation, great hooks.

I guess in think some of the songs aren’t all-time greats, but some of them are.

Bob is the best

A fantastic breakup album because of how many different viewpoints we get. There’s an open of wild emotion that settles down to the end, which I’d say is generally how these things go. Great imagery, real emotion.

Dylan's divorce album is one of his best, with some of his most essential and defining songs. A complete record, there's not a single moment of wasted effort or misplaced lyricism as Dylan sorts through the rough terrain of his disintegrating relationship.

Already in my top 5 albums of all time so nothing to see here!

I’m not the biggest Dylan fan, but he is a genius with words and stories. He obviously has a unique delivery and voice inflection - but I’ve never understood why people hate it. Outstanding collection of songs.

Absolutely outstanding. Had me captivated the entire time. When it was over, and the album restarted, I didn't want to turn it off.

Blood on your vinyl from spinning this classic too often.

Mulig jeg er biased alt som gjelder Dylan, men så har jeg Nobel på laget mitt. Det er vanskelig å si noe som ikke allerede er sagt om dette albumet. Tidenes breakupalbum? Ja sure, gidder ikke problematisere at Dylan var utro og bitterheten som skinner gjennom musikken engang. Sammen med Desire utgjør dette peak Dylan. Det er mange topper gjennom hele hans virke, men denne perioden midt på 70-taller er nok den aller høyeste. Selve skjelettet virker å være bygget på de tidlige folkplatene hans, men musikalsk er det mange skritt videre. Når Dylan har med seg musikere har han ingen andre enn de beste, og de gjør en knakende god jobb med å bygge alt som skal være rundt et skjelett. Men for all del så funker de mer nedstrippa låtene vel så bra også. Bassen bare lurer i bakgrunnen på «Shelter of the Storm» mens kassegitaren ruller forbi som vindkast, ja litt som en storm i emning…? Dylan har så mye å si, og han uttrykker seg på mange måten. Enten det er med intensiteten i «Idiot Wind», underfundigheten på «Buckets of Rain», melankolien i «If You See Her, Say Hello» eller hyperaktiviteten på «Lily, Rosemary….». Det er jo selvfølgelig låtskrivingen som er Dylans kunst og det er ikke noe annerledes her. Blood on the Tracks er en plate det er vanskelig å bli lei av.

w i love bobby d

Nigdy nie będę obiektywna, gdy chodzi o Boba. Kocham go miłością prawdziwą. Tangled up in blue to jedna z moich ukochanych piosenek. To nie jest dla każdego. Żaden wybitny wokal, melodię też niezbyt specjalne, ale jest w tym jakaś prawda. 9/10

Best of boomer rock!! my dad had this cover on our living room wall for my whole life, and It's nice to really take a deep dive into the songs i've heard on countless long road trip playlists. Dylan can tell you a whole story in a single line, and hes the master of the petty breakup song. This challenge is starting out firmly in my comfort zone

Do I need to say anything more at this point? It’s amazing.

“I know where I can find you In somebody’s room It’s a price I have to pay You’re a big girl all the way”

Bob Dylan truly at the peak of his powers. One of the greatest albums ever made.

A beautiful and heartbreaking album. Simply one of the greatest collections of songs and songwriting ever. 😊

I could probably make the argument that Side A of this album is the single greatest first side in rock history. "Tangled up in Blue" is simply one of the best songs ever, And "Simple Twist of Fate," "You're a Big Girl Now," and "Idiot Wind" are each amazing in their own right, showcasing Dylan's unmatched songwriting ability. For me, Side B has always been a slight drop-off from that first side . . . because what wouldn't be?! Still, how many other artists and groups would give up their firstborn to have "Meet Me in the Morning," "Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts," and "Shelter from the Storm" as the "hits" from their own LPs. That they seem second-tier in this group of songs says everything about the greatness of Dylan in general and of this album in particular.

I think this is a good album, though not quite up there with Dylan's mid-60s masterpieces such as Highway 61 and Blonde on Blonde. Unlike some of the other reviews on this site, I like Dylan's singing voice; the album has a good sound. Maybe the lyrics are a little less oblique.

It’s just excellent from start to finish.

As a person who is often on the fence about Dylan, this one is a no doubter. Absolutely stellar songs, arrangements, and playing make for a gorgeous, haunting listen from start to finish. 1975 was a fantastic year for music and this is one of that year' (or any year's) best.

Its a desert island disc for me. So many deeply profound songs here, definitely his least abstract of the big 60s-70s run lyrically, but also his most emotionally impactful. Idiot Wind is a devastating diss track, Simple Twist of Fate and Tangled up In Blue are pure poetry, and my favorite here has to be Shelter From the Storm. Buckets of Rain deserves more credit too with its lovely guitar work. And cant forget about Rosemary, I love trying to figure out what the fuck is going on with the plot of that one, while that chugging Johnny Cash-style rhythm carries it

Incredible album. Still holds up. Set the tone for ages.

So many good songs on this album! Hard for me not to give it 5 stars, so I will. Highlights: "Tangled Up in Blue", "Simple Twist of Fate" and "Shelter from the Storm"

The only thing I like less than being wrong is when Shane is also right. This is a better album than Blonde and Blonde and it’s his best. Tangled up in blue is probably the best life and love (a genre I may have just made up) song ever written, but in 2017 it still took me and Shane 2 minutes in to realize that Bob was, in fact, singing it before our very eyes. It took ten years for Bob and his team to get the fucking harmonica volume right, and we’re left with a collection of songs that range from beautiful to forceful to scathing to reminiscent and everywhere in between. Stone cold masterpiece.

Tangled up in Blue is the best American popular song since the end of the war. It’s that simple. To dissect yourself and a relationship that many different ways from that many different perspectives and making each verse a novel on its own...it’s just fucking perfection and delivered with the force of a goddamn freight train. And yeah the rest of the album is pretty good too. I don't care if Shelter from the Storm is used to sell insurance or whatever, that song fucking rips too. To me this is the album that earns him the Nobel Prize. Seasons come, seasons go but remains hands-down my favorite album ever.

One of the best storytelling songwriters of the last 100 years! Great album!

breakup album, aloneness, doesn't get better Tangled up in Blue Simple twist of fate Idiot wind Lily, rosemary and the jack of hearts

Absolutely essential (perhaps last great) collection of songs by the most important writer of his generation.

I think this might be my favorite Dylan record so far. But to be fair I think I say that every time. If only there was a record of this that was on this website to reference... oh well. But its great. All songs but one are amazing. The only one I was not into was the jack of Hearts track. It just goes on forever and doesnt do a whole lot with the time. Or maybe i just didnt like what it did with all that real estate. But tangled up in blue is here and thats an all timer of course. Its just bob Dylan and it doesnt need to be much more than that to get me. Call me simple or basic but I love what the guy does.

Perfect

Excellent album, story telling at it's best

Fantastic. I think Dylan’s finest.

Amazing. Zimmerman was ahead of the time.

Gorgeous and poignant album. A classic break-up album.

“Tangled Up in Blue,” has long been my favorite Dylan song. It has all of the storytelling elements he does best without his hard-to-take vocals. The rest of the album kind of follows that mold, making it possibly my favorite Dylan album.

Like it or hate it, it is undeniably Bob Dylan.

Idiot wind is a song that I hum a lot nowadays.

Another classic. I really like Bob Dylan’s sound and his lyrics just hit. Last few songs are about rain and I was listening to it while walking in the rain so it really fit. Every song was good; no skips.

A favourite of mine. Favourite track - simple twist of fate. 9/10

Album 39/1001 The break-up album of all break-up albums (sorry, Taylor). 💔 🩸🛤 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 Favourite lyrics: SHELTER FROM THE STORM "In a world of steel-eyed death, and men who are fighting to be warm Come in, she said I'll give ya shelter from the storm" IF YOU SEE HER, SAY HELLO "Sundown, yellow moon, I replay the past I know every scene by heart, they all went by so fast If she's passin' back this way, I'm not that hard to find Tell her she can look me up if she's got the time" IDIOT WIND "Idiot wind Blowing every time you move your teeth You're an idiot, babe It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe" Favourite song: Idiot Wind 🤡💨 Honourable mention: Tangled up in Blue 🪢🟦 Shelter from the Storm 🏠⛈️ You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go 😢👋 You're a Big Girl Now 😢 👈 👉😅 Simple Twist of Fate 🔀🔮

Top tier bob

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From someone who used to detest Bob Dylan, I've come to the conclusion that he's actually one of my favourite artists. He brings authenticity to his albums in a way that I appreciate. I've also discovered that most of his material doesn't connect with me until it's been heard a few times. I think this realisation began when listening to Fairport Convention, as they covered many Dylan songs in their earlier albums. I tended to skip over these tracks in disgust, but then I began to appreciate them more and more, until I found myself adding them in Spotify to my amazement. The lyrics are as important as the music, but there's also some depth that I can't quite identify. Once a few tracks began to click, it was like a rolling stone, and before long I was spending all day listening to Dylan albums on repeat. I really like this album, but I'm still not sure why. I've played it from start to finish four times today and nothing grates. There's also no one track that I like more than the rest, all of them have their own charms. I'm going with a slightly confused five stars.

LOVE. Simple twist

Listened to it twice in row

meet me in the morning!!! 56 and wabasha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't always like him, but when I do, I really do. "Tangled Up In Blue", "You're a Big Girl Now", "Meet Me in the Morning" (very bluesy!), "Shelter From the Storm", and "Buckets of Rain" were amazing. I know that half the album, but there you go.

When I first hear this album I was pretty underwhelmed. Compared to his earlier folk and electric work I didn’t really connect with what is essentially an bunch of love songs. But it’s also probably why it’s held in such high regard. It’s Dylan at his most vulnerable, with less cryptic and more relatable lyrics. The sound overall is clear and rich, and it feels like he’s singing an octave lower which again makes it more accessible. Over time I’ve come round to realising that this is pretty much a set of perfectly constructed songs.

4-5

4.5

No doubt in my mind that this is Dylan’s best album. It has every element that made Dylan special, the story telling. The heartache. The crisp writing. One of the best albums ever recorded and even though I am no Dylan lover, I will go to my grave believing it.

What can I say? This is one of the finest albums ever recorded. There are no notes needed. I don't think there is a thing I can add to the volumes of praise written about this album other than to agree. If you've never spent time with it, you must. 'A Simple Twist of Fate" is lyrically one of the most accomplished pieces of poetry anyone ever composed.

One of Bob Dylan's greatest albums. A perfect five out of five from start to finish. Favorite songs are Tangled Up In Blue, Jack of Hearts, and Idiot Wind.

Probably my favorite Dylan album. I agree that everyone should hear this one.

Still one of my favorite Dylan albums. Top notch songs all the way through !

Bob Dylan continues to cook. Despite much listening to his catalogue over the years I'm still not a big fan of Bob's folksy vocal delivery but besides that this one's always excellent. Songwriting talent worthy of the many accolades piled onto his shoulders over the decades-long career. fav tracks: Shelter From The Storm, Idiot Wind, You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go

Love, love love

Þetta er ein af þessum plötum sem er eiginlega fullkomin en ég veit einhvern veginn ekki af hverju. Ljúfsár, stundum lágstemmd, stundum fjörug, og alltaf góð.

“People see me all the time and they just can't remember how to act.” It must be very weird being Bob Dylan, but this album is so good, I can kind of see where the obsessives are coming from.

This is my favourite Bob Dylan album

"I LOVE reviewing albums like this... though there are NOT MANY LIKE IT... when people ask "what records would you want to have with you on a desert island?"... well, if the island had a "record player" lol... anyway... this one would be on MY list... and it should be on just about anyone's... if any album EPITOMIZES the term "1001... before you die"... it's this masterpiece... if Bob was not already a legend, and oh he was... if this were the only record he ever made, he'd be in some sort of hall of fame... but, that it's just one of his masterpiece records, shows his influence and reach... "Tangled Up in Blue" opens it... just that one song would put any ordinary mortal in the RnR hall of fame... but, then to have "Simple Twist of Fate", "You're a Big Girl Now", "Idiot Wind", "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go", "Meet Me in the Morning", "Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts", "If You See Her Say Hello", come next is almost too much for the mind and heart to comprehend... and just when you think it cannot get any better... Dylan ends the record with two of the best songs of the RnR era... "Shelter From The Storm"... brilliant... and closes this GEM with "Buckets of Rain"... FIVE STARS... but it deserves a hundred..."

it’s good

Every time I see a Bob Dylan album pop up on this list I’m like “ugh again” and then I listen to it and am like “fuck you Bob Dylan why is this so good”

Tangled Up in Blue is 5/5 on its own.

Don't know if I can add to anything that's already been said about this album. 10 ★★★★★

On of the best albums of all time. Poignant about a relationship breaking up. 5 stars

Stone cold classic

His best work

Probably the best album by Dylan in my opinion. Hard to pick out best track when they are all classics. But must say I stop doing everything when 'if you see her..." comes on. Sublime

Dylan at his best when the Rolling Thunder Review was touring and playing some of these songs. He is a grand master of incredible songs and truly expresses deep emotions. It was an incredible concert and the album was on deep rotation when it was released.

Great album. Classic Dylan

My two fave Dylan songs on one album. Love.

A song cycle about a heartsick man who, having broken his love's trust, keeps trying to write different songs and inevitably just writes the same song over and over. I mean that as a compliment; this album is perhaps the greatest display of denial, guilt, and preoccupation ever recorded - all the more potent because Our Narrator, Nobel laureate that he is, remembers to show rather than tell his stories. The production is unobtrusive and intimate. And Dylan is so lonesome he could cry.

I reckon this could be my favourite Bob Dylan LP. This album should resonate with anyone who has been through a break-up and allowed themselves to wallow in just feeling bitter and hurt for a while. Idiot Wind in particular is perfectly pitched, launching straight into the tirade with an chord change that catches you right off guard. "I can't feel you anymore - I can't even touch the books you've read." Thrilling stuff, with lyrics and a delivery which holds your attention for just shy of eight minutes. Some of the more mellow tracks do outstay their welcome somewhat ("harmonica ad lib to fade" does wear thin) and the second side does meander a little, but the first side and Shelter From The Storm do more than enough to secure five stars from me.

i dislike a couple songs but the rest are so good it doesn't matter. great album

Every song is strong, not just the ones that are more well known. Great lyrics, just an excellent album.

bobbyd

Too much moaning

I don't like his voice, but his gifts as a songwriter are undeniable.

Один из самых влиятельных альбомов на свете... какая тут еще может быть оценка?

I mean, it's an out an out classic.

I think everyone should listen to this album once a week or at least once a month. Even the title is poetic and evocative. A whole book could be written about every song. This is Bob Dylan in his full power and glory. The songs are perfect.

Tangled Up in Blue - 5/5 Simple Twist of Fate - 5/5 You're a Big Girl Now - 5/5 Idiot Wind - 5/5 You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go - 4/5 Meet Me in the Morning - 5/5 Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts - 3/5 If You See Her, Say Hello - 5/5 Shelter From the Storm - 5/5 Buckets of Rain - 4/5 Average score: 4.6/5 (rounding up) i feel like the i'm the only music listener on this planet that isn't a Bob Dylan dickrider. i really haven't been a fan of the bits of his music i've heard. say what you want about his songwriting and influence on music, he's a DOGSHIT vocalist and it's not likely i'll change my mind about that however, this is probably the first album of his that i actually enjoyed for once. enough to forgive his bad singing anyway. we'll see how i like the rest of his discography as they come up, maybe i don't hate this guy's music as much as i thought i did

Oh shit I think I love Bob Dylan. Fave song: Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts Honorable Mention: Tangled up in Blue

This is one of my favorite Dylan albums with Shelter From the Storm and Tangles Up in Blue as my two favorites on the album!

As if the sky opened up and the good Lord himself was singing from heaven on high - laying out how exactly it all went down. Bob is playing by a different set of rules here. Subtle brilliance abounds highlighted by the masterful production. But ultimately - this one hits the heart and provides solace for its many follies. 5+

Chicken soup for the sick body and soul. I savour Bon Dylan like my morning tea. Best when raining and sad.

Such a great album. I love listening to all the stories he tells. My favorite is Meet Me in the Morning.

Masterpiece. Some albums feel too good to review and this is one of those for me. I've always liked Dylan but lately I've been more and more impressed. A lot of these songs have worked there way into my life at different times, but listening to this front to back is truly jarring. Lately I've been listening to Simple Twist of Fate and Idiot Wind. The first verse in Idiot Wind brings me great joy. The punch line "I can't help it if I'm luckyyyyy", but the incredibly bizzare cadence "when they will I can ONly guUUEEssss". In Rolling Thunder Revue I saw him perform Simple Twist of Fate at a retirement home it looks like, and he completly changed the vibe to an upbeat soulful song (would be a great version to cover). But that totally changed my view of the song (On Netflix at the 1 hour 9 minute mark - its sick). Maybe TMI but when my first daughter was born and we finally got home I was playing various songs and Shelter From the Storm came on and my wife started crying tears of joy/relief/gratitude. One of the great moments of my life. That song also plays a pretty crucial role in the album as a relief from a lot of the sorrow and negativity. Dylan brings the charisma, obviously feeling a burst of inspiration from the divorce. One knock on this is that its a divorce album, which can be a bit of a grind. We get it man, its sad. Comparing this to the Marvin divorce album - making a wild assumption but it appears Dylan does his best work under these stressful circumstances and Marvin maybe did a lot of coke and did not. I'm sure you could write an essay on each of these songs so I'll stop here but god damn, thats one great fucking album. I wonder if there is a precedent for such a succesful artist to do their (arguably) best work 15 albums in. I'm going to say there is not. Bravo.

Kinda gay but listening to Shelter from the Storm made me tear up last night on my drive home from work thinking about how much I love my wife. Same with 'You're a big girl now' - even though I know it's about his divorce, I kept thinking about five-year old daughter starting kindergarten next week and being a big girl now and pondering the fleeting nature of life. Anyway, this review sounds like a lot of me me me me me. But the point is, Bob objectively sucks at singing and this really isn't my style of music at al, but somehow it all works well enough to evoke strong and real emotion from not just me, but so many different people from so many different walks of life for all different reasons, all without resorting to schlock or sentimentality. And that's why great art is a miracle.

I grew with with tons of respect for Dylan, and Hurricane was one of my favorite songs back in the day. But Bob has always been an old man playing old man music, to me and anyone else in our generation, so I have to some embarassingly admit now that the Chalamet biopic really breathed some new life into how I saw him, his music, and the folk music movement. Obviously a bit of Hollywood magic, but the energy felt so real in scenes where Dylan was introducing new songs he had written to other studio musicians or playing songs for the first time in front of audiences. Here, on Blood on the Tracks, that energy translates - Dylan has to be one of the best recorded artists. He's larger than life, not because he's a Morrison drunk or a Jagger showboat - just for being a damn songwriting genius. It all comes through on this recording, you feel like you're there in the studio hearing Dylan play these songs for the first time. I will never get sick of Simple Twist of Fate - beautiful chord progression and song.

Random thoughts: * I listened to this one twice. I can't remember if I've listened to this one before but I know this is considered one of Dylan's greatest albums. * Easy to see why just by having "Tangled Up In Blue" opening the album. * I love the Dylan quote about Tangled that the song took "ten years to live and two years to write". * Other great songs on here are "Shelter From the Storm" and "Simple Twist of Fate". * The rest of the songs were good to but none stood out to me but did beg for future listening and analyzation. * This is a classic album that everyone should listen to.

Masterpiece

Timeless

What do you do when an album is too painful to listen to? When listening to ¨You’re a Big Girl Now¨ takes you back to washing dishes and thinking about a girl in France who was out doing who knows what with who knows who? When it’s, in your humble opinion, the second greatest album of all time (after London Calling, of course)? You put on the album once every few years, talk a walk through the painful alleys of the past, and pretend it doesn’t still hurt as much as it did then. Bob Dylan crafted possibly the all-time greatest break up album, an album full of such opaque storytelling and specific emotions that they could almost apply to anyone, anywhere, at any time going through some sort of emotional turmoil. About the album: musically, nothing Dylan hasn’t done before or since. Lyrically, nothing he hasn’t done before or since. So why is it so special? Maybe because, for once, you can get a glimpse of the man behind the music and he’s telling you that he too feels the same as you. Best songs: ¨Tangled Up in Blue,¨ ¨You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go,¨ ¨Simple Twist of Fate¨

Overwhelming. Bob at his best. Lyrical. Searing. Poetic. I obsessed over Greatest Hits (1967), and when this came out it took me from childhood to adulthood.

This one is IT. My favorite Dylan album. Jakob Dylan said this album is his parents talking to each other and I hear that. He just jumps right into it with Tangled Up in Blue. This is 1975 Dylan but that jingle-jangly guitar reminds us it's still the maestro, the poet, the troubadour. The hair on my arms stand straight up as he crafts such a story in just 13 lines: She lit a burner on the stove And offered me a pipe "I thought you'd never say hello," she said "You look like the silent type" Then she opened up a book of poems And handed it to me Written by an Italian poet From the thirteenth century And every one of them words rang true And glowed like burning coal Pouring off of every page Like it was written in my soul From me to you Idiot Wind: "I can't even touch the books you read." Ugh---gut punch that encapsulates heartbreak in a real visceral way...like when you learn that he's not really where it's at. The transition from You're a Big Girl Now into Idiot Wind always made me think they are two parts of one song/one story. "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" just gutted me as I've been crying everyday thinking of Sylvia going off to college. I understand the song is not about the love of a parent or...like all Dylan, can the meaning change with age? I watched him reading a book on the deck outside my office window as this played..."I'll see you in the sky above In the tall grass in the ones I love..." Yes, Dylan's meaning evolves as I age. 10 songs and each one pure perfection. His words just come Pourin’ off of every page Like it was written in my soul from me to you

94/100. A deeply emotional and powerful record. The storytelling is packed with character, honesty, and brilliance. It had me zoning out at times, lost in thought and self-reflection. It's a masterclass in songwriting, raw, reflective, and incredibly moving.

In my opinion, Mr Dylan has composed 5 albums that stand out from all his others. This is one of those albums, perhaps the best of the 5.

Blood on the Tracks doesn't even fall in my top 5 Bob Dylan albums, but I still love it. This album does include one of my favorite Dylan songs, meet me in the morning. "Little rooster crowing, there must be something on his mind. Well I feel just like that rooster, honey you treat me so unkind..."

I'm really not sure it gets better than this. Having already warned that I will compulsively give probably every Dylan album 5 stars, I know where this is headed. One of Dylan's greatest virtues is that his songs have a cryptic quality that speaks to something that feels true, but which defies parsimonious explication. And yet, Dylan does it. No words do justice to such a masterpiece, but I'll write as I am moved. Several lyrics on this album occur to me out of the blue with great frequency. Listening notes: -Tangled Up in Blue--storytelling is perfect. I think one thing this album really nails (on a few songs) is these long timeframe stories--it feels lifelike in a very different way from a lot of musical storytelling, the way we have a relationship that bursts into bloom intermittently over a decade. "Took ten years to live and two years to write" indeed. -Simple Twist of Fate. Banger. Another perfect song. -Idiot Wind--perfect melding of Dylan's humor ("I can't help it if I'm lucky"), his poetics sensiblities, and the epic scale of this album. Alongside Simple Twist of Fate, the degree to which a core theme here is the indeterminism of life, the way life blindly chooses your course. I mean, I'm a a huge fan obviously, but this is him at the height of his power. -I stopped taking notes at this point, but I'll happily just say without further comment that basically every song on this album is one of the best of all time (for some value of "one of the best"). I'll keep writing my thoughts on a few of the songs -I particularly like Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts--no idea what it's about but calling it out since Alex hates this song. The inconsistent, barely sensible storytelling works in the mouth of Dylan and I will not elaborate. -If you see, say hello--Bob Dylan can reach for really high-minded poetry, but on most albums he just has at least one perfect love song (either abandoned love or current love). I think that's cool. Review: I usually describe other albums as my favorite, but this was a good reminder that on any day, 4 or 5 Dylan albums are capable of holding that title. The most fully realized vision I can think of offhand in a album. I don't know what more to say. This is one of the best albums ever made. And it gets credit for it, so not sure I need to say more.

Man, what an album. This might be my favourite. The guy is a poet. For me the highlight is Shelter from the Storm. The album is so raw and honest. Lyrically brilliant. Many of the songs feel like poems set to music rather than pop songs.

peak dylan without a doubt

My first Dylan album, an artist to this point I've eased on listening to as I know it will only lead to a deep dive. This was great. I will comfortably say if I give this another listen I'll never be able to turn it off

ABSOLUTE CLASSIC

This is the third or fourth Bob Dylan album I have listened to in this albums generator. This one is, I feel, more personal. His lyrics are genius. It is no wonder he got the Nobel in Literature. Each story in his songs conveys an important message. 5/5

The best album by the best lyricist of all time.

This has been one of my favorite albums of all time for 30 years.

A poetic masterclass

This is the 190th album I’m rating. After a break I come back to Bob Dylan. Adding to my Playlist - Tangled Up in Blue, Simple Twist of Fate, You’re a Big Girl Now, Idiot Wind, You’re Gonna Make me Lonesome When You Go, Meet me in the Morning, Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts, If You See Her, Say Hello, Shelter from the Storm, and Buckets of Rain. Not Adding to my Playlist - Nothing. All in all I liked 10/10 songs. Bob Dylan is a great musician.