Fav Dylan LPs?

What are you favorite Bob Dylan albums? Why? I know many a critic, fan, and label PR person has talked about his legacy, but what does his music mean to you? Is it "amazing"? Is it "crap"? How do you feel, and what records make you feel that way.

[robinmarceaux]

Blood on the tracks, it’s his most vulnerable his greatest vocal performance and probably top 10 albums of all time

[DrSpikeSpiegel]

Blonde on Blonde is a contender for my favorite album of all time. He creates this bizarre, romantic, surreal world, then leads us through it and introduces us to all of its inhabitants. Every time I listen to it I feel as if I'm plunging into the deepest parts of Dylan's mind that anyone's ever seen.

[finalmattasy]

my fave is Kid A. he really "came into his own" on that one. His voice totally changed and he used synthesizers, it was epic!

[CYE]

"Freewheelin " has always been my #1. Great acoustic, its rough and gritty vocals match the mood/ concept of the lyrics. Songs about love, war, friends, and society. All written by man barely 22 years old. It's an album to have on during a late night social drinkin party with friends.

[robinmarceaux]

Bringing it all back home is grossly underrated

[oldham]

I can't believe no one's mentioned "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright"! One of the epitomes of a Dylan masterpiece, imo. I love Maggie's Farm, Subterranean Homesick Blues, Positively 4th Street, Tangled up In Blue, Blown' In The Wind, and so much more.

[franklindelanonothingprodu]

I agree with your ranking of Blonde on Blonde-- but why do you stop at 1971?  You're missing some great albums: Blood on the Tracks, Slow Train Coming, INFIDELS, and my personal favorite for its beautiful and dense atmosphere: Time Out of Mind.  The way Dylan finds ways to evolve musically and as a public character and keep things interesting and fresh for over 50 years is totally inhuman (i mean that in a good way) and if you stop at 1971 you're missing out on a lot of that.  thanks for the video

[ethanflynn]

1. Highway 61 Revisited. Probably my favorite rock album ever honestly. While all of Dylan's best albums take you on a journey, this album just captures that feeling better than any other album I've heard. Not a single weak track. Better yet, not a single less than great track.
2. Blood on the Tracks- Maybe the most heart wrenching album I've ever heard. Those wails on You're a Big Girl Now just wreck me.
3. Bringing it All Back Home- Two distinct sides; both great. Some of my favorite lyrics land on here too: "Yonder stands your orphan with his gun/crying like a fire in the sun." "Upon four legged forest clouds the cowboy angel rides." etc.
4. Blonde on Blonde- Everybody talks about Revolver being the breakthrough for rock music, meanwhile that same year Dylan releases a sprawling, surreal, creative beyond measure double album. And One of Us Must Know is on it too.
5. Desire- Fuckin' Isis man.

[oDylno]

5. Times They Are A-Changing
4. Bringing It All Back Home
3. Blonde on Blonde
2. Blood On The Tracks
1. Highway 61 Revisited
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[ryanmccloskey]

My personal favourite is Bringing it all back home, I just love the mixture of folk and blues. I still love blonde on blonde

[GoFartherPodcast]

1. Blood on the Tracks:
Almost certainly him going through his divorce. So much passion in his voice; deepest lyrics I've ever heard by him:
"It was gravity which pulled us down, and destiny which broke us apart,
You tamed the lion in my cage,
But it just wasn't enough to change my heart."
Shows the ups (You're gonna make me lonesome when you go; shelter from the Storm; buckets of rain), the downs (idiot wind is the best angry, confessional song Ive ever heard), good and the bad; and letting us into all of what is going on.

[rlkaras]

Blood on the Tracks is my favourite, but Blonde on Blonde is probably his best. Visions of Johanna alone makes it in the top 3

[TheWidowsWeeds]

Blonde on Blonde is, and shall forever be, the greatest album of all time.

[SoteriosXI]

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan is my favorite of his.

[cronggamer]

I love the electric trilogy. (Bringing It Back Home, Highway 61, Blonde on Blonde)

[kemozish]

Here's my 10 favourite dylan albums and my favourite three songs of each one.

1.Blonde on blonde : Absolutely Sweet Marie, Sad Eyed Lady of The Lowllands, She's your lover now *outtake*
2. Highway 61 Revisited : Like a Rolling Stone, Highway 61 Revisited, Ballad of A Thin Man
3.Desire: Hurricane, Isis, Sara
4. Time Out of Mind: Cold Iron Bounds, Tryin to Get To Heaven, Love Sick
5. Bringing It All Back Home :It's Alright Ma (best song of all time), It's All Over now, Mr Tambourine Man
6. The Times They Are A-Changin : Only A Pawn In Their Game, The Times They Are A Changin, One Too Many Mornings
7. Blood On The Tracks: Idiot Wind, Shelter From The Storm, Up To Me *outtake*
8. The Freewheelin Bob Dylan: Don't Think Twice it's Alright, A Hard Rain's a Gonna Fall, Girl From The North Country
9.Another Side of Bob Dylan: My Back Pages, To Ramona, It Ain't Me Babe
10 Street Legal: Changing of The Guards, No Time To Think, Where Are You Tonight

She's your lover now is the most underrated dylan song.

[Olongjohnsonrandomfan]

Some time ago Blonde on Blonde was my fav album aswell... but with the time passing, I think, for me, Blood on the Track is his best work.

[petrlizatko]

I might consider between Blonde On Blonde and Highway 61 Revisited. They changed my life so much, and each time I play it I feel this magical mood of these albums mixed with my personal nostalgia.

[Paroxysm]

Nashville Skyline is my favourite. He had just finished all these amazing albums like Blonde on Blonde and Highway 61, and I don't think anyone could have seen it coming. His voice is completely different than other album, some of the songs are simple but amazingly catchy, others are just brilliant. Best album to put on in the middle of Sunday afternoon.

[Bubby-vcfv]

Blood on the Tracks has to be my personal #1. Not that it's his best musical or lyrical triumph but I listened to that album at a time in my life where the raw emotion of it really hit me hard. I will always be able to go back to that album and listen over and over again