Suddenly Dylan no longer seemed to be straining to recapture the surreal poetic torrents of the '60s ... this is probably Dylan's most complete and most unified album--and yes, damnit, his best.
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This one is the only Bob Dylan album I have never written a single line. There is something too big about it that keeps me always in the back of the room just listening to it without being able to put my words on it. Maybe this is a good opportunity to finally give it a try.
For many many years talking about best Dylan album was a synonym of talking about “Highway 61 Revisited” and perhaps for some bold people it was a ... read more
'Blood on the Tracks' is another phenomenal album from Bob Dylan, sure it doesn't reinvent the Dylan formula instrumentally but I'm drawn to this body of work for the same reason that I love a lot of Dylan's records, the lyrics. Around the time Dylan was nearing closer to a divorce and the lyrical content of 'Blood on the Tracks' is centred around that, you can hear the emotion in Dylan's passionate perfromances and as a result we got one of the best break up albums of all time. It's ... read more
The anger and emotion in Bob Dylan's voice on "Idiot Wind" make for what might be his best vocal performance ever.
I think Dylan’s confessional lyrics on this album work to his benefit, as lots of his instrumentation comes across as sad on other albums as well, and they also differentiate this from his others while playing to his strengths.
1 | Tangled up in Blue 5:40 | 97 |
2 | Simple Twist of Fate 4:17 | 96 |
3 | You're a Big Girl Now 4:34 | 93 |
4 | Idiot Wind 7:47 | 96 |
5 | You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go 2:55 | 91 |
6 | Meet Me In the Morning 4:21 | 89 |
7 | Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts 8:52 | 89 |
8 | If You See Her, Say Hello 4:47 | 91 |
9 | Shelter from the Storm 5:00 | 95 |
10 | Buckets of Rain 3:22 | 92 |