Your ranking is near enough my own Adam, including your honourable mentions at the end. I also quite like some of his '80s work which gets overlooked. It's nowhere near his greatest output but albums like Down in the Groove have some really good songs on them. Thanks for another great episode.
Morning Adam. Still enjoying trawling through your shows during these strange days of lockdown. Love your passion and completely agree with you about Dylan’s latter day albums. John Wesley Harding might be my favourite but it’s probably because as a kid I was given it to try and know it inside out. Time out of mind I absolutely adore particularly Love Sick. The new album didn’t leave my turntable for many weeks, love it. As we discussed about Neil Young, even on those truly awful 80’s albums there are still a few gems. Love Dylan but live he has unfortunately let me down a few times!! Very inconsistent, just going through the motions. Keep up the good work.
Thanks Chris. Dylan live is always a risk..have seen him many many times and he has on occasion been sublime, but then once I even walked out..! You just don't know wheat you are going to get. I love his new album. Neil live has always been fantastic. Glad you like the show.
Hard to rank just top 10 Dylan but I'll try. 1. Highway 61 Revisited 2. Blood On The Tracks 3. Blonde On Blonde 4. "Love And Theft" 5. John Wesley Harding 6. Desire 7. Bringing It All Back Home 8. Oh Mercy 9. Rough And Rowdy Ways 10. Modern Times
My top ten 10.Oh Mercy 9.Nashville Skyline 8.John Wesley Harding 7.Street legal 6.Infidels 5.Desire 4.Blood On The Tracks 3.Bringing It All Back Home 2.Blonde On Blonde 1.Highway 61 Revisited
1. Blonde on Blonde 2. Blood on the Tracks 3. Highway 61 Revisited 4. The Freewheelin Bob Dylan 5. Bringing It All Back Home 6. Time Out of Mind 7. New Morning 8. Desire 9. Modern Times 10. Love and Theft Honorable Mentions: Times They Are-A Changing, John Wesley Harding, Street Legal, Shot of Love, Oh Mercy, Tempest
@@kenkaplan3654 believe it or not, I recently updated my ranking. Bringing it All Back Home went to #4 and Freewheelin dropped to #6, with John Welsey Harding taking #5 and Love and Theft at #7. Street Legal is great, it will probably replace New Morning.
Great review. You have 7 of my top 10. I, along with multitudes think Highway 61 is maybe the greatest rock record of all time. Tambourine Man is just him having fun in his youth with no boundaries and ready to really jump out over the next mountain and beyond. Some of the greatest lyrics ever written. Except for Joey, maybe you should give Desire another listen. That said; an excellent evaluation, thanks..
Another very interesting and well justified ranking Adam. Kudos to you for finding the perfect adjective to describe Desire.......”pungent” is bang on the money ! Based on your criteria I’d have to include Street Legal along with most of those albums on your list. Despite the dated production the songwriting is top notch. Love and Theft passed me by when it came out so I’ll certainly give it a proper listen as a result of your ranking. Keep up the good work.
Agree James, “pungent” was a great description. I second your Street Legal comment. Love that record and play it, perhaps the most of all his records and I have everything - And I mean everything, every single concert recording bootlegged, outtakes etc etc from 1959 to early 2000s plus all official releases. Great list and comments Adam, just played Time Out of Mind this morning, such a great record as is Love & Theft. Also agree there are great songs on even the bad Dylan records.
1.Bringing it all back home 2.Blood on the tracks 3.Highway 61 Revisited 4.Nashville Skyline 5.Desire 6.Street Legal 7.John Wesley Harding 8.Blonde on Blonde 9.Planet Waves 10.The Freewheelin Honourable Mentions Another Side Of New Morning Pat Garrett and Billy the kid Oh Mercy Time out of Mind Tempest Infidels
Excellent list. I agree with many of your picks, and they are all superlative albums. Tempest ranks near the top for me; surprised I don't see it listed that way more often. As for the old stuff, I probably go back to the beautiful songs of Another Side more than anything else.
1. Blonde on Blonde 2. Time out of Mind 3. Bringing it all Back Home 4. Blood on the Tracks 5. John Wesley Harding 6. Highway 61 Revisited 7. Infidels 8. Street Legal 9. Desire 10. Shot of Love 11. Rough and Rowdy Ways 12. Times They are a-Changin'
i find it nigh impossible to pick bobs ten best allbums ,, i agree with blood on the tracks ,, incredible album , number one slot ,, bobs one of those rare artists with a huge output and consistantly great material , with just a few miss fires along the way , good review :))
All these albums are musically bombshells, however what's about "Freewheelin' Bob Dylan", in the year 1963 a sound like from another planet and influenced not only the temporary music but the whole wide awake world.
Totally agree - it was so hard to do Dylan, so I went for the albums that I find myself listening to most - and for one reason or another, that wasn't amongst them....but , of course, you're so right, it must have been incredible hearing to for th efforts time in 1963.
@@rockrecordsreviewed1880 No, your presentation is very nice, very balanced, going to the bottom and since a record is also about the sound, I think these are also the best. Almost ;) Well, i undertsand the problem to collect abolut. All what i can say is not for a programm like yours. You make it absolut fantastic. When i think which Dylan Albums i prefer, i look also, which one has accompanied my life. So it was in late schooldays " Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" (next others heroes), just an oldtime Oldie but the songstructure and the energie still knocked you over. Very much earlier, on the sunnyside of my siblings, it was "It's all right Ma (im only bleeding)". Like in your presentation. I can hear this magic till today. "John Wesley Harding" - 'He was never known/ To make a foolish move' - was an important attention as an adolescent. "HWY61 Revisited" - the art of one beat! How do I get along in the world? Nothing needs to be clarified more urgently. But HATE like in the song 'Like a Rolling Stone'? Every possible answer touches the roots of dialectics beforehand. Dylan is truly surfing on planetary waves. "Desire" was sure the most beautiful record since Blonde on Blonde. 'Country music is sounding journalism', Johnny Cash is said to have said. Nothing else is 'Hurrican' and at the same time a brilliant protest song and upright attitude. Martin Luthers Visionen seems to be true. Should go to school. The autumn of 1989 dumped totalitarianism in the dustbin of the "political world" and laid the foundation for a united Europe: "O Mercy!" You can't say more about that (which also means a lot). And Time out of mind, what a incredibble return! So, not just heroes, we all often fail, and who wouldn't have their foot in the door of society again. And what beautiful accompanying music. Musicians like Adele covered the songs. "Blood on the Tracks", on the other hand, had no influence, because I had simply overlooked them. It is, as on your list, Dylan's absolute masterpiece. No other song breathes the mood of the mid-seventies as rigidly as "Simple Twist Of Fate". The withdrawal symptoms after Woodstock were like still sunshine. Yes, this picture is true, believe it. Still sunshine, so were partly the mid-seventies. No one could draw that better than Dylan. Not ten records, but so goes it on my way. Thx for reading :)
We totally agree on Blood On The Tracks. I never tire of it’s brilliance. I enjoy your entire top 10. I would have found a way to sneak Infidels into the bottom of the list somewhere though. As you said, no Dylan fan will probably agree with any other’s top 10. Dylan albums have a strange way of becoming a personal favorite for me. It’s not always the music, lyrics, or created atmosphere. Often they become one of my favorites because of where I am, or what is going on in my life when I first hear the album. It gets locked in with my experience and memories to be relived when I play that album again. They have an odd way of feeling as if they were written for me. There is a magic there.
I LOVE Infidels....Jokerman is one of my very fave Dylan tracks...but some great records had to miss out in a Top 10....but it was close...glad you enjoyed the list, Blood On The Tracks is mesmerising in its brilliance...thanks for commenting :-)
I am new to Dylan but old of skin, and I really wonder what would your top ten be for someone like me. (Just for perspective, I only found out today, that he did House of the Rising Sun, I listened was blown away and then found out he pinched it from a Van something guy.
Hi Tommy, I think this Top 10 here is a good primer, but if you liked his House of the Rising Sun then you may want to check out the early folkier albums which I haven't really gone in to here...Bob Dylan, Freewheelin', Times They Are a Changing and Another Side Of - all great albums, and much more the 'guitar and voice' Dylan before he famously went electric. Enoy!
I have Desire higher. If replaced by the long Joey it could have broke into top 5. Yours is an interesting list. You are young an d ill just use a Keith Richards remark "We have to let music brew for a few years, then music will pull a 180 on you...
Somehow I ended up discovering Bob Dylan via The Band not the other way around which I guess is the regular way. "Planet Waves" is a good introduction to the man I think. Everyone comes from a different place and with such a vast catalog where "Planet Waves" is more of a deep-cut album than one of the most famous it's not that easy to find. I would recommended since it is a pretty stellar album and a very easy-listen in a way some other records are not for a more causal music lover. Good list!
I do like the latter day albums like Time Out of Mind, Love and Theft and Modern Times. I didn't know until recently that Bob gave Sheryl Crow Mississippi, luckily he used it also, great song. I Also like Spirit on the Water, Standing in the Doorway and Not Dark Yet. My favourite track from his latest album is I've Made Up My Mind.
And your reaction to Rough & Rowdy Ways? My personal top 10 (I bought Blood on the Tracks as a teenager; some others will be controversial) : 10) Modern Times (2006); 9) Street Legal (1978); 8) Oh Mercy (1989); 7) Love & Theft (2001); 6) Bringing It All Back Home (1965); 5) Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963); 4) Time Out Of Mind (1997); 3) Highway 61 Revisited (1965); 2) Blonde On Blonde (1966); 1) Blood On The Tracks (1974).
I think Rough And Rowdy Ways is wonderful....it's so rich lyrically, and the sound is beautiful....I;m still discovering fabulous moments in it...not sure where it would be in my list though need to give that some thought. Love your list. What do you think of Rough And Rowdy Ways?
@@rockrecordsreviewed1880 Well it grows with every listen. All the things you say, and then it is consistent and coherent too in the way it hangs together beautifully. It is very hard to rank this artist because it spans his lifetime's experience and there is a song and album for every mood. That's why I still like the youthful humour in, say, Freewheelin' as well as the gravitas of 1997- . And then I say, does it win my heart, as well as my head and feet? Yes, on all three. So I now put it at four or five. It's that good.
Am I the only one who doesn't list Highway and Blonde in the top 3? think I may need to spend more time on these records. My top 3: Blood on the Tracks, Desire, Bringing It All Back. Thanks Adam..
Enjoyed the show but can’t imagine Love and Theft ahead of Freewheelin, the times are a changin, or Another Side of Bob Dylan. We do agree, Blood on the Tracks is his greatest masterpiece.
Hi Larry - it's so hard with Dylan...as I said, I went for the 10 albums I find myself listening to the most....which would probably make Rough 'n'rowdy Ways the number at the moment, lol
Solid list. I'd only lose Slow Train (although it has some great songs) in favour of, say, New Morning, Modern Times or Infidels. It's true Infidels has some filler, but the great tracks are stellar.
Great you mentioned Robert Christgau robertchristgau.com/ , he directed me to a lot of records or even genres I might have missed otherwise in the late 70's and 80's. To even select the top 10 Dylan is a great task, and I was amazed how much overlap it has with my own choices, even for the ones you have and I do not - they are great albums. 1. Blood on the Tracks - and being Dylan's best album also means it is my top album of all times, I think it holds that position since I first heard it in 1975 and every time I hear it again it confirms it's brilliance 2. John Wesley Hardin - it sounds so simple but still is so rich and Watchtower is my favourite song ever from anyone 3. Bringing it All Back Home 4, Highway 61 Revisited 5. Blonde on Blonde 6. Planet Waves, this is quite underrated and I was happy when it came up in your list 7. Oh Mercy 8. Desire 9. Infidels 10. Street-Legal and Tempest (both albums have some of the best songs he ever wrote but also some weaker stuff but the good ones are so good that I always go back to those albums more often than to some others.)
Very nice video. I am sure that you like Dylan as much as I do. But I disagree abit with your ranking. Undoubtedly the three best Dylan albums are highway 61 blood on the tracks and blonde on blonde. Which one , us , Dylan fans, will choose depends on the mood of the moment. For me , at this moment , Blood on the tracks comes first, highway second and blonde on blonde third . Coming next are John Wesley Harding , freewheeling, desire , infields etc. The albums of his cristianic period are the last in my lists. See you!!!!!
Thanks Tasos, but the beauty of these daft lists is that there's no 'undoubtedly' at all....it's all opinions....having said that, Blood On The tRacks is undoubtedly his best album :-))) Glad you liked the vid
I hate it when people who are too young to know better try to rank Dylan. There's a reason Highway 61 was originally ranked #4 and Blonde on Blonde #9 of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Blood on the Tracks was 16 but many rank it their #1. Very accessible. Love and Theft at #3? Um, no. Good, even very good, not great by any means. Basement Tapes never gets considered. I herd it as a bootleg in 1970 and was stunned at what I heard
Just think you are a bit too young to say something about Dylan .. but then again who am i...but saying he has at least one good song on his records is simply not true..on every record his songs are very very good even in the eighties..
Highway 61 Blood on The tracks Street Legal Time Out Of Mind Desire Blonde On Blonde Bringing It All Bavk Home Modern Times Slow Train Coming Otherwise of Bob Dylan
1. Blonde on Blonde 2. Highway 61 Revisited 3. Bringing It All Back Home 4. The Basement Tapes 5. Another Side of Bob Dylan 6. Freewheelin' 7. Time Out of Mind 8. Love and Theft 9. John Wesley Harding 10. Desire 11. Oh Mercy / Blood on the Tracks / Modern Times
I recommend the Mono version of Blonde on Blonde because it has a far warmer, richer, fuller and more authentic sound.
Your ranking is near enough my own Adam, including your honourable mentions at the end. I also quite like some of his '80s work which gets overlooked. It's nowhere near his greatest output but albums like Down in the Groove have some really good songs on them. Thanks for another great episode.
Morning Adam.
Still enjoying trawling through your shows during these strange days of lockdown.
Love your passion and completely agree with you about Dylan’s latter day albums.
John Wesley Harding might be my favourite but it’s probably because as a kid I was given it to try and know it inside out. Time out of mind I absolutely adore particularly Love Sick.
The new album didn’t leave my turntable for many weeks, love it.
As we discussed about Neil Young, even on those truly awful 80’s albums there are still a few gems.
Love Dylan but live he has unfortunately let me down a few times!! Very inconsistent, just going through the motions.
Keep up the good work.
Thanks Chris. Dylan live is always a risk..have seen him many many times and he has on occasion been sublime, but then once I even walked out..! You just don't know wheat you are going to get. I love his new album. Neil live has always been fantastic. Glad you like the show.
Hard to rank just top 10 Dylan but I'll try.
1. Highway 61 Revisited
2. Blood On The Tracks
3. Blonde On Blonde
4. "Love And Theft"
5. John Wesley Harding
6. Desire
7. Bringing It All Back Home
8. Oh Mercy
9. Rough And Rowdy Ways
10. Modern Times
My top ten
10.Oh Mercy
9.Nashville Skyline
8.John Wesley Harding
7.Street legal
6.Infidels
5.Desire
4.Blood On The Tracks
3.Bringing It All Back Home
2.Blonde On Blonde
1.Highway 61 Revisited
I love Infidels..Jokerman may be one of my very favourite Dylan songs...great top 10!
Great list
Great list
1. Blonde on Blonde
2. Blood on the Tracks
3. Highway 61 Revisited
4. The Freewheelin Bob Dylan
5. Bringing It All Back Home
6. Time Out of Mind
7. New Morning
8. Desire
9. Modern Times
10. Love and Theft
Honorable Mentions: Times They Are-A Changing, John Wesley Harding, Street Legal, Shot of Love, Oh Mercy, Tempest
Top 5 much closer to mine. Switch 4 and 5. Love and Theft a little higher. Would not put New Morning on this list. Street Legal is underrated.
@@kenkaplan3654 believe it or not, I recently updated my ranking. Bringing it All Back Home went to #4 and Freewheelin dropped to #6, with John Welsey Harding taking #5 and Love and Theft at #7. Street Legal is great, it will probably replace New Morning.
@@Shah-of-the-Shinebox I think those top 4 have to be the top 4.
Great review. You have 7 of my top 10. I, along with multitudes think Highway 61 is maybe the greatest rock record of all time. Tambourine Man is just him having fun in his youth with no boundaries and ready to really jump out over the next mountain and beyond. Some of the greatest lyrics ever written. Except for Joey, maybe you should give Desire another listen. That said; an excellent evaluation, thanks..
Thanks Robert, glad you liked it
Another very interesting and well justified ranking Adam. Kudos to you for finding the perfect adjective to describe Desire.......”pungent” is bang on the money ! Based on your criteria I’d have to include Street Legal along with most of those albums on your list. Despite the dated production the songwriting is top notch. Love and Theft passed me by when it came out so I’ll certainly give it a proper listen as a result of your ranking. Keep up the good work.
Street Legal almost made it James, but it was a close thing. Let me know what you think of Love & Theft, I really love it so would be keen to know ...
Agree James, “pungent” was a great description. I second your Street Legal comment. Love that record and play it, perhaps the most of all his records and I have everything - And I mean everything, every single concert recording bootlegged, outtakes etc etc from 1959 to early 2000s plus all official releases.
Great list and comments Adam, just played Time Out of Mind this morning, such a great record as is Love & Theft. Also agree there are great songs on even the bad Dylan records.
1.Bringing it all back home
2.Blood on the tracks
3.Highway 61 Revisited
4.Nashville Skyline
5.Desire
6.Street Legal
7.John Wesley Harding
8.Blonde on Blonde
9.Planet Waves
10.The Freewheelin
Honourable Mentions
Another Side Of
New Morning
Pat Garrett and Billy the kid
Oh Mercy
Time out of Mind
Tempest
Infidels
John Wesley Harding?
Excellent list. I agree with many of your picks, and they are all superlative albums. Tempest ranks near the top for me; surprised I don't see it listed that way more often. As for the old stuff, I probably go back to the beautiful songs of Another Side more than anything else.
1. Blonde on Blonde
2. Time out of Mind
3. Bringing it all Back Home
4. Blood on the Tracks
5. John Wesley Harding
6. Highway 61 Revisited
7. Infidels
8. Street Legal
9. Desire
10. Shot of Love
11. Rough and Rowdy Ways
12. Times They are a-Changin'
i find it nigh impossible to pick bobs ten best allbums ,, i agree with blood on the tracks ,, incredible album , number one slot ,, bobs one of those rare artists with a huge output and consistantly great material , with just a few miss fires along the way , good review :))
Totally agree, it's pretty much impossible....but I had a go! Love the latest one too
All these albums are musically bombshells, however what's about "Freewheelin' Bob Dylan", in the year 1963 a sound like from another planet and influenced not only the temporary music but the whole wide awake world.
Totally agree - it was so hard to do Dylan, so I went for the albums that I find myself listening to most - and for one reason or another, that wasn't amongst them....but , of course, you're so right, it must have been incredible hearing to for th efforts time in 1963.
@@rockrecordsreviewed1880
No, your presentation is very nice, very balanced, going to the bottom and since a record is
also about the sound, I think these are also the best. Almost ;) Well, i undertsand the
problem to collect abolut. All what i can say is not for a programm like yours. You make it
absolut fantastic.
When i think which Dylan Albums i prefer, i look also, which one has accompanied my life.
So it was in late schooldays " Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" (next others heroes), just an oldtime
Oldie but the songstructure and the energie still knocked you over.
Very much earlier, on the sunnyside of my siblings, it was "It's all right Ma (im only bleeding)".
Like in your presentation. I can hear this magic till today.
"John Wesley Harding" - 'He was never known/ To make a foolish move' - was an important attention
as an adolescent.
"HWY61 Revisited" - the art of one beat! How do I get along in the world? Nothing needs to be
clarified more urgently. But HATE like in the song 'Like a Rolling Stone'? Every possible answer
touches the roots of dialectics beforehand. Dylan is truly surfing on planetary waves.
"Desire" was sure the most beautiful record since Blonde on Blonde. 'Country music is sounding
journalism', Johnny Cash is said to have said. Nothing else is 'Hurrican' and at the same time a
brilliant protest song and upright attitude. Martin Luthers Visionen seems to be true.
Should go to school.
The autumn of 1989 dumped totalitarianism in the dustbin of the "political world" and laid
the foundation for a united Europe: "O Mercy!" You can't say more about that (which also means a
lot). And Time out of mind, what a incredibble return! So, not just heroes, we all often fail,
and who wouldn't have their foot in the door of society again. And what beautiful accompanying
music. Musicians like Adele covered the songs.
"Blood on the Tracks", on the other hand, had no influence, because I had simply overlooked them.
It is, as on your list, Dylan's absolute masterpiece. No other song breathes the mood of the
mid-seventies as rigidly as "Simple Twist Of Fate". The withdrawal symptoms after Woodstock were
like still sunshine. Yes, this picture is true, believe it. Still sunshine, so were partly the
mid-seventies. No one could draw that better than Dylan.
Not ten records, but so goes it on my way. Thx for reading :)
We totally agree on Blood On The Tracks. I never tire of it’s brilliance. I enjoy your entire top 10. I would have found a way to sneak Infidels into the bottom of the list somewhere though.
As you said, no Dylan fan will probably agree with any other’s top 10. Dylan albums have a strange way of becoming a personal favorite for me. It’s not always the music, lyrics, or created atmosphere. Often they become one of my favorites because of where I am, or what is going on in my life when I first hear the album. It gets locked in with my experience and memories to be relived when I play that album again. They have an odd way of feeling as if they were written for me. There is a magic there.
I LOVE Infidels....Jokerman is one of my very fave Dylan tracks...but some great records had to miss out in a Top 10....but it was close...glad you enjoyed the list, Blood On The Tracks is mesmerising in its brilliance...thanks for commenting :-)
I am new to Dylan but old of skin, and I really wonder what would your top ten be for someone like me. (Just for perspective, I only found out today, that he did House of the Rising Sun, I listened was blown away and then found out he pinched it from a Van something guy.
Hi Tommy, I think this Top 10 here is a good primer, but if you liked his House of the Rising Sun then you may want to check out the early folkier albums which I haven't really gone in to here...Bob Dylan, Freewheelin', Times They Are a Changing and Another Side Of - all great albums, and much more the 'guitar and voice' Dylan before he famously went electric. Enoy!
interesting list Blonde on Blonde number 1 for me not just great lyrics but some of his greatest melodies many thanks
I have Desire higher. If replaced by the long Joey it could have broke into top 5. Yours is an interesting list. You are young an d ill just use a Keith Richards remark "We have to let music brew for a few years, then music will pull a 180 on you...
Somehow I ended up discovering Bob Dylan via The Band not the other way around which I guess is the regular way. "Planet Waves" is a good introduction to the man I think. Everyone comes from a different place and with such a vast catalog where "Planet Waves" is more of a deep-cut album than one of the most famous it's not that easy to find. I would recommended since it is a pretty stellar album and a very easy-listen in a way some other records are not for a more causal music lover. Good list!
Great list. Thank you Adam. I also love especially Blonde on Blonde, Infidels, New Morning, Modern Times, Street Legal and, believe or not... Saved.
Infidels and Street Legal I really love....Saved takes some time to like, I think, but I get it! ;-)
I loved Saved immediately it touches me a lot.
I do like the latter day albums like Time Out of Mind, Love and Theft and Modern Times. I didn't know until recently that Bob gave Sheryl Crow Mississippi, luckily he used it also, great song. I Also like Spirit on the Water, Standing in the Doorway and Not Dark Yet. My favourite track from his latest album is I've Made Up My Mind.
Top 2 - absolutely agree... then Highway 61 and Infidels must be the next imho
Nice one Adam - really enjoying your reviews. Any chance of a Nick Cave top 10? (if you are a fan of course). Also Sonic Youth would be great.
Love a bit of Nick Cave....I may get round to it but lots to do before then...thanks for commenting
And your reaction to Rough & Rowdy Ways?
My personal top 10 (I bought Blood on the Tracks as a teenager; some others will be controversial) : 10) Modern Times (2006); 9) Street Legal (1978); 8) Oh Mercy (1989); 7) Love & Theft (2001); 6) Bringing It All Back Home (1965); 5) Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963); 4) Time Out Of Mind (1997); 3) Highway 61 Revisited (1965); 2) Blonde On Blonde (1966); 1) Blood On The Tracks (1974).
I think Rough And Rowdy Ways is wonderful....it's so rich lyrically, and the sound is beautiful....I;m still discovering fabulous moments in it...not sure where it would be in my list though need to give that some thought. Love your list. What do you think of Rough And Rowdy Ways?
@@rockrecordsreviewed1880 Thanks for replying! I'm awaiting the CD which I'll listen to carefully, having streamed only some of the tracks so far.
@@rockrecordsreviewed1880 Well it grows with every listen. All the things you say, and then it is consistent and coherent too in the way it hangs together beautifully. It is very hard to rank this artist because it spans his lifetime's experience and there is a song and album for every mood. That's why I still like the youthful humour in, say, Freewheelin' as well as the gravitas of 1997- . And then I say, does it win my heart, as well as my head and feet? Yes, on all three. So I now put it at four or five. It's that good.
Am I the only one who doesn't list Highway and Blonde in the top 3? think I may need to spend more time on these records. My top 3: Blood on the Tracks, Desire, Bringing It All Back. Thanks Adam..
I've got the same top 3 as you but Desire is my number1.
Enjoyed the show but can’t imagine Love and Theft ahead of Freewheelin, the times are a changin, or Another Side of Bob Dylan.
We do agree, Blood on the Tracks is his greatest masterpiece.
Hi Larry - it's so hard with Dylan...as I said, I went for the 10 albums I find myself listening to the most....which would probably make Rough 'n'rowdy Ways the number at the moment, lol
Great REACTION..
LOL..DO BOB'S BEST SONGS
Oh Mercy is indeed a corker and deserves to be remembered.
Totally.. .it often gets lost amidst the earlier classics, but for me it's right up there..
Solid list. I'd only lose Slow Train (although it has some great songs) in favour of, say, New Morning, Modern Times or Infidels. It's true Infidels has some filler, but the great tracks are stellar.
A couple of the best tracks on Infidels are among my favourite Dylan songs..Jokerman?!? What a song
Half asleep 'neath the stars
with a small dog licking your face
Also like that you found a space for Planet Waves.
Jokerman, sweetheart like you and don't fall apart on me are all masterpieces imo
3:06 1979*
Great you mentioned Robert Christgau robertchristgau.com/ , he directed me to a lot of records or even genres I might have missed otherwise in the late 70's and 80's.
To even select the top 10 Dylan is a great task, and I was amazed how much overlap it has with my own choices, even for the ones you have and I do not - they are great albums.
1. Blood on the Tracks - and being Dylan's best album also means it is my top album of all times, I think it holds that position since I first heard it in 1975 and every time I hear it again it confirms it's brilliance
2. John Wesley Hardin - it sounds so simple but still is so rich and Watchtower is my favourite song ever from anyone
3. Bringing it All Back Home
4, Highway 61 Revisited
5. Blonde on Blonde
6. Planet Waves, this is quite underrated and I was happy when it came up in your list
7. Oh Mercy
8. Desire
9. Infidels
10. Street-Legal and Tempest (both albums have some of the best songs he ever wrote but also some weaker stuff but the good ones are so good that I always go back to those albums more often than to some others.)
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Very nice video. I am sure that you like Dylan as much as I do. But I disagree abit with your ranking. Undoubtedly the three best Dylan albums are highway 61 blood on the tracks and blonde on blonde. Which one ,
us , Dylan fans, will choose
depends on the mood of the moment. For me , at this moment , Blood on the tracks
comes first, highway second and blonde on blonde third . Coming next are John Wesley Harding , freewheeling, desire , infields etc. The albums of his cristianic period are the last in my lists. See you!!!!!
Thanks Tasos, but the beauty of these daft lists is that there's no 'undoubtedly' at all....it's all opinions....having said that, Blood On The tRacks is undoubtedly his best album :-))) Glad you liked the vid
Blood on the tracks.
And Desire
I hate it when people who are too young to know better try to rank Dylan. There's a reason Highway 61 was originally ranked #4 and Blonde on Blonde #9 of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Blood on the Tracks was 16 but many rank it their #1. Very accessible. Love and Theft at #3? Um, no. Good, even very good, not great by any means. Basement Tapes never gets considered. I herd it as a bootleg in 1970 and was stunned at what I heard
Just think you are a bit too young to say something about Dylan .. but then again who am i...but saying he has at least one good song on his records is simply not true..on every record his songs are very very good even in the eighties..
Hi Ar Marq - I wish I was too young to say anything about Dylan! And I think we are agreeing on the second point aren't we?
Highway 61
Blood on The tracks
Street Legal
Time Out Of Mind
Desire
Blonde On Blonde
Bringing It All Bavk Home
Modern Times
Slow Train Coming
Otherwise of Bob Dylan
You need a better mic .. can barely hear anything you're saying.
#justSayin
You do not have a clue, do you?
A clue about what? My opinion? lol
@@rockrecordsreviewed1880 "I have mentioned that every Bob Dylan record has at least one good song on it"
Really? :)
1. Infidels......
1. Blonde on Blonde
2. Highway 61 Revisited
3. Bringing It All Back Home
4. The Basement Tapes
5. Another Side of Bob Dylan
6. Freewheelin'
7. Time Out of Mind
8. Love and Theft
9. John Wesley Harding
10. Desire
11. Oh Mercy / Blood on the Tracks / Modern Times