A Fan Experience
(*****) August 30, 1965. Sixth Studio Album. The amount of creativity flowing from Dylan over six albums in six years in the early to mid-1960s is staggering, but on Highway 61 Revisited just about every song can be considered among his best, and those that aren’t provide cohesion to an album that mixes bluesy electric …
(*****) January 17, 1975 After a series of average or even throwaway albums, and a brief two-album stint on Asylum, Dylan returned to Columbia Records in 1975 and the label is rewarded with one of his best releases ever. Classics such as “Tangled Up In Blue,” “Shelter from the Storm” and one of my all-time …
Desire, (*****) January 5, 1976. 17th Studio Album. Desire brings an exotic, world music sound to Dylan’s repertoire, even as he returns to more topical songwriting. Scarlet Rivera, a violin player he found while waiting at a stop light, is all over this record, and Emmylou Harris is a perfect vocal foil for Dylan’s voice. …
(*****) March 22, 1965. Fifth Studio Album. If you want an archetypal 1960s Bob Dylan album, this masterpiece is it. It’s got classics, “Mr. Tambourine Man;” it’s got love songs, “”Love Minus Zero/No Limit;” it’s got rockers, “”Maggie’s Farm;” it’s got Dylan’s offbeat humour “”Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream;” and it’s got another one of my …