Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
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Free Music Review: Good
Hit: 4 Stars
It is that kind of cd which values the price based in a single song.Free Music Review: In its own world
Hit: 5 Stars
Bob Dylan has created enough classic albums that any debate over "the best one" is likely to be an exercise in futility. But as far as creating its own sonic universe, no other Dylan album comes close to Blonde on Blonde.
There's no unifying theme to the lyrics. Dylan's imagination runs free. The musical styles on this album run the gamut from blues, to pop songs, to good old folk-rock. And the mood ranges from blustery, to whimsical, to reflective, to melancholy. Yet despite this wild eclecticism, every second of music on this album seems to flow from the same source.
It's pointless to discuss the songs individually. Most people have heard "Rainy Day Women" and "Just Like a Woman", but nearly all of the tunes are masterpieces even if they don't seem like it at first. "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" is a masterpiece among masterpieces, a perfect finale to an album, one of Dylan's most majestic and moving compositions.
You can put this disc in your player, dim the lights and during the span of 70 minutes Dylan and his fellow musicians take you on a journey through this universe. And with each additional journey, you find another amazing spot in that universe that you never noticed before.
[This review is based on the original CD release, which has an identical tracklist to this remaster.]
Free Music Review: A Dylan Classic
Hit: 4 Stars
Blonde on Blonde was the first Bob Dylan album I listened to, after hearing him many times on the local rock radio station (less and less frequently as time went on). Wanting to hear more of him than what I was exposed to, and curious about his work, I picked up this excellent cd. I think many fans will give you many other recommendations as far as where to start your listening, but this could be considerered one good place to begin your journey as well.
The highlights of this cd are "Visions of Johana", "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again", "Just Like a Woman", and the closer "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands". Bob's talky kind of vocals fit well into this sort of bluesy/rocky/progressive country style of music. I particularly like the abstractness of his lyrics.
One final comment, don't mistake it, the opening track "Rainy Day Women #12 & #35" is actually that enchanting tune "Everybody Must Get Stoned". I laughed when I put the cd on for the first time, because I would not have know it by the title, but I recognized it right away. Ah well.
I give this cd 4 stars mainly because although the entire cd is great, it does tend to slow down a bit between tracks 10-13. But other than that it's a great listen.
Free Music Review: Embarrassingly rich......
Hit: 5 Stars
Much has been said, written, and analysed about this record. There are probably 100 page essays on it somewhere. I don't feel like writing 100 pages, so I'll just write this.
Originally a 2LP set when released in 1966, Dylan somehow topped Highway 61 Revisited with this. Many make hay of the classic songs here (and there are many) like Rainy Day Women #12 and #35 (I prefer #12 myself), I Want You, Just Like a Woman, and Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands. But the album has tons of underrated gems from Dylan. The blues song Pledging My Time is fantastic. It's loose, angry, and even a bit avant garde (it has a very cool harmonica solo). Visions of Johanna is one of Dylan's most beautiful songs, with incredible lyrics worthy of a Dali painting. Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again has great lyrics that I wish would go on forever. Leopard Skin Pill Box Hat is another great blues number. Temporary Like Achilles and Fourth Time Around are beautiful and beguiling. Absolutely Sweet Marie is a great rocker, and one Dylan does a lot in concert. I adore Obviously Five Believers, the penultimate song on the album. The epic Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands (written for Dylan's wife Sara) is one of his most tender, moving songs.
This album is, quite frankly, an embarrassment of riches. There's so much in it that you can listen to it anytime, anywhere, and no matter how often it spins on your turntable, 8 track, grammophone, CD player, computer, Ipod, or mp3 player, you will always get something from it. Thank you and rock on....
Free Music Review: It's Metallic and Bright Gold, that Thin Wild Mercury Music is
Hit: 5 Stars
According to Bob Dylan, this record, "Blonde on Blonde" is the closet he's ever come to capturing that sound he hears in his head. "That wild mercury sound. It's metallic and bright gold, with whatever that conjures up." To me the sound is very similar to the outstanding Highway 61 Revisited and like that hallowed album, "Blonde on Blonde" is considered by anybody who is somebody in the music business as one of the best records of all time.
The album opens with a rockin' "Rainy Day Woman #12 & 35" that grabs straight for your soul and it doesn't let go till the close of "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands." Back in the day this was released as a double record. It was the first, I believe, double rock and roll record. After Dylan many others, most notably the Beatles with the White Album and the Rolling Stones with Exile on Main St. would follow suit. Dylan broke many molds in his career and this album is an example of that. Just plain good music, that's what you'll find here. I can't say enough good about "Blonde on Blonde." It's true, that thin, wild Mercury Music is Bright and Gold.