Bob Dylan's Albums Ranked: You'll NEVER Guess Where 'Blonde On Blonde' Falls (Amity Tracks #50)

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12 of our favorite Bob Dylan studio albums ranked against one another. Which albums do you absolutely need in your vinyl collection? Find out here!
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@JL-vo7dm Жыл бұрын

Street Legal

@stefano.b65stef77 Жыл бұрын

HI, as far as i'm concerned "Highway 61 Revisited" is, was and always will be n° 1, Blood on the tracks and Blonde on Blonde can swap position from time to time, Bringing all back home is following behind. I'm also very fond of bootleg series, i've got almost everything. Modern Times, Time out of mind and street legal are the one i prefer among the also-run

@da1215 Жыл бұрын

My favourite is Self Portrait

@okgood8529 11 ай бұрын

I love Street Legal.

@jimranallo686 Жыл бұрын

1st time listener and subscriber... I've had a deep love for music that has both guided my life....brought extreme joy and has haunted me at the same time... bob dylan certainly fills some big shoes in forging the movement that I grew up in... fascinating person... mysteriously talented songwriter respected by most all his peers....cheers from Mexico (Nashville Skyline is quite unique)

@amitytracks Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and subscribing! Hope you enjoy the videos.

@seancrapola Жыл бұрын

Good to see Bringing It All Back Home so high. I agree. I remember going through as very dark period, my senior year in college (1993), and my mother was dying from lung cancer, so I had taken a leave of absence to help her and my father, and while my mother was dying my father died of a heart attack. One of the last conversations we had was about music--Dylan and the Beatles, in particular. He always hated the music I and my older brother's listened to. At any rate, I had let him borrow my truck to run some errands, and he listened to a couple of my tapes while he was in it. But he says to me, you know I was listening to some of your music and, you know, it wasn't bad. The tapes he listened to was Sgt. Pepper's and BIABH. He said he really liked the one where they laugh at the beginning and restart the song. LOL. Ah, that conversation to be continued...someday. Thanks for indulging me.

@amitytracks Жыл бұрын

That's a great story, thanks for sharing it. Music can bring us together.

@ZionForman Жыл бұрын

1. Basement Tapes, 2. John Wesley Harding, 3. Highway 61 Revisited, 4. Time Out of Mind,

@jlouis4407 2 ай бұрын

Blasphemy

@moonriverdiver 22 күн бұрын

Broadly agree and Knopfler also on Infidels. Dylan' Rolling Thunder Review threaded through America's heartland for 7 months in 1995 - 6 in with such distinctive musicians as Scarlet Rivera and Mick Ronson (ex David Bowie's lead guitarist). They forged - for me - definitive transformations of even such oldies as Hattie Carrol ('64). The Bootleg Series Vol 5 is a modestly priced 2 cds with 22 of those performances and has become my favorite Dylan hangout. No booklet but Scorcese's film probing - but only 6 live performances that are not playlisted on the DVD. Incidentally his bootleg series 1-3 now a cheap 3 cd set. Thanks Bob.

@donaldbrigden7735 Жыл бұрын

I loved your video and agree with your choices

@thejoin4687 Жыл бұрын

Blonde on Blonde, like Revolver, is an album I admire more than I like.

@FlaschDJ Жыл бұрын

You’re right! I didn’t guess where Blonde on Blonde was.

@thetrevorosborne 3 ай бұрын

BLONDE ON BLONDE no1 best all round album great lyrics but also accessible pop,melodies

@thebluesguy7187 Жыл бұрын

infidèls got to be among the 12

@pablolazaromartinez3541 Жыл бұрын

I'm with you on most of your picks. Blood on the tracks,no.1 of course ❤️

@joejenkins3595 Жыл бұрын

Blonde on Blonde at least top 5.

@brianmoran1968 Жыл бұрын

The most famous out of focus picture

@suartgilmour4540 11 ай бұрын

Enjoyed this, cool stuff. Personally if i was to talk about Dylan theres about 25 of his albums id have to mention! And thats wouldnt even be touching on the Bootleg Series, compilations or live albums. But i suppose its how you want to approach it. Such an immense body of work you porbably need to be more concise for a newcomer. Stuart

@johnjackson3735 6 ай бұрын

My favorites are: 1. Blonde on Blonde and Highway 61 Revisited tied for first 3. Bringing It All Back Home 4. Another Side of Bob Dylan 5. The Basement Tapes 6. The Freewheelin' 7. John Wesley Harding 8. Blood on the Tracks (First Pressing) New York Sessions 9. Desire 10. Oh Mercy or Love and Theft

@amitytracks 6 ай бұрын

Great ranking!

@jlouis4407 2 ай бұрын

This is very close to mine as well

@stevenmartin6870 Жыл бұрын

Blonde on Blonde is overrated IMHO. Oh Mercy is a great album - agreed. I like his stuff immediately following the motorcycle accident for a few years

@mordecaicarroll Жыл бұрын

The main appeal of Blonde on Blonde for me is side 2 and side 3. Fantastic group of songs on those two sides. For that alone i would have put BoB much higher on my list. I also would have put John Wesley Harding on a list of this sort too. Love the weird enigmatic allegorical lyrics and the stripped down craftiness of it.

@amitytracks Жыл бұрын

John Wesley Harding, kind of like Blonde on Blonde, is one I have but have never warmed to. I've tried.

@lordbyron6293 Жыл бұрын

Loved Blonde on Blonde as a teenager, and it was great for cleaning weed on (back in the day weed had a lot of seeds and stems).

@spencerdobkin9479 6 ай бұрын

Respect your opinion and your list is very nice! Blonde on Blonde is my favorite album of all time along with Pet Sounds. The songs flow so seamlessly, his voice sounds so perfect, band is great and there's this kind of special quality to it I can't explain. It's perfection. Time out of mind is my #2 another album that's stunningly great. Other ones I have in my top 10 - John Wesley Harding, Infidels and Street Legal. Infidels has some tunes that are masterpieces. Really unique and special albums.

@amitytracks 6 ай бұрын

Thanks, I know I'm in the minority on my view of Blonde on Blonde. And I'm not saying it is bad, it's just that I've never been able to really connect with it or fall in love with it for some reason.

@spencerdobkin9479 6 ай бұрын

@@amitytracksI feel the same way about Sgt Pepper besides a few songs on there like a Day in the Life I just never have loved the Beatles psychedelic era and much prefer the mid 60s - Help and Rubber Soul so I get what you mean.

@kevtruth Жыл бұрын

Love And Theft dropped on 9/11. I'm thinking most folks who like Dylan didn't hear it until the end of September

@monster900900 7 ай бұрын

yup ,, as much as i love blonde on blonde ,,its never grabbed me the way highway 61 , and bringing it all back home does ,, im with u on blood on the tracks ,, my number 1 bob album , awesome record , played it to death ,, still love it ,, awesome :))

@amitytracks 7 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@TheHSIHP Жыл бұрын

Modern Times and Time Out of Mind are in my top five Dylan albums!

@painless465 10 ай бұрын

I like Love and Theft better than both. Never understood the love for Modern Times, sounds like songs that couldn’t make L&T. I prefer Tempest to Modern Times. Time Out of Mind is tremendous

@stefano.b65stef77 4 ай бұрын

Hi, i'm back after a year, my top 10 has changed a little, i recently fell in love with The Freewhelin, i am also very fond of john wesley harding and modern times. I would put The Freewheeling in my top 3 at the moment, let's talk about it in a year time!

@amitytracks 4 ай бұрын

Sounds good! These lists are always a bit fluid.

@a2zme Жыл бұрын

Bold choices .. lol :)

@victorbloom8286 Жыл бұрын

Don't forget Pick Withers from Dire Strights on Slow Train as well. Drums

@andrewdyke5561 9 ай бұрын

I love dylan song writting and i actually like his voice on skyline for sure, but cant get into anything after the 60s album other than blood on tracks

@jlouis4407 2 ай бұрын

Best Bob Albums 1. Blonde on Blonde (BOB) 2. Bringing It All Back Home 3. Blood on the Tracks 4. Highway 61 Revisited 5. The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan 6. Another Side of Bob Dylan

@prosegold Жыл бұрын

Chronicles is the best book I’ve ever read. I’ve read a few too. It inspired me in many ways, but most importantly to follow my dream as a musician . Such a fantastic and uniquely written piece of literature . I doubt we’ll get a sequel, but if we do, I can’t wait to see what he’ll include. He left out so much in version one. In fact, he left out probably his most iconic moments. No blood on Tracks era stories, no 64-66 stories. No going electric stories. I may be mistaken but I’m pretty sure he didn’t do a deep dive on his pivotal eras and it was STILL an absolutely riveting read.

@prosegold Жыл бұрын

Best album is blood on the tracks , followed by Highway 61 . Big fan of modern times , time out of mind, infidels, love and theft, another side, new morning and freewheeling. Desire is cool too . Basement tapes also amazing. Oh mercy and Wesley Harding fresh too.

@amitytracks Жыл бұрын

I'm really enjoying it.

@eljockvis Жыл бұрын

another side of 5, the times they are 4, bringing it all 3, highway 61 3, freewheeling 2nd press, freewheeling 1st press alt 4 tracks

@nickdudesville5154 Жыл бұрын

Ranking Dylan's albums is tricky. Blonde on Blonde is certainly more celebrated than Shot of Love, yet "Every grain of sand" is cherished more than anything on Blonde on Blonde by many, if not most Dylan fans.

@painless465 10 ай бұрын

More than Visions of Johanna? Or Stuck inside… or Sad Eyed…? Shot of Love is my favorite Xtian Dylan album

@gdmyers47 Жыл бұрын

Yes, I agree, that you're crazy if you don't think "Blonde on Blonde" is one of the 20 greatest albums of all time. I heard recently that one critic thought that it influenced "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." As far as the music, that's one of the strengths of the album, some of Nashville's top studio musicians, along with Robbie Robertson and Al Kooper from New York.

@amitytracks Жыл бұрын

I do think Blonde on Blonde is one of the 20 greatest albums of all time. I just don't like to listen to it very much. Kooper is great and I love Robbie's playing.

@andrewdyke5561 9 ай бұрын

He is not crazy

@Shah-of-the-Shinebox 6 ай бұрын

Ive managed to rank 40 Bob Dylan albums (including his newest 2023 album, the Basement Tapes and 1973 Dylan album): 40. Self Portrait 39. Down in the Groove 38. Dylan 37. Saved 36. Together Through Life 35. Under the Red Sky 34. Empire Burlesque 33. Knocked Out Loaded 32. Triplicate 31. Christmas from the Heart 30. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid 29. World Gone Wrong 28. Shadows in the Night 27. Good As I Been to You 26. Fallen Angels 25. Bob Dylan 24. Tempest 23. Shadow Kingdom 22. The Basement Tapes 21. Rough and Rowdy Ways 20. Shot of Love 19. Planet Waves 18. The Times They Are-A Changing 17. Slow Train Coming 16. Another Side of Bob Dylan 15. New Morning 14. Oh Mercy 13. Nashville Skyline 12. Time Out of Mind 11. Desire 10. Infidels 9. Street Legal 8. Modern Times 7. The Freewheelin Bob Dylan 6. Love and Theft 5. John Wesley Harding 4. Blood on the Tracks 3. Bringing It All Back Home 2. Blonde On Blonde 1. Highway 61 Revisited

@amitytracks 6 ай бұрын

Excellent. Impressed with how high you have Love and Theft.

@Shah-of-the-Shinebox 6 ай бұрын

@amitytracks it was originally my number 10 (my ranking has changed numerous times). It's a kick ass album so I moved it up.

@gringotroller Жыл бұрын

Another Side and John Wesley Harding are so good and underrated

@MultiStats 4 ай бұрын

I've never heard this topic discussed, but how he changes his singing voice from album to album or even song to song. I like how his voice sounds on Nashville Skyline for example. The one that puzzles me is the voice he uses on "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again", as an example. Especially where he sings those exact words. I always why he would detract from his own song with that affected singing style. I asked about this once with Dylan fans and they got mad--Questions were interpreted as criticism. I'm curious why he does it.

@amitytracks 4 ай бұрын

Good question. I really like his singing on Nashville Skyline.

@denver606 11 ай бұрын

You blew it brother. John Westly should have been in the top five. Short sweet ballads and an album that you can listen to it all without getting antsy.

@andrewdyke5561 9 ай бұрын

No he didnt that album isnt as good as the albums before

@andrewdyke5561 9 ай бұрын

Dude i get it with blonde on blonde feels over long to me. Some songs just drag for the type album he has

@painless465 10 ай бұрын

John Wesley Harding deserves a shout out. Can’t wrap my head around Pat Garrett being in his top 12, no issues with any of the other choices

@amitytracks 10 ай бұрын

I know, Pat Garrett is hard to justify up there. I've just always loved the vibe of the whole thing. And "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" is still a stunner.

@aitechnasus1041 8 ай бұрын

1. Time Out Of Mind, 2. Love And Theft, 3. Modern Times, 4.Tempest,5.Together Thru Life, 6. Rough And Rowdy Ways, 7. Oh Mercy, 8.Slow Train Coming, 9.Street Legal, 10. Blood On The Tracks, 11. Blonde On Blonde, 12. Shot Of Love, 13. Infidels, 14. Empire Burlesque, 15. Highway 61 Revisited, 16. Nashville Skyline, 17. Another Side Of Bob Dylan, 18.Tripilcate, 19. John Wesley Harding, 20. The Basement Tapes.

@michaellord9745 Жыл бұрын

When I saw that you left Blonde on Blonde out of your top 12 I thought, "yeah, that's crazy...". When I saw you had Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid ahead of Blonde on Blonde I thought "He's stark raving mad!" No room for Infidels with Knopfler having a key role on guitar? Also, John Wesley Harding a superior record to Nashville Skyline and New Morning a better record than Another Side. Kind of splitting hairs here since there are so many great Dylan albums. But Blonde on Blonde is the really big swing-and-miss in your review.

@amitytracks Жыл бұрын

That's all fair. I do have Slow Train Coming which also has tons of Knopfler. Kind of like with Blonde on Blonde, I haven't been able to get into John Wesley Harding either. Again, I fully acknowledge Blonde on Blonde's importance and objective greatness. I just don't like it all that much!

@daledavidson8242 Жыл бұрын

If you could substitute those 5 astonishing songs from Freewheeling for the 5 on side one of Bringing It All Back Home that aren’t Subterranean Homesick Blues and Maggie Farm, you’d have the absolute perfect record. But even so, I could not leave the blessed “Mercury Sound” of Blonde on Blonde off my all time top 10.

@amitytracks Жыл бұрын

Good fantasy record. That would be a good topic for an episode, actually. Redoing certain albums to make the perfect record.

@michaelhehir8116 Жыл бұрын

Most know Blind Willie McTell was left off Infidels. The story goes that Knopfler who was basically the uncredited producer told Dylan to wait until he got back from a tour of Germany before finalising the track listing. Knopfler returned to find it all wrap up and no McTell. Instead of being a very good album it could have been an all time great as he also left off Foot of Pride, Tell Me and a superior version of Sweatheart Like You. Yet he left on Union Dundown! As someone once said Bob Dylan isn’t always the greatest judge of his own music.

@michaelhehir8116 Жыл бұрын

Lord Protect My Child was another left off.

@suartgilmour4540 11 ай бұрын

Infidels like Shot of Love could have and (should have imo) been a double album.

@andrewdyke5561 9 ай бұрын

I would consider freak out frank zappa to be first double lp

@kenkaplan3654 8 ай бұрын

The peaks on Blonde on Blonde are Olympian but the entire enterprise is very inconsistent. Highway 61 Revisited is his greatest album but I understand a preference for Blood on the Tracks, which is top 4 for me. Dylan's best live album by far is the "Royal Albert Hall Concert" (Really Manchester Free Trade Hall-1966) *Judas*. It was released by Columbia officially in 1998.

@jamesblanshard9468 Жыл бұрын

Maybe you should think about how things were in 1966, in an 18 month period he made 3 of the greatest albums ever made, the middle one Highway 61 has always been my favourite. Desolation Row on its own has to be talked about, but to leave out BonB for a film score with one song on it is a joke.

@amitytracks Жыл бұрын

Objectively, you are correct. But at the outset I said this is a subjective list. If I were listing the most important, most influential, greatest accomplishments...of course Blonde on Blonde would have to be high up there. But I've been up front in several videos on why I just have never been able to get into Blonde on Blonde on a personal level. And I've always loved that soundtrack for some reason. I am a big soundtrack fan in general, though.

@jamesblanshard9468 Жыл бұрын

@@amitytracks fair enough 🎼🎵

@user-yl3zv4fw7g 7 ай бұрын

I missed modern times and John Wesley Harding

@davidgagen9856 4 ай бұрын

John Wesley Hardin shd be there replacing Nashville Skyline. And of course Blonde On Blonde instead of mayb Pat Garrett. Hard to justify that choice.

@amitytracks 4 ай бұрын

I agree that it is hard to justify. And if I were trying to create an objective list of the most significant, etc., definitely Blonde on Blonde should be there. But I can never really connect with it.

@antalantal2366 Жыл бұрын

Well, very likely my ranking would be perceived as being more anomalous than yours: I never connected with H61Rev/Ohmercy/JWharding and I would, absolutely and definitely, rank Infidels (Knopfler+Taylor+Sly&Robbie, not to mention the wonderful outtakes) very high

@amitytracks Жыл бұрын

I need to give Infidels another spin, I admit.

@more5600 Жыл бұрын

Imagine putting the soundtrack to Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid ahead of Blonde on Blonde, I frankly can not.

@amitytracks Жыл бұрын

But it happened! Again, I say at the outset that Blonde on Blonde is one of the most significant records ever released. I just don't really enjoy listening to it. We've all got those.

@painless465 10 ай бұрын

@@amitytracksI’m sort of with you on BoB. However I have it around 9 or 10 , and I do believe it contains his best song, or at least my favorite ( Visions of Johanna)

@martinsundland7614 7 ай бұрын

There are legions of music mavens on the net and it seems to me that they are, each one, vying to be the most erudite and off-the-beaten-track guru; so they all have to champion the more obscure album to prove their deep insight. It's becoming quite predictable where they will tend to land.

@amitytracks 7 ай бұрын

Or they might just feel a certain way about certain albums.

@martinsundland7614 7 ай бұрын

Seems unlikely for so many instances.@@amitytracks

@nikolic-sq5rx 11 ай бұрын

b on b is soooooooo boring, exept vision of johhana, but you missed street legel, great album

@mikaelsvanberg6300 13 күн бұрын

Not a big fan of Blonde on Blonde me neither so glad at least someone agrees. At large it sounds a bit silly and manneristic, far from the mean delivery on the previous album.

@Carmela-el7fi 7 ай бұрын

❤No that cant be😢something has changed and people don't know blonde on blonde songs anymore😢oh no my favorite album is taking a dive.but tell us all that it isn't true and this was a prank.

@amitytracks 6 ай бұрын

I'm afraid it is so at least as far as I go. Don't worry, there is still much love out there for Blonde on Blonde. I have tried, but it never clicks or connects with me for some reason.

@Carmela-el7fi 6 ай бұрын

@@amitytracksI love the lyrics and description of these beloved characters in the blonde on blonde songs, visions of Johanna Louise she's delicate and seems like the mirror, Mona Lisa must have had the hwy blues, you can tell by the way she smiles, the song is beyond amazing. Every song on that album is unbelievable brilliant. Can't imagine anyone not loving those songs. Each to their own favorites

@jeffreyslotnikoff4003 6 ай бұрын

I also feel that 'Blonde on Blonde' has been one of the most overrated albums in rock history (along with 'Exile on Main Street') Can I justify my disdain by the written word? Perhaps... but why bother? Actually, most multi-disc albums would have been a lot better if they had been issued as single-discs... including The Beatles' 'White...' In fact, here is my version of 'Blonde on Blonde' as a single-disc record: Side One: 01 Rainy Day Women #12 and #35 02 Pledging My Time 03 Visions Of Johanna (an acoustic live version from one of B.D.'s 1966 concerts) 04 I Want You 05 Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat Side Two: 01 Absolutely Sweet Marie 02 Temporary Like Achilles 03 Positively 4th Street (yes, I know it wasn't on the original album... so what?) 04 Just Like A Woman 05 Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again

@amitytracks 6 ай бұрын

That would be an amazing album.

@jlouis4407 2 ай бұрын

That would have been great I love it as is, though I think it’s almost supernatural

@qoizr7505 6 ай бұрын

Right when I saw Blonde on Blonde out of the top 12 I knew this was fraudulent work. I mean Sad eyed lady of the lowlands itself beats out a couple of albums ranked higher.

@mountart2 5 күн бұрын

You may not like Blonde On Blonde, but sorry, it is his best album, period.

@benpike323 11 ай бұрын

Blonde on Blonde is the most overrated album in rock history. If I listen to this I fall asleep out of boredom.

@jlouis4407 2 ай бұрын

Insanity

@tuneyouup 4 ай бұрын

B on b sounds like a distorted mess recording

@larivieremark Жыл бұрын

I really wish you had done your homework. You missed so much in content context and breadth. Too bad.

@DanEvans-yb6wk 2 ай бұрын

Didn't realize this was opinion fueled. I guess you had to be there. Seems like maybe you were not. Peace.

@amitytracks 2 ай бұрын

True. But what discussion of music (or art) are not opinion?

@DanEvans-yb6wk 2 ай бұрын

@@amitytracks You are correct. I bought the album at 16 when it had just come out, and I was already a stone Dylan freak and made a habit of spreading the word. When I perform a song like "I Want You" at gigs, it takes me away. If I were limited to owning one set of songs/music, it would be B on B hands down. My Gibson Super Jumbo 200 , a blonde natural maple, is named after the album. Thank you for your quick response. "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" is "like it was written in my soul". Thank you again, kind sir.