Blonde on Blonde

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

Blonde on Blonde · In October 1965 Bob Dylan began work in New York on his seventh album, with his backing band the Hawks. Months of sessions yielded almost nothing, apart from One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later). At the suggestion of producer Bob Johnston, the recording moved to Nashville, where in February and March, together with Al Kooper and Robbie Robertson and a group of top session musicians, he recorded all the other songs.

Blonde on Blonde completed a trilogy of rock albums, after Bringing It All Back Home and Highway 61 Revisited. It was released as a double album, one of the first in rock. The music sounds grand; one critic described the lyrics as a mixture of the visionary and the everyday. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 and I Want You became hits. Just Like a Woman and Visions of Johanna are regarded as his finest compositions. Critics often count the album among the best of all time.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Rainy Day Women #12 & 354:37Apple Music ↗
2. 2Pledging My Time3:50Apple Music ↗
3. 3Visions of Johanna7:34Apple Music ↗
4. 4One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)4:55Apple Music ↗
5. 5I Want You3:09Apple Music ↗
6. 6Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again7:07Apple Music ↗
7. 7Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat3:59Apple Music ↗
8. 8Just Like a Woman4:54Apple Music ↗
9. 9Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)3:30Apple Music ↗
10. 10Temporary Like Achilles5:03Apple Music ↗
11. 11Absolutely Sweet Marie4:57Apple Music ↗
12. 12Fourth Time Around4:35Apple Music ↗
13. 13Obviously Five Believers3:36Apple Music ↗
14. 14Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands11:17Apple Music ↗

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