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Who knows what's his favorite album? He (Dylan) probably likes classic rock. Besides he's too busy making out with that spoiled little woman. But I like hateful neurotic spoiled women. They are much more interesting.  :perverted

Blood On The Tracks for me.

Soldatti wrote on Jun 16^th, 2008 at 6:57pm:

Blood On The Tracks for me.

..and me

Maybe even my favourite album ever.

Then again, Blonde on Blonde and Highway 61 would probably also be in my top 5 albums ever as well...along with Exile and Abbey Road.

I hate to choose.  
My mood changes..just like with the Stones..

but I think I'd have to say Blood on the Tracks too...

blood on the track and desire.

i also like his song things have changed..

why do you include dylan's debut album in the "other" category? fantabulous album in its own write. (or is it right??)

i am leaning towards "self portrait"....blood on the tracks is just too obvious....

and good god man, where the hell is desire? you can't have a "best dylan album" thread without even putting that one on the list.

sickening!

Starbuck wrote on Jun 16^th, 2008 at 10:27pm:

why do you include dylan's debut album in the "other" category? fantabulous album in its own write. (or is it right??) i am leaning towards "self portrait"....blood on the tracks is just too obvious....

sorry man. bad counting.

probably the album that i consider the best, from him, besides Highway, is The Bootleg Series Vol 5. (H.S. Thompson called it the best rock album ever.) See? The "Other" option is privileged. Like beer, with whiskey. Tastes like chocolate.

It's so hard to pick but to throw some variety, I'll go with Oh Mercy. Lovely record with a lot of variety and interesting lyrics on a range of subjects. Some of the most beautiful playing and maybe the best sound on any Dylan record.

Mr P

You might want to amend some of the options for best album'. No one in their right mind is going to pick guff like Saved, Knocked out Loaded, Down in the Groove or Dylan and the Dead, yet you've omitted universally acclaimed albums like Desire, The Basement Tapes and some of the Bootleg Series releases

So I was the only one who chose Street Legal....
Highway 61, Blonde on Blonde and Blood On The Tracks and Time Out Of Mind sure are "better" and more important albums. Highway 61 is probably the most genius and important album by any artist I think, yet - there is something about the mystery of Street Legal that makes it my personal favourite - but Highway 61 is still in a unique position for me though. "Ranking" is a difficult sport.

Highway 61 Revisited, got my vote

Ade wrote on Jun 17^th, 2008 at 7:19am:

Highway 61 Revisited, got my vote

Same here, when Dylan went electric, he was fantastic!! that's my favorite album.

Highway 61 got my vote because the Basement Tapes weren't available for selection.  It's a tough call - only the Stones have an equivalent period of back-to-back-to-back genius like Bob's 64-68 run of records, and there is nothing quite like the majestic beauty of Blonde on Blonde, the mystery of John Wesley Harding or the "you are there" reinvention of rock and roll and popular song forms of Bringing It All Back Home.  But to me, in terms of words, sounds, melodies, righteousness and rawk, Highway 61 is the most staggeringly awesome record of the 60s, and until Love and Theft it was also Dylan's funniest.  The Basement Tapes, on the other hand, especially in their complete form (Tree with Roots bootleg) are Dylan's "Exile on Main St".  

So they got that going for them.

Time Out Of Mind gets my vote.  I also love listening to Oh Mercy and Modern Times.  I have been spinning them daily since Bob's birthday last month.  Today though I am changing out those CDs and will play boots from this leg of the tour that my second favorite Bob has sent me. (You are the BEST) ;) Getting myself ready to see  4 shows August.   :weed

peace out,
MM

I voted for Bringing it all Back Home for "Subterranean" and "Maggie's Farm," alone.  If I could have a second choice, I'd vote for Planet Waves, Dylan's "punk" album.

Blonde on Blonde, followed closely by Bringing it all Back Home. I've always thought of Highway 61 as the 3rd disc of BoB.

i went Highway 61 but only because

Desire

was left out!!!!!

I'm a Highway 61 man.  Best album ever, maybe.

Nasty Habits wrote on Jun 17^th, 2008 at 8:34am:

...only the Stones have an equivalent period of back-to-back-to-back genius like Bob's 64-68 run of records.

Pepper through Let it Be? Nasty? Hello? Where's the love, dude!

His debut LP should be on the list imo. Highly underrated.

I had to go for Bringing It All Back Home. Its the record that got me interested.

I voted for blood on the tracks ,but would like to mention Hard Rain as a brilliant live album and kind of a companion piece to the albums of this period.

You're a big girl now and Idiot wind are incredible performances.

sc uk

MrPleasant wrote on Jun 16^th, 2008 at 6:55pm:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3085/2585792158_8cfcd08f43.jpg Who knows what's his favorite album? He (Dylan) probably likes classic rock. Besides he's too busy making out with that spoiled little woman. But I like hateful neurotic spoiled women. They are much more interesting.  :perverted

Is he dating Shannen Doherty? Shockoing!!!!

BTW I voted with the majority although Time Out Of Mind almost got my vote.

Starbuck wrote on Jun 17^th, 2008 at 12:34pm:

Nasty Habits wrote on Jun 17th, 2008 at 8:34am: ...only the Stones have an equivalent period of back-to-back-to-back genius like Bob's 64-68 run of records. Pepper through Let it Be? Nasty? Hello? Where's the love, dude!

Pepper blows. WAAAAAAAAAAy overrated. And Let It Be is the boring coda, no?

vox12string wrote on Jun 17^th, 2008 at 10:45am:

Blonde on Blonde, followed closely by Bringing it all Back Home. I've always thought of Highway 61 as the 3rd disc of BoB.

And yet it came first . . . how odd . . .


Starbuck wrote on Jun 17^th, 2008 at 12:34pm:

Nasty Habits wrote on Jun 17th, 2008 at 8:34am: ...only the Stones have an equivalent period of back-to-back-to-back genius like Bob's 64-68 run of records. Pepper through Let it Be? Nasty? Hello? Where's the love, dude!

Dude - didn't we just get done talking about this in the Beatles thread?  Pepper??? Ew!  Let It Be?? A perfect record??  Poppycoddle!  Abbey Road?? Side two?? BLOATZART!  The stretches from BIABH to JWH and BegBanq to EOMS are gaffless.  You can't tell me that SGTP to LetItB is a gaffless period.  Magical Mystery Tour movie + Yellow Submarine movie & soundtrack = MAJOR embarrassments to "rock and roll".  

INDEED

Other great runs

The Who Sell Out to Quadropehnia
The Kinks Face to Face to Muswell Hillbillies

I hate picking just one, so it'd have to be:

Blood On The Tracks - closely followed by
The Freewheelin'
Bringing It All Back Home
Highway 61 Revisited
Desire
Blonde On Blonde
and
Time Out Of Mind.

Zack wrote on Jun 24^th, 2008 at 10:32am:

Other great runs The Who Sell Out to Quadropehnia The Kinks Face to Face to Muswell Hillbillies

...and Bowie; Station To Station through Scary Monsters....that's 5 excellent albums in row