# Best Bob Dylan Studio Albums (POLL) Part 1 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [October 30, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bob-dylan-studio-albums-poll-part-1/974020 "2022-10-30T14:25:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bob-dylan-studio-albums-poll-part-1/974020/1 "2022-10-30T14:25:34Z")
OK, I guess I’ll be the one to do Dylan. These are his first 19 studio albums. Because of the large number, I am allowing 3 choices per poll. After a while I will take the best of the best and create a final poll. Don’t forget to vote in Part 2. _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bob-dylan-studio-albums-poll-part-1/974020/1))_ These are Dylan’s most recent 19 studio albums. Because of the large number, I am allowing 3 choices per poll. After a while I will take the best of the best and create a final poll. Don’t forget to vote in Part 1. _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bob-dylan-studio-albums-poll-part-1/974020/1))_ ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bob-dylan-studio-albums-poll-part-1/974020/2 "2022-10-30T14:27:57Z")
The 3 albums I’ve listened to most often in their entirety are **Blood on the Tracks** , **Blonde on Blonde** , and **Highway 61 Revisited** ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bob-dylan-studio-albums-poll-part-1/974020/3 "2022-10-30T14:36:19Z")
^I think I can make the same exact statement! And Happy Cake Day. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bob-dylan-studio-albums-poll-part-1/974020/4 "2022-10-30T14:40:46Z")
Huh, I thought Blood on the Tracks for one of my picks would be a bit of an outlier, but it’s the overwhelming favorite so far. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bob-dylan-studio-albums-poll-part-1/974020/5 "2022-10-30T14:28:08Z")
**moved to OP by What Exit?** ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bob-dylan-studio-albums-poll-part-1/974020/8 "2022-10-30T14:51:32Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > **Blood on the Tracks** , **Blonde on Blonde** , and **Highway 61 Revisited** I figured those would be the top three, but I’ve always enjoyed _The Basement Tapes_ a lot more than _Blood on the Tracks_. Sure, you can argue that it’s more a Band album than a Dylan album, but every time I hear it some new song I’ve never paid much attention to claims its place as my favorite. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bob-dylan-studio-albums-poll-part-1/974020/9 "2022-10-30T15:03:59Z")
Bringing it all Back Home is my favorite. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bob-dylan-studio-albums-poll-part-1/974020/10 "2022-10-30T15:45:54Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > **moved to OP by What Exit?** Thanks, I don’t know why I didn’t think to do that. mmm ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bob-dylan-studio-albums-poll-part-1/974020/11 "2022-10-30T15:48:17Z")
We need a Poll guide, I struggled to remember that to have more than one poll in a post you need to manually add a name to every poll in the post. I’m glad you added the public=true. As shown below: [poll **name=“1st”** type=multiple results=always min=1 max=3 public=true chartType=bar] [poll **name=“2nd”** type=multiple results=always min=1 max=3 public=true chartType=bar] ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bob-dylan-studio-albums-poll-part-1/974020/12 "2022-10-30T15:59:14Z")
**Blood On the Tracks** is the only Dylan album I still listen to all the way through. **Desire** is my next favorite, but that’s because of memories, not because it’s that great. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bob-dylan-studio-albums-poll-part-1/974020/13 "2022-10-30T20:02:43Z")
Avatars on the graph - cool, is that a new feature or do I just not get out enough? No love for Another Side? - that was a toss-up for my #3 (Blonde On Blonde won out). j ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bob-dylan-studio-albums-poll-part-1/974020/14 "2022-10-30T22:03:54Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > No love for Another Side? I looked at the songs. Man, he doesn’t even have a “bad” album. (Slow Train Coming exempted, don’t hate me) ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bob-dylan-studio-albums-poll-part-1/974020/15 "2022-10-31T02:14:11Z")
The first list, it was hard to limit to 3. The second list, it was hard to pick 3 that I really liked. First list- Blonde on Blonde was the most polished of what I consider his epic albums. Visions of Johanna is a fantastic poem that happens to be set to music. The album is a good mix of what I consider serious and minor works. Highway 61 Revisited has another masterpiece, Desolation Row along with Like A Rolling Stone and Ballad of a Thin Man. Great poetry all around. Blood on the Tracks two masterpieces, Idiot Wind and Tangled Up in Blue. This album might well be the one he sang with the most passion. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bob-dylan-studio-albums-poll-part-1/974020/16 "2022-10-31T04:20:36Z")
Honestly I think BobLibDem’s list is probably right, but I wanted to register a vote for _Desire_, which I definitely consider his most _underrated_ great album. ---
**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bob-dylan-studio-albums-poll-part-1/974020/17 "2022-10-31T04:30:34Z")
I always like _The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan_ because it is so angry. And just when it lightens up a bit, it comes back even angrier. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bob-dylan-studio-albums-poll-part-1/974020/18 "2022-10-31T06:37:32Z")
> [@Thing.Fish](#): > > Honestly I think BobLibDem’s list is probably right, but I wanted to register a vote for _Desire_, which I definitely consider his most _underrated_ great album. In my teens it was my favorite, didn’t quite get 61 and Blonde at 16. You can’t argue with the Top 6 so far, but there are so many other albums after the 80s that are are as good as anything he has ever done. Gotta say to the OP, you scared me. I thought he had died. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bob-dylan-studio-albums-poll-part-1/974020/19 "2022-10-31T09:32:38Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > The second list, it was hard to pick 3 that I really liked… This makes me a little sad. I fully embrace the genius of Blonde, 61, Blood, Desire, and many others that have not even received votes yet. But I would place some of his recent work right up there alongside these masterpieces. Not arguing, but have you really given “TIme Out of Mind” and “Love and Theft”, for example, a good listen? mmm ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bob-dylan-studio-albums-poll-part-1/974020/20 "2022-10-31T11:53:41Z")
I confess that I have not listened to his later works nearly as much as his first. I’ve heard them all but only a few times. I guess I lean on the works on more familiar with. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bob-dylan-studio-albums-poll-part-1/974020/21 "2022-10-31T15:47:51Z")
I also agree with MMM’s vote for Rough and Rowdy Ways, that’s a gem. I ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bob-dylan-studio-albums-poll-part-1/974020/22 "2022-10-31T17:41:58Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > > [@BobLibDem](#): > > > > The second list, it was hard to pick 3 that I really liked… > > This makes me a little sad. I fully embrace the genius of Blonde, 61, Blood, Desire, and many others that have not even received votes yet. > > But I would place some of his recent work right up there alongside these masterpieces… > > mmm I have to confess that I didn’t vote in the second part of the poll because I just don’t know the albums at all. It’s a function of my age and what was happening at the time - I was at college, punk was morphing into new wave, and Dylan released… Slow Train Coming. I think that turned a part-generation off his later work. And then, dammit, I had to get a job and grow up a bit and all that stuff, and music is never quite as much to the fore after that. I know it’s not fair on later Dylan, but it’s how it is. j [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bob-dylan-studio-albums-poll-part-1/974020.md?page=2)