Best Bob Dylan Studio Albums (POLL) Part 1

[BobLibDem]

Yeah, Slow Train Coming was a turnoff for a lot of us that followed his earlier work.

[EinsteinsHund]

There are five masterpieces among Dylan’s studio albums: “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan”, the trilogy of “Bringing It All Back Home”, “Highway 61 Revisited” and “Blonde On Blonde”, and “Blood On The Tracks”. You see that how the poll is made up, I couldn’t vote for all of them. And besides these five albums, there are a few that are almost as strong like “The Time They Are-A Changing”, “Another Side Of Bob Dylan”, “John Wesley Harding”, “Desire”, “Street Legal” (I know, not loved by many people, but a personal favorite), “Oh Mercy” and “Time Out Of Mind”. And some of the albums I left out would be outstanding for any other artist, even his failed albums are at least interesting or have at least one great song.

[kayaker]

@BobLibDem

Slow Train Coming was a turnoff for a lot of us that followed his earlier work.

Big time for me. May 1980 I somehow managed to score a front row seat at Pittsburgh’s Stanley Theater. It was my first time seeing him.

Opening act was a gospel group. Horrible. When Dylan finally came out, we found out he was singing only Slow Train songs with the gospel group backing him.

It was horrible, but I’ve seen him many times since and they were all great shows. But man, the first was goddamned awful.

Here’s the set list from that night.

[Jaycat.again]

@EinsteinsHund

There are five masterpieces among Dylan’s studio albums: “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan”, the trilogy of “Bringing It All Back Home”, “Highway 61 Revisited” and “Blonde On Blonde”, and “Blood On The Tracks”. You see that how the poll is made up, I couldn’t vote for all of them. And besides these five albums, there are a few that are almost as strong like “The Time They Are-A Changing”, “Another Side Of Bob Dylan”, “John Wesley Harding”, “Desire”, “Street Legal” (I know, not loved by many people, but a personal favorite), “Oh Mercy” and “Time Out Of Mind”. And some of the albums I left out would be outstanding for any other artist, even his failed albums are at least interesting or have at least one great song.

I am in full agreement with this analysis.

I didn’t care for Street Legal when it came out; now it’s in my regular rotation.

And give a listen to New Morning. It’s not bad at all.

Dividing things up into these two lists is enlightening. It’s like two different artists. Though Time Out of Mind, “Mississippi,” and “Things Have Changed” show glimpses of what used to be.