Dean's favourite albums #21 - Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan

I  own a number of Bob Dylan albums, but do find them hard to get into at times.  You usually have to be in the right mood to hear Dylan. His voice can be grating at times, his lyrics sometimes undecipherable, but that is what you get with a singer songwriter!  You won’t  find any of the signature Dylan tracks like “Blowin in the Wind”, “Like a Rolling Stone” or “The Times are a Changing”  on “Blood on the Tracks”, but what you do get is an album full of tracks dealing with heartbreak, anger and loneliness.   I haven’t taken the time to study the lyrics in detail, but you don’t need to, Dylan uses his voice to convey these emotions perfectly. The tracks might be lesser known, but they are certainly not inferior tracks.  There are highlights all through the album, but the stand out track is probably the opener “Tangled Up in Blue”, which would have to be up there as one of Dylan’s best.

 

PS – remember I said I don’t like long songs – this is another album with two seven minute plus songs on the track listing!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwSZvHqf9qM

 

Coming up at #20 – some more singer-songwriter folk rock from the seventies – but no long songs!

I hope you are enjoying my list, and all comments gratefully received.