Track Listing

1. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
2. Pledging My Time
3. Visions Of Johanna
4. One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)
5. I Want You
6. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
7. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
8. Just Like A Woman
9. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
10. Temporary Like Achilles
11. Absolutely Sweet Marie
12. Fourth Time Around
13. Obviously Five Believers
14. Sad-Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #334 in Music
• Released on: 2004-03-29
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
Considered an unprecedented magnum opus when it arrived on two records in May of 1966 (1997's Time out of Mind is actually only about a minute shorter), Blonde on Blonde featured Dylan continuing to demonstrate remarkable powers over the course of 14 new numbers. Working in Nashville with session men and a few conscripted recruits (Al Kooper, Robbie Robertson), Dylan continued to bend minds with his warped lyrics and phrasing. Even dashed-off numbers such as "Obviously 5 Believers" and "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" contribute to the crazed, fun-house ambience. Dylan will never be this wild again. --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews

Scattered Gems Paper Cracks in album that hasn't Dated Well
To me Blonde On Blonde is one of those cherished masterpieces so high and held aloft by esteemed rock critics that you can feel a little guilty saying to yourself that you don't think it quite deserves it's undisputed Heavyweight Champion Of Rock status. But to me it's one of those albums that works better as a historical artefact of the 60's era rather than the timeless epic it is now thought of as sacriligeous to taint. In it's time it was no doubt a groundbreaking masterpiece and as a representation of classic rock history I would have given this album five stars but I just can't pretend that we haven't moved on and that lines such as 'Everybody Must Get Stoned' from 'Rainy Day Women' haven't dated terribly and now sound mildly irritating and tired. I'm sure back then the nudge and wink allusion to the green leaf was cool and rebellious but in today's era it sounds like the ramblings of a sixth form college Tutor trying to be cool and to 'Get Down With The Kids'. None of this is Dylan's fault of course and there is much to love and admire here, mainly 'Memphis Blues', 'I Want you' 'Absolutely Sweet Marie' and 'Visions Of Johanna'. But take these out of the equation and you are left with one of Dylan's weaker albums. I too prefer Dylan from Wesley Harding onwards and believe that 'Blood On The Tracks' is the true summit of Dylan's monumentous career. Blonde On Blonde, though undoubtedly a record that helped define an era, is not one that fares well when taken outside it's comfort zone and judged on it's own merits. Like 'Music From The Big Pink' and 'SGT Pepper' 'Blonde On Blonde' has in reality had it's time and has not dated well even if there are doubtless many who refuse to believe it has lost it's aura of invincibility.

His best was yet to come...
It always galls me how much time is spent praising this and the preceeding Dylan albums. Personally, I have no time for this era. Give me anything from 'John Wesley Harding' onwards. It may go against the grain, but the likes of ' Time out of mind', 'Desire' and Oh Mercy!' knock the pants off the 1962-66 period.

Dylans best along with Highway 61 Revisited
This is Dylans best period in my books. His band was fab, especially the organ adding to the sound. The lyrics are just marvellous, he never fails to paint an interesting picture in your mind.

Listened to it again today and remembered tracks I'd forgotten about. "Pledging My Time" is a great bluesy number after the silly circus nursery rhyme of "Rainy Day Women" the only track i skip on the album.

The two absolute masterpieces in my mind on this album are two 7 minute beauties "Visions of Johanna" and "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again". Lyrics like "the ghost of 'lectricity howls in the bones of her face" and "jewels and binoculars hang from the head of the mule" some say pretentious, i say, magical, genius! The acoustic version of "Johanna" is also excellent on the famous Live 1966 cd.

You also have the famous tracks like the recently remixed "Most Likely You'll Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine", "Just Like a Woman" and "One of us Must Know(Sooner or Later)"

This is class a full band sound, lots of harmonica. Truly an all time classic that has to be unconditionally recommended. As Jack Black said in the film "High Fidelity".... "Don't tell me you don't own Blonde on Blonde!!!"

Buy it! In fact I've just spotted a 3 CD package on amazon which contains the following of Dylans albums "Bringing It All Back Home/Highway 61 Revisited/Blonde on Blonde" These truly are from his most interesting period and if you purchase it like this you'll also get "Like A Rolling Stone", "Mr Tambourine Man", "Subterranean Homesick Blues" along with many, many class album tracks.