Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited Reviews

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This is Bob Dylan at the height of his lyrical and musical powers. The opening and closing tracks, "Like a Rolling Stone" and "Desolation Row" are perfect, and all of the tracks in between are splendid. If I was going to introduce someone to Dylan's music I'd go to this one first before his earlier, more folky work. This album is nothing short of a masterpiece.

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Highway 61 is one is the real Bob Dylan classis. Only Blood on the track comes close. It's amazing to realise that only months apart the Beatles came up with Rubber Soul and Revolver, the Beachboys made Pet Sounds and Otis Redding gave us Otis Blue and the Kinks released Face to face. The midsixties are the hayday of Rockmusic and this great album hold proof to that.

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'Highway 61 Revisited' (1965) was Bob Dylan's sixth album, and the second on which he used a band, or more specifically, a rhythm section, plus musicians like Al Kooper (organ) and Mike Bloomfield (guitar).

Topped and trailed by two of his most powerful songs ever, it remains one of his defining albums. Alongside its successor, 'Blonde On Blonde' (1966), and moving on a few years to 'Blood On The Tracks' (1975), it's arguably one of the three best he ever recorded.

The opening track, 'Li ...

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Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited - Even if many people brag about "Blonde on blonde", THIS is the major breakthrough in Dylan music and texts. One of rock's 5 greatest masterpieces !