0573. Bob Dylan
Blonde On Blonde
Almost exactly as long as yesterday's album,
this seventh album by Bob Dylan (his fourth on
this list) is too a mix of social commentary
and relationship songs (some about break-ups too).
It's also one of the albums where his voice is listenable at
the same time as he's got catching melodies and hooks.
And the lyrics.
The pre-chorus "everybody must get stoned" from Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
is bound to be interpreted in a lot of different ways
(okay, so maybe just two), and the sweet protective air
of Just Like A Woman kind of shatters, depending if you listen
to the lyrics or not, so I got to hand it to the man:
he knew how to sneak past the obvious.
By many ranked as the epitome of rock, Blonde On Blonde
doesn't make it quite as high in my book, but is definitely
one for the collection.
"I'm trying to read your portrait, but I'm helpless
like a rich man's child"
