50 years later, Bob Dylan’s ‘Blood on the Tracks’ remains the standard by which all albums are measured
The first sounds you hear when you drop the needle — or click the digital file — on Bob Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks are guitars ringing and chiming, almost like bells. They serve as a kind of preface or overture or opening statement or call to prayer for what the listener is about to hear: 56 minutes of a journey through dark heat into the heart and soul of an artist at the depths of sadness driving him to the heights of creative achievement.
Bob Dylan's 'Blood on the Tracks' Turns 50: Its Songs Ranked from Worst to Best
Today marks the 50th anniversary of Blood on the Tracks, which came out on January 20, 1975, and is one of several albums that's possibly considered his greatest ever. It marked a return to form, and a return to his classic folk sound following his shift to rock in the mid-'60s and his questionable output in the early '70s.
During a radio interview in 1975, Dylan seemed to confirm that songs from Blood On The Tracks were written about his ...
Here are four fabulous covers of songs from Bob Dylan’s ‘Blood on the Tracks,’ in honor of the album’s 50th anniversary.
A Complete Unknown” is the rare Hollywood movie that has inspired a reckoning. Everywhere, on social media, in mainstream ...
As Greil Marcus said of Bob Dylan: what is this shit? A new private 5G review by Gartner, which holds a Bob-like influence in ...
From his roots in New York’s Greenwich Village folk music scene of the early ‘60s to his more recent role as a grizzled blues ...
The Jan. 24 event will highlight all the songs from the album at Cain’s Ballroom, the 100-year-old honky-tonk where Dylan has ...
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