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Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

1965 recording. Genres: Modern Folk \ Contemporary
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Highway 61 Revisited
Taking the first, electric side of Bringing It All Back Home to its logical conclusion, Bob Dylan hired a full rock & roll band, featuring guitarist Michael Bloomfield, for Highway 61 Revisited. Opening with the epic "Like a Rolling Stone," Highway 61 Revisited careens through nine songs that range from reflective folk-rock ("Desolation Row") and blues ("It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry") to flat-out garage rock ("Tombstone Blues," "From a Buick 6," "Highway 61 Revisited"). Dylan had not only changed his sound, but his persona, trading the folk troubadour for a streetwise, cynical hipster. Throughout the album, he embraces druggy, surreal imagery, which can either have a sense of menace or beauty, and the music reflects that, jumping between soothing melodies to hard, bluesy rock. And that is the most revolutionary thing about Highway 61 Revisited -- it proved that rock & roll needn't be collegiate and tame in order to be literate, poetic, and complex. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Cover of 'Highway 61 Revisited' - Bob Dylan
Disc 1
1. 
Like A Rolling Stone [6m 05s]
2. 
Tombstone Blues [5m 54s]
3. 
It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry [4m 03s]
4. 
From A Buick Six [3m 13s]
5. 
Ballad Of A Thin Man [5m 55s]
6. 
Queen Jane Approximately [5m 26s]
7. 
Highway 61 Revisited [3m 24s]
8. 
Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues [5m 25s]
9. 
Desolation Row [11m 17s]
Total duration: 50m 46s