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Dylan was virtually gushing great songs when this masterpiece arrived in the summer of 1965. From the epochal opening of "Like a Rolling Stone" through the absurdly apocalyptic closer, "Desolation Row," his command of surrealistic language was daring and amazing. As a vocalist, he was rewriting the rules of the game. Jimi Hendrix made note of Mr. Z's technically suspect pitch and decided that he too was a singer. And the backing, though ragged, is precisely right. Is this the essential Dylan album? It's certainly one of them. --Steven Stolder
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 Awesome Album |
| Review Date: April 15, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Alyssa, Michigan, USA |
| This CD is one of my all-time favorites EVER! Bob Dylan is so talented and his lyrics are amazing. In my opinion this is Bob Dylan's best album...well "Blonde on Blonde" was one of his best too. If your a big music person this is a must have. "Like a Rolling Stone" is considered to be "the greatest song of all time" by Rolling Stone Magazine and this album is also considered to be one of the greatest albums of all time. every song on this CD is great and Bob Dylan's style is so original. This album is defintley worth purchasing. I listen to it just about everyday and I love it. Bob Dylan is simply amazing and anyone who truly considers him or herself to be a huge music fan should own this CD. |
Possibly the Best Rock'n'Roll album ever
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| Review Date: April 11, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Peter S., Burbank, California |
| It's almost like every song out'does the previous song ... and that is saying a lot, because the album kicks off with Like A Rolling Stone, an unbievalably great track. This man was in a League of his own. And how did he follow up this album? ... with Blonde on Blonde. |
Among the Greatest Rock and Roll Records
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| Review Date: December 24, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Lawrence J. Epstein, New York |
This album is Dylan at his most despairing, at the bottom of a pit of confusion. The album has some of the greatest images ever put in songs. This album is about Dylan the poet. The lyrics beg to be interpreted and then run away from any single view of what they mean. Some people think they just convey an emotion and that is enough. For those who like to try to understand Dylan's lines, this album is the exemplification of his most inspired efforts.
Just "Desolation Row" alone would make a songwriter's reputation. It's an incredible way to end an album, filled as it is with hopelessness. And yet Desolation Row also seems to be the best place to understand the world.
Of course, the album begins with "Like a Rolling Stone" with its insistent beat, its lyrics almost spit out, its raw emotion. The song rattles listeners with its mockery of its subject, whoever that might be.
The album is an absolute must for anyone who wants to be literate about rock music history.
--Lawrence J. Epstein, author of Political Folk Music in America from Its Origins to Bob Dylan
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Is too much overrated
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| Review Date: November 6, 2009 |
| Reviewer: J. Oliver Marquina, Madrid, Spain |
| Five stars... I can't see (neither understand) the reason why. I've given many oppotunities to this album (in this very moment I'm giving it one more), expecting each time to hear what is in it that makes a lot of people happy-yelling about it... For me it's got one good song followed by another boring one. The goods are WONDERFUL indeed, and the borings are crispy and extremely poor arranged... For me it's a long long way between this album and the almost perfect "Subterranean Homescik Blues" or the glorius "Bolde on Blonde". Anyway, there's no account for taste. |
Helped Shape My Love For Music & Dylan!
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| Review Date: October 7, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Tyson Smalley, Amarillo, Tx |
This album mean's so much to e word's can't explain man..... My introduction to my favorite artist was this grand cd my second favorite of all time my gosh I am in love with the one.....
Just a musical masterpiece
Like A Rolling Stone- Um... do I really have to comment on this song? It's Dylan's most known and played song said by Rolling Stone to be the greatest song of all time this is a masterpiece with a powerful message there's noting I can say that hasn't already been said about this one 5/5
Tombstone Blues- Ow boy. The first time I was listening to this and heard the lyric `'Mama's in the factory ain't got no shoes daddy's in the alley he's looking for food I'm in the kitchen with the Tombstone Blues''
It was then I realized Dylan was on another planet the lyrics for this song are incredible and I love this song it's very near and dear to me 5/5
It Take's A Lot To Laugh It Takes A Train To Cry- It start's off with the infamous Dylan harmonica and a strange drum breakdown this a great song bluesy song very down by the bayou with Dylan type with some great lyrics of coarse and great musicianship 5/5
From A Buick 6-
`'You know there's this graveyard woman you know she keep's my kid's''
After hearing that opening I was convinced Dylan really was in his own world I love this song very upbeat and Rock N Roll with 5/5
Ballad Of A Thin man-
That dark and consuming piano intro, The talk-rap Dylan spews into you know what time it is it's one of Dylan's most classic song it's haunting and just fantastic the piano in the song is beautiful and dark, Dylan does an almost rap here I love the way he tells his story just a great classic Dylan song 5/5
Queen Jane Approximately-
Another Dylan Classic with some moody vocals and guitar rifts along with Dylan's strange and haunting lyrics
Highway 61 Revisited-
I Actually got to see him perform this one live!
Great song tells a worldly story in under five minutes and has some great drum beats 5/5
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues-
This sound's like a type of Blue's Robert Johnson or John Lee Hooker would do just very moody with some great bass and guitar love Dylan's vocal and chorus here just wonderful 5/5
Desolation Row-
One of the top ten greatest written song's of all time, This is a perfect album closer one of the greatest song's ever crafted you must hear this one, MCR Did a mediocre remake but this 11 minute original is a masterpiece of music 5/5
Dylan is my favorite artists I got this a little before my junior year was over and it changed a lot of my perspectives on music I love this album to death it's worth a listen for any music lovers
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