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Blonde On Blonde (1966)
(35 votes)
Tracks (Click song title for lyrics)
- Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
- Pledging My Time
- Visions Of Johanna
- One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)
- I Want You
- Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
- Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
- Just Like A Woman
- Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
- Temporary Like Achilles
- Absolutely Sweet Marie
- 4th Time Around
- Obviously Five Believers
- Sad-Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands
Album Info
Recorded at Columbia Recording Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Bob Dylan -- Harmonica & Lead Guitar (on "Leopard-skin Pill-box Hat")
Charlie McCoy -- Harmonica (on "Obviously 5 Believers")
Musicians -- Wayne Moss, Charlie McCoy, Kenneth Buttrey, Hargus Robbins, Jerry Kennedy, Joe South, Al Kooper, Bill Aikins, Henry Strzelecki, Jaime Robertson
Produced by Bob Johnston
Comments
Visions of Johanna
I find it interesting that Bob has always did his very best work during time of personal strain or strife, and this album has got to be the epitome of that. One song in particular - Visions of Johanna - might be the saddest song I've ever heard. Musically, it is beautiful. The imagery is amazing, but so forlorn! We have probably all be "stranded" with Louise while we dream of Johanna. This song reminds me that love just as often causes pain as it does happiness, and that is so f'ing sad. There is only one word for it - amazing.
"It takes one to know one," she smiles.
Stuck Inside
One of the milestones !!!!!
Hello, Queen Jane, I Saw Now
No Rating
Yes, you're right; "Visions of Johanna" has many lovely verses like these; but this's some way different.
best rock album ever
I think this is, together with Beatles Sgt. Peppers, the best rock album ever. God knows what would happened with Bob's career that he didn't had that motorbike accident. So I think that he deserve for this one ten stars. I don't have favorite song from this album. The whole album is masterpiece and in different period of my life I always find out some other song. I want you, Just like a women, Sad eyed lady, Stock inside ....., o, my god, how good it is.
a big one
"...I didn't mean to treat you sooooo baaaad !!!... your voice was aaaaaaaaaaaalll that i heard..."
that's it man... this album is pure pleasure, from the begining to the end !
awesome
Monótono
Um álbum monótono, tido por muitos como o melhor de Dylan. De longe o menos relevante da fase elétrica. Mas algumas faixas salvam o disco - Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35, Pledging My Time, Visions Of Johanna, Just Like A Woman e Fourth Time Around. Só. O resto do disco é insuportável para mim. Nunca consegui ouvi-lo do começo ao fim. Seu maior defeito é a aparente falta de groove e entusiasmo. A última faixa é ruim demais, embora a letra seja magnífica.
most racy album
mmmmhmm . i think if u want to introduce a kid to bob dylan this would be it, i think it is the most appealing sounding to like a teenager or maybe early twenty year old. rainy day women is just life man, or the smokers song cuz if it really makes u feel happy then kid blaze it. i love visions of johanna, (having experienced it myself) i am pretty sure this song might be about tripping. temporary achilles has the sexy line "feeling so harmless i'm lookin at ur second door". stuck inside a mobile has a funky beat. leopard skin pill-box hat is like rock and roll all the way and back again.
common dirty up ur mind a lil
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mmmmhmm well personally i think it has somthin to do with two people or maybe three. bob has dark blonde hair u know.
I want you
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I understand the sentiment of this song. Wanting a woman, even when all authorities, reasonable and unreasonable are warning against it. At least that is what I think at least part of the song is about.
GENIUS
This is probably one of, if not my favourite album of all time. I love the sound he went for and I feel like every track has its place. I particularly enjoy Visions Of Johanna, One Of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later), Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again, Just Like A Woman, Absolutely Sweet Marie and of course... Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands. Words are just not enough to describe the appreciation I have for this masterpiece...a true document of a prolific genius at work!
Blonde on Blonde (1966)
I think that there are some fantastic songs on this album: 'I Want You', 'Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again', 'Visions of Johanna', 'Just Like a Woman' and 'Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands' - but for me - it is inconsistent.
My favourite songs on the album are:
1. I Want You
2. Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again
3. Visions of Johanna
The January 2007 issue of 'Mojo' rated this album Dylan's best ever album - I consider it to be his 14th best album. I think it's great!
S.ad-eyed lady of the LOW la NDS
S. Lownds
A truly beautiful song!
My First Dylan Album
SLUMDOG
My first flirt with Bob. What a way to start.
This album is beyond timeless.
You can really hear where he was heading on this album.
The Nashville Country Blues mixed with the rock of the day.
But it's so much more than a rock album.
Stuck inside a great album
In this album are some of the best Bob Dylan's songs: Visions of Johanna, One of us must know, I want you, Stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again, Just like a woman, Absolutely sweet Mary.
Have a look on my cover of Stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again on http://www.myspace.com/nicocaste
You may also listen to my other Dylan's covers:
- Don't Think Twice It's alright
- My Back Pages
- I threw it all away
- One more night
- Love Minus/Zero No limit
songs
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Kisses and Hugs GypsyDaisy--ILOVEBOB!
I am still trying to find out who this Lee Price is he says it thought out the album..there has to be something about this....
songs
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Kisses and Hugs GypsyDaisy--ILOVEBOB!
I am still trying to find out who this Lee Price is he says it thought out the song...there has to be something about this....
the title?
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Where does the title come from?
what does it mean?
I agree with the things you
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I agree with the things you said...some songs are a little drawn out; I end up skipping through those sometimes, but balladic songs are stronger. "I Want You" is great. It has a great feel of the mid-1960s, back when people wore real fur (leopard-skin pill box hat...that is so retro!) :) Some songs are humorous and fun, and the candid black and white photos of Dylan and the band inside the jacket are priceless.
Classic
SLUMDOG
One of the best ever made
On my top 10 album list
This album is awesome!
Sad-Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands
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Buona sera,
Sono italiano e desidero scrivere in italiano. Mi fa piacere pensare che tra i tanti, tantissimi messaggi di questo sito ve ne sia anche almeno uno in italiano, non è una questione nazionalista, affatto. Si tratta solo di un omaggio linguistico a chi ha fatto delle parole il suo e a volte anche il nostro pane quotidiano.
Sad-Eyed lady Of The Lowlands è forse la mia canzone preferita, tra tutte, da sempre, dalla prima volta che l'ho ascoltata, o forse no, solo perché non si può dire, ce ne sono troppe di canzoni che non si vuole e non si può dimenticare, però quella cantilena quanto mi ha accompagnato nella mia prima adolescenza, quanto nella mia seconda e terza e via e via fino a oggi.
Grazie,
J.A. Buendía
There's Many Different Ways to Say "I Love You" in This Album
Really. Now my favourites are:
"One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)"
"Visions of Johanna"
"Absolutely Sweet Marie"
"4th Time Around"
"Sad-eyed Lady of the Lowlands"
"I Want You"
"Just Like A Woman"
The other songs are great, too.
To MoRamahsamaham or whatever
Dude, how can you even compare Self Portrait to Blonde on Blonde? Not to insult you or anything, but there is no comparison. Most will agree that Self Portrait is a mediocre Dylan album , not really intended to be anything more, and Blonde on Blonde is one of his greatest. I would think even Mr. Dylan himself would agree with that assessment.
To elevate Self-Portrait above Blonde On Blonde seems like an insult to Dylan. The insult is in not recognizing the genius of his songwriting, which hardly shines a dim light on Self Portrait, but is blindingly obvious on Blonde On Blonde. And then there's the musicianship of B on B. No comparison. Self Portrait is really mediocre and most of the tracks are covers of other people's songs. Every song on B on B is a Dylan original.
Songs for a Sad-Eyed Lady
There are some here who have stated that Blonde On Blonde is Dylan's Greatest album. Double Album notwithstanding, I would have to disagree with that assessment. He doesn't have a "greatest album," for the simple fact that such a status would be very difficult to assess given the many great performances he gives on most or all of his albums, and given the production quality and arrangements of most of his albums.
Let's just say that this is another great Bob Dylan masterpiece and leave it at that. I place Blonde On Blonde together with Highway 61 and Bringing It All Back home on equal footing. They all proved that "Dylan ain't done yet" when they were released. They prophesied the longevity of one of America's greatest singer-songwriters.
I would agree that this is Dylan's "funnest" album. It's a road trip album like the Beatles' "White Album." Makes for great times. I recently played Dylan's Infidels album in my car while transporting some non-Dylan fans to Palm Springs. They thought it was depressing. I wish I had played this album instead.
My favorites:
Rainy Day Woman
Pledging My Time
Visions Of Johanna
One Of Us Must Know
I Want You
Leapard-Skin, Pill-Box Hat
Just Like A Woman
Absolutely Sweet Marie
Sad-Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands
Stunning
in 1966, bob dylan recorded 14 songs. some songs were coupled with a trumpet, some were simply coupled with the genius of bob dylan. "stuck inside of mobile with the memphis blues again" is the definition of greatness, and "sad-eyed lady of the lowlands" is the best song that lasts more than 10 minutes.
again
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I think it's my all time favourite album,along with Joni Mitchell's "Blue".
what?
I love those verses:
"but Mona Lisa must have had the Highway blues
you can tell by the way she smiles..." in "Visions of Johanna".
Who would ever think of it that way?
Dude
Man. Man. Man. Doesn't get much better than this, maybe Blood on the Tracks. Infinity goes up on trial.
Not one track that I dislike.
Blonde on Blonde
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This is my favorite record and speaks to me everytime i play it on my turn table
bobs voice still lives on
Blonde on Blonde
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This is my favorite record and speaks to me everytime i play it on my turn table
bobs voice still lives on
sonido perfecto
para mi es como el white album de dylan
¡Dylan es definitivamente el rey Midas del rock!
Lifetime long
This songs follow me since their appearance on the recordplayers. Still love 'em all.
Often just listen to them to let fresh toughts appear to me. Amazing songs from an amazing guy.
Since 1963 (my first selfbought record) i have them all. If i see a Dylan-record in a recordshop, i get sticky fingers. I have to have it. But this one comes back to me so often.
Amazing album!
Amazing album!
Greatest
This is my all time favourite Bob Dylan album, it is also my all time favourite album.
I have still not heard anything better than this.
The ackward thin intensity of the musicians on this album is unlike any other, with Dylan leading through it with pure confidence and imagination.
The way the album commits itself to a variety of styles yet still manages to grasp onto the same outlook is beyond me.
It seems to me as if bringing it all back home and highway 61 were just a pathway to land here .. as great as those albums are, this to me completes the sound he was going for with these three masterpieces.
The lyrics on this album are ridiculous, imaginative, beautiful, dream like, and I have never heard nothing like them.
Pure Genius ...
Im from argentina, this is
Im from argentina, this is the best album...I love it, from the first song to the last one...my aunt lives in miami and she is bringing to me this album, im so happy...its impossible to get it here in argentina...i only have six albums...and thats all I can have..
i love every song
dam everything this man does is dope!!
So easy ot listen to, so
So easy ot listen to, so hard to define. The first double album ever made and the greatest. The sparkling electricity between Dylan and the Band created a wild, complex and hip sound driven by a manic tempo through the entire album. Also the epical ballads Visions Of Johanna and Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands are edged by a restless hungry eagerness to telling the truth and nothing else. Every time I listen to the album I'm astonished how Bob Dylan, 24 or 25 years old, could create so many songs of a quality that goes deep to a very personal truth and at the same time are shivered with beauty.
This was the peak of the rock history! Nobody has and will not follow this album. Not even Bob Dylan
So easy ot listen to, so
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So easy ot listen to, so hard to define. The first double album ever made and the greatest. The sparkling electricity between Dylan and the Band created a wild, complex and hip sound driven by a manic tempo through the entire album. Also the epical ballads Visions Of Johanna and Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands are edged by a restless hungry eagerness to telling the truth and nothing else. Every time I listen to the album I'm astonished how Bob Dylan, 24 or 25 years old, could create so many songs of a quality that goes deep to a very personal truth and at the same time are shivered with beauty.
This was the peak of the rock history! Nobody has and will not follow this album. Not even Bob Dylan
He just keeps on keeping on.. with great albums!
The first real rock album and double album, the beatles then decide to release their own double album. Where would the beatles be without Dylan! Just Like a Women, Sooner or Later, and Mobile knock it out of the park and 4th time around messes with the Beatles again. He's the man and this album proves it once again.
Blonde On Blonde
It may seem strange,but one of the songs that made me love Bob Dylan is "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat".I may be wrong but I saw a sense of humour in that song that was really funny to me,I mean,I knew women who were just like that.And then there's "Sad-Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands",it could last three times longer,it would be fine as far as I'm concerned.I love this record.
Blonde on blonde
This is the all time greatest dylan record for sure - no doubt about that. like all classics, it grows with the times - who of todays music scene would be able to make a record just half this good?
Favorites
While at first I wouldn't have said so, this may have become my favorite of his. Many of my personal favorites turn up here. Visions I love, Just Like a Woman, Most Likely You go Your Way, and Stuck Inside are top notch. I have to say that I could always do without Rainy Day Women, and I've never wavered on that.
Dave
Greatest of All Time
This album has to be considered one of the greatest of all time. I wish I was around when it was released. The tone of every track gives an initial feeling of a genuine story or love song. In reality, the album is full of absurdities and random prose. Just listen to "4th Time Around" or "Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again."
Only Dylan can create imagery like this.
Wow...
...the first time I heard this album I was blown away. There's absolutely nothing that I don't like about it. Out of the 200 and something cds and 50 records I have, it's my favorite.
Superb
Not quite as good as Highway 61 Revisited, but a classic.
A must have masterpiece.
One of THEE records...
Ill admit I bought this not really knowing what it was, and have listened to it many times since. It took me awhile to get into but I believe that if you go through certain experiences and remain a little open-minded then most of these lyrics and songs can be interpreted to just about anything.
I was quite amazed when I heard sad-eyed lady, I don't think ive ever heard a ballad that beats that in my opinion. Well, maybe... Love Minus Zero... but even then...
The production can also take a while to become accustomed to, it doesn't have the polishings that studios offer today. It has that rough-needle-straight and truthful sixties vibe. And honestly ....I .... F**King... Love It!
The one
The crown jewel to 60s Dylan. Everything was a lead up to this point. Every great thing you've read about this record is true.
The first masterpiece
The first masterpiece to me, as it includes some wonderful songs and it's the first album you can listen to now not feeling it's extremely old (as it begins to be). Visions of Johanna, Stuck inside of Mobile, Just like a woman, 4th time around or Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands are the songs that contribyte the most to that feeling it's a masterpiece and it's true there is some prescindible songs to me (Obviously 5 believers), but it' not enough to make me take it out the 5th star.
Blonde On Blonde
Why this album is considered the height of Bob’s mid-60s electric trilogy is beyond me. (Why these three albums are considered his only really good sustained period escapes me too). Blonde On Blonde is nowhere near as good as Bringing It All Back Home or Highway 61 Revisited, just much longer. The tedious songs (“(Sooner Or Later) One Of Us Must Know”, “Visions Of Johanna”, “Temporary Like Achilles”) are growing greater both in number and in length. “Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands” takes up one whole side and forces the whole thing into a double album. Even the title of “Stuck Inside Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again” is too long. And yet the rocking blues songs are getting scarcer. Only “Pledging My Time”, “Leopard Skin Pill Box Hat” and “Obviously 5 Believers” (the three best songs on here) from the whole 2 record set. The more balladic love songs are getting better. “I Want You” and “4th Time Around” are better than “She Belongs To Me” or “Love Minus Zero”. “Just Like A Woman” is just okay. With much more room to stretch out and show off his range, the only really different or experimental cut on here is the drunken Salvation Army band of “Rainy Day Women #13 & 35”, another song deserving its lauded reputation. Not that I don’t like Blonde On Blonde but really, I put on the double-album Self-Portrait far more often.