Hard Rain is a most unique album by Bob Dylan. Together with the 5th volume of the bootleg series, the Rolling Thunder Revue album, those two albums describe the Revue tour, completing each other and give two different aspects of this tour.

While the bootleg album, which documents the first part of the tour (Fall 1975) provides a large cover of the tour songs with some special and touching performances, Hard Rain is in the same time a continuation and a different aspect of the same tour. The album was recorded in the second part of the Revue tour (Spring 1976) and although not recorded in the best quality, consists of a special attractive sound that creates stirring performances, which scratch and touch you deep inside. The songs sweep the listener with them and some of them receive in this album an additional melody change which adds to the uniqueness of Hard Rain. Although according to some reviews, Bob does not stick to the exact original lyrics, those are his songs and he gives them as he feels. As usual, in Hard Rain Bob can be heard giving his heart singing and in addition to the album's other qualities this creates an outstanding Dylan album with a very unique feel and enthusiasm. Hard Rain will rock you and shatter you and will not give you shelter from any storm.