Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan | Format: Vinyl

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• Vinyl
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Columbia
• ASIN: B000LP9RLC
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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Editorial Reviews

Tangled Up In Blue - Simple Twist Of Fate - You're A Big Girl Now - Idiot Wind - You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You GoMeet Me In The Morning - Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts - If You See Her, Say Hello - Shelter From The Storm - Buckets Of Rain

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5.0 out of 5 stars Like a corkscrew to my heart, November 13, 2011

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N. Molina (Boston Metro / Tristate) - See all my reviews
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This is one of the best albums of all time. It was written during Dylan's divorce with his wife Sarah and all that emotion is captured in verse. Very powerful, moving stuff. The definitive break up album.

If you can get a hold of The New York Sessions, which contain the first take recordings of this album. Dylan thought it was too dark and rerecorded most of the songs. The NY Sessions are much rawer and if you enjoy this album I highly recommend you give it a listen.

5.0 out of 5 stars His best!, July 8, 2007

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Patricia Hennessy "CD Cellar 4" (USA) - See all my reviews
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Following on the heels of an album where he repudiated his past with his greatest backing band, Blood on the Tracks finds Bob Dylan, in a way, retreating to the past, recording a largely quiet, acoustic-based album. But this is hardly nostalgia -- this is the sound of an artist returning to his strengths, what feels most familiar, as he accepts a traumatic situation, namely the breakdown of his marriage. This is an album alternately bitter, sorrowful, regretful, and peaceful, easily the closest he ever came to wearing his emotions on his sleeve. That's not to say that it's an explicitly confessional record, since many songs are riddles or allegories, yet the warmth of the music makes it feel that way. The original version of the album was even quieter -- first takes of "Idiot Wind" and "Tangled Up in Blue," available on The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3, are hushed and quiet (excised verses are quoted in the liner notes, but not heard on the record) -- but Blood on the Tracks remains an intimate, revealing affair since these harsher takes let his anger surface the way his sadness does elsewhere. As such, it's an affecting, unbearably poignant record, not because it's a glimpse into his soul, but because the songs are remarkably clear-eyed and sentimental, lovely and melancholy at once. And, in a way, it's best that he was backed with studio musicians here, since the professional, understated backing lets the songs and emotion stand at the forefront. Dylan made albums more influential than this, but he never made one better.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great, January 30, 2010

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This product came in the exact condition the seller described, and in a timely fashion. My boyfriend loves Bob Dylan and this was a special treat for him! Thanks!