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Highway 61 Revisited

Bob DylanMP3 Music
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  • Original Release Date: June 1, 2004
  • Format - Music: MP3
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I do and you should, one of the greatest albums ever made. J. Pfaff  |  69 reviewers made a similar statement
This album and most Dylan albums are an experience in themselves. Alan Pounds  |  60 reviewers made a similar statement
It's "Like A Rolling Stone." It's "Desolation Row." It's Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited. ChiefSanch  |  38 reviewers made a similar statement
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162 of 172 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Dylan's Masterpiece September 22, 2004
Format:Audio CD
There are many dividing lines in rock and roll. Before Elvis and after Elvis, before The Beatles and after The Beatles, and so on. "Highway 61 Revisted" invites such a watershed moment in rock and roll. Prior to the release people such as Steve Allen would gather great laughs just from reciting the lyrics to rock and roll songs. For example, Steve Allen would read "Be bop a lu bop, she's my baby", and audiences would guffaw loudly. When "61" was released, it was evident that rock and roll had meaning, it was an viable art form. Dylan's fury and wounded ego can be heard throughout the album snarling and pleading to those seemingly unaffected by the times they lived in. "How does it feel", is rock and roll's preeminent and ultimate question. How DOES it feel? This album, in my humble opinion, is the greatest rock album ever produced. Dylan, Bloomfield, and Kooper on organ, transcend popular music and sent it spinning into areas artists are still exploring. Rock's first great masterpiece and Dylan's ticket to immortality.
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51 of 54 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Not only important, but essential July 12, 2001
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One of the records essential to understanding the genuis that is Bob Dylan. Not his best album, but one of his most defining. An epoch not just in the career of Dylan, but in rock itself. Highway 61 Revisited was a turning point, a defining moment; the point where Bob Dylan dropped the folk mystique and went straight-ahead into rock. The electric half of Bringing It All Back Home (and, in particular, Subeterranian Homesick Blues) took rock in another direction entirely, and this album is the logical extension of that. Backed by a full rock band, Dylan lifts off the album with one of his most instantly-recognizable songs, the epic Like A Rolling Stone (which, significantly, broke radio's "three minute" barrier.) Many people consider this the first actual "rock" song; and, though that is a bit of an exaggeration, it is definately an extremely important early icon of the rock generation. This song is followed by the pure garage rock of Tombstone Blues. Next up is the excellent slow blues, It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry. Other highlights of the album include the hilarously surreal Ballad of A Thin Man, the lyrically and musically avant-garde title track, and the closing, thoughtful, apocalyptic epic Desolation Row. It is obvious even from the titles of the songs that Dylan lyrically was here attempting something very avant-garde and impressionistic. Some of the lyrics are unquestionably profound (Rolling Stone, Desolation Row), others seemingly non-sensical (Thin Man), but all brilliant. The music here is rock rooted in blues, and we get more than a few fine blues licks here and there from guitarist Michael Bloomfield, and some fine acoustic playing on Desolation Row. On top of all this, Dylan would rarely play his harmonica this good again. An absolute must-own.
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78 of 88 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Listen up, Abraham! August 11, 2005
Format:Audio CD
I started listening to Bob Dylan when I was eighteen years old and lived in Calcutta, India. This was before the 'glory' days of corporate globalization and the global brands hadn't painted the nation with its broad strokes of corporate colour. No MTV, just a state controlled basic TV for under 30 hours a week in all meant that we listened to good music and read good books. We realized early that good music, like good literature had no political boundaries, yet so much of it was pure politics.

Arindam Mitra, an old friend of mine, now settled in Mumbai, gave me the vinyl LP and swear to god, I probably listened to it a 100 times in a short span of time. It wasn't my first Dylan album, but it was one that would have an indelible mark on a young mind.

Music, as you know, in its best form, can change your life.

I wonder if there's one performer these days who even comes close to having the ability to make a record of this stature. The words are like burning coal, the music like rolling thunder and hits you like a jet plane.

I do not recommend that you go and buy this album unless you are exploring what real music is all about. On the other hand, if you do decide to listen to Highway 61 for the first time, it may well change your life.

If you do possess this album, go and listen to it again. Mr. Dylan may tell you something completely different this time.
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29 of 31 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars "She walks like Bo Diddley, and she don't need no crutch" February 10, 2008
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Bob Dylan is a frustratingly inconsistent artist. The worst albums in his catalog - and there are a lot of those - are pretty much insufferable. But if you catch Dylan on a good day, when his creative powers are at their height and his lyrics are some of the best known to man - and there are a lot of those, too - every good word you've heard about the guy suddenly turns true. This is definitely one such album, and his most famous, acclaimed work. It may not be as revolutionary as Bringing it All Back Home or as personal as Blood on the Tracks, but the lyrics here are better than on ANY other Dylan album, or any other album, period.
So, right. It's Dylan vs. the establishment here. And if you aren't betting on Dylan, you're betting on the wrong horse. The most fierce attack on the "straight" (in more senses than one, if you're reading between the lines) culture is on "Ballad of a Thin Man", a creepy, organ-driven track with Dylan's sneering at its best. And the lyrics are brilliant, as usual. Another favorite of mine is the resident classic, "Like a Rolling Stone", which was later covered by everyone from Bob Marley to the Replacements to Jimi Hendrix. In other words, it's an across-the-board standard, and it just might be Dylan's signature song. It's not just the infamously nasty lyrics that make it the masterpiece it is, either (though that sure is part of it), but the melody, the triumphant organ part, and the little guitar fills, provided by Al Kooper and Mike Bloomfield, respectively. In short, it's Dylan at his peak as a songwriter, lyricist, and arranger. It's more or less as good as a song can get.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Album.
One of my favorites. Every song is on the album is great. Im not a Dylan fanatic by any means but Blonde on Blode, Blood on the tracks, John Wesley Harding, The Times They Are... Read more
Published 1 day ago by David Estep
5.0 out of 5 stars Recommended!
This album, like Bringing It All Back Home, is from Bob Dylan's best period. It includes the classics, Tombstone Blues and Desolation Row, in particular, and many more. Read more
Published 21 days ago by Peter Gueckel
4.0 out of 5 stars Bob Dylan
If you like Bob Dylan, then you will like this album. If you don't know about Bob Dylan, then check him out. He's great!
Published 26 days ago by Jordan A. Wright
5.0 out of 5 stars Highway 61 Revisited on vinyl
Arguably, one of the best albums of all time. Dylan at his finest. I totally recommend this album to everyone.
Published 1 month ago by runawayjim527
5.0 out of 5 stars Dylan's the best
Buy this album for Desolation Row alone and it would be more than worth it. Truly geat album from best song writer ever.
Published 1 month ago by Virginia Vincent
5.0 out of 5 stars very good
I bought Highway 61 Revisited on vinyl in mono. The sound is great, mono version open up some interesting new details. I recommend it.
Published 1 month ago by podstine
5.0 out of 5 stars Dylan is Still On Top
In spite of the imperfect quality of his tone, he is masterful as a composer and a performer. He has influenced so many others to pursue their style of music in spite of what... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Jeannine Horn
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic stuff
I really don't know why I'm writing this. Dylan's early stuff is
always can't-miss and this album was an important part of
his early transformations.
Published 1 month ago by James O. Lund
5.0 out of 5 stars The shot heard round the world.
Many reviews have called this 'the best album of all time' the 'defining album from the 60's' 'The most important record of all time' That's all so true. Read more
Published 1 month ago by James
5.0 out of 5 stars "Highway 61" - essential classic!
One of the greatest, most important, and most ENJOYABLE albums ever made. Your music collection is absolutely NOT complete without it!
Published 1 month ago by Sandy Feder
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