Advantages: One of the seminal rock albums of all time Disadvantages: None
...Mike Bloomfield (guitar). Highway 61 itself stretches north to south from Minnesota, Dylan’s homeland, down through the Mississippi Delta, and the record has been likened by some as a journey to his Minnesotan roots and Mississippi-styled Blues music. (Oh, forget the geography lesson John! The music is the message.)
Topped and trailed by two of his most powerful songs ever, it remains one of his defining albums. Alongside its successor, ‘Blonde ... ...‘Blood On The Tracks’ (1975), it’s arguably one of the three best he ever recorded. The opening track, ‘Like A Rolling Stone’, was a real mould-breaker for its time. Six-minute singles were not the done thing in the summer of 1965 - a single was simply seven inches of black vinyl - but Dylan broke the rules with this astonishingly fierce yet poetic epic. (Significantly, it was his highest-charting single ever – No. 2 US, No. 4 UK). For a long time, ...
JOHNV 18.11.2004 (24.11.2004)
· Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
Originality
Lyrics
Quality and consistency...
How does it compare to ...
Value for Money
1 review
Compare prices for Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan »
1 to 5 out of 24 offers for Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan Show all offers
|
![River Is Wide, The [Remastered] - Forum (The)](http://imagesb.ciao.com/iuk/images/products/small/251/prod_small-6006251.jpg)
