Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited (180 gram, Reissue, Mono)

Description

Highway 61 Revisited is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on August 30, 1965 by Columbia Records. Having until then recorded mostly acoustic music, Dylan used rock musicians as his backing band on every track of the album, except for the closing track, the 11-minute ballad "Desolation Row". Critics have focused on the innovative way Dylan combined driving, blues-based music with the subtlety of poetry to create songs that captured the political and cultural chaos of contemporary America. Author Michael Gray has argued that, in an important sense, the 1960s "started" with this album.

Leading with the hit single "Like a Rolling Stone", the album features songs that Dylan has continued to perform live over his long career, including "Ballad of a Thin Man" and the title track. He named the album after the major American highway which connected his birthplace of Duluth, Minnesota, to southern cities famed for their musical heritage, including St. Louis, Memphis, New Orleans, and the Delta blues area of Mississippi.

Highway 61 Revisited peaked at No. 3 in the United States charts and No. 4 in the United Kingdom. The album was ranked No. 4 on Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". "Like a Rolling Stone" was a top-10 hit in several countries, and was listed at No. 1 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. Two other songs, "Desolation Row" and "Highway 61 Revisited", were listed at No. 187 and No. 373 respectively.

Release Info

Label: Columbia CL 2389
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
Country: Europe
Released: 2015
Genre: Rock
Style: Folk Rock, Blues Rock

Tracklist

A1 Like A Rolling Stone
A2 Tombstone Blues
A3 It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
A4 From A Buick 6
A5 Ballad Of A Thin Man
B1 Queen Jane Approximately
B2 Highway 61 Revisited
B3 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
B4 Desolation Row