If Highway 61 Revisited played as a garage rock record, the double album Blonde on Blonde inverted that sound, blending blues, country, rock, and folk into a wild, careening, and dense sound.
Replacing the fiery Michael Bloomfield with the intense, weaving guitar of Robbie Robertson, Bob Dylan led a group comprised of his touring band the Hawks and session musicians through his richest set of songs.
Blonde on Blonde is an album of enormous depth, providing endless lyrical and musical revelations on each play.
Leavening the edginess of Highway 61 with a sense of the absurd, Blonde on Blonde is comprised entirely of songs driven by inventive, surreal, and witty wordplay, not only on the rockers but also on winding, moving ballads like "Visions of Johanna," "Just Like a Woman," and "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands." Throughout the record, the music matches the inventiveness of the songs, filled with cutting guitar riffs, liquid organ riffs, crisp pianos, and even woozy brass bands ("Rainy Day Women #12 & 35").
It's the culmination of Dylan's electric rock & roll period -- he would never release a studio record that rocked this hard, or had such bizarre imagery, ever again.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Want YouBob Dylan | Bob Dylan | Play | 03:05 | 7 MB | 19 MB |
| 2 | Absolutely Sweet MarieBob Dylan | Bob Dylan | Play | 04:50 | 11 MB | 32 MB |
| 7 mins | 18 MB | |||||
| 7 mins | 52 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bill Aikins | Musician |
| 2 | Steve Berkowitz | Mixing, Reissue Producer |
| 3 | Michael H. Brauer | Mixing |
| 4 | Kenny Buttrey | Musician |
| 5 | Greg Calbi | Mastering |
| 6 | Didier Deutsch | Tape Research |
| 7 | Bob Dylan | Composer, Guitar, Harmonica, Primary Artist |
| 8 | Bob Johnston | Producer |
| 9 | Jerry Kennedy | Musician |
| 10 | Al Kooper | Guest Artist, Musician |
| 11 | Charlie McCoy | Harmonica, Musician |
| 12 | Wayne Moss | Musician |
| 13 | Hargus Robbins | Musician |
| 14 | Robbie Robertson | Guest Artist, Musician |
| 15 | Jerry Schatzberg | Photography |
| 16 | Joe South | Guest Artist, Musician |
| 17 | Henry Strzelecki | Musician |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |