John Wesley Harding suggested country with its textures and structures, but Nashville Skyline was a full-fledged country album, complete with steel guitars and brief, direct songs.
It's a warm, friendly album, particularly since Bob Dylan is singing in a previously unheard gentle croon -- the sound of his voice is so different it may be disarming upon first listen, but it suits the songs.
While there are a handful of lightweight numbers on the record, at its core are several excellent songs -- "Lay Lady Lay," "To Be Alone With You," "I Threw It All Away," "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You," as well as a duet with Johnny Cash on "Girl From the North Country" -- that have become country-rock standards.
And there's no discounting that Nashville Skyline, arriving in the spring of 1969, established country-rock as a vital force in pop music, as well as a commercially viable genre.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lay Lady LayBob Dylan | Bob Dylan | Play | 03:18 | 7 MB | 19 MB |
| 3 mins | 7 MB | |||||
| 3 mins | 19 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steven Berkowitz | Reissue Producer |
| 2 | Norman Blake | Guest Artist |
| 3 | Charlie Bragg | Engineer |
| 4 | Greg Calbi | Mastering |
| 5 | Johnny Cash | Guest Artist, Liner Notes, Poetry, Primary Artist |
| 6 | Al Clayton | Photography |
| 7 | Charlie Daniels | Guest Artist |
| 8 | Didier C. Deutsch | Tape Research |
| 9 | Pete Drake | Guest Artist |
| 10 | Bob Dylan | Composer, Guitar, Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 11 | Bob Johnston | Original Recording Producer, Producer |
| 12 | Elliott Landy | Cover Photo, Photography |
| 13 | Neil Wilburn | Engineer |
| 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). |