Blonde on Blonde

by Bob Dylan

Overview

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. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	11/01/2002
Label:	Sundazed
UPC:	0090771511010

Tracks

1. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
2. Pledging My Time
3. Visions of Johanna
4. One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)
5. I Want You
6. Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again
7. Loepard Skin Pill Box Hat
8. Just Like a Woman
9. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
10. Temporary Like Achilles
11. Absolutely Sweet Marie
12. 4th Time Around
13. Obviously 5 Believers
14. Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Bob Dylan   Primary Artist,Harmonica,Lead Guitar,Vocals,Guitar
Joe South   Guest Artist
Robbie Robertson   Guest Artist,Guitar
Al Kooper   Guest Artist,Organ
Bobby Gregg   Drums
Charlie McCoy   Harmonica
Rick Danko   Bass
Paul Griffin   Drums
Wayne Butler   Trombone

Technical Credits

Kenny Buttrey   Musician
Joe South   Musician
Greg Calbi   Mastering
Wayne Moss   Musician
Charlie McCoy   Musician
Robbie Robertson   Musician
Jerry Kennedy   Musician
Michael Brauer   Mixing
Al Kooper   Musician
Hargus "Pig" Robbins   Musician
Henry Strzelecki   Musician
Bill Aikins   Musician
Jerry Schatzberg   Photography
Steve Berkowitz   Mixing,Reissue Producer
Bob Dylan   Composer
Didier Deutsch   Tape Research
Bob Johnston   Producer