So if you had to choose just 1 Dylan album, what would it be?
Mine- Blood on the Tracks

Always interested in people’s choices and why.
For me “Blood on the Tracks “is the album that speaks to me the most and I keep returning to,not his most influential but certainly one of his best.
BTW no you can’t have 2 etc the whole point is that it must be a difficult choice.

Mine too.

The only one I’ve got:
‘Bringing It All Back Home’

Easy choice for me: Subterranean Homesick Blues & It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)

+1 for ” bringing it all back home ” ,but I aslo like ” blonde on blonde ” and the basement tapes , for their sheer anarchy and sense of fun

I’ve always liked my “Union Jack – There will be no Armageddon” album though I’m really struggling to choose that over a couple of others of my albums.

Desire. All Dylans 60s stuff isnt as good as his 70s output I reckon.

I enjoy his live stuff so Hard Rain or Live at the Budokan for me

Edit: oh yes and Desire.

Desire. It was my Mum’s favourite and I got to hear it that way. So many great songs.

Phew, tough call. Can I take Bootleg 1-3 Kirstie? If not,might have to be The Times They Are a Changing.

1. Blood on the Tracks.
2. Desire (apart from ‘Mozambique’, which is fugging annoying).
3. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid soundtrack.

1. Blood on the Tracks.
2. Desire (apart from ‘Mozambique’, which is fugging annoying).
3. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid soundtrack.

So which 1 are you going for noteeth?

So which 1 are you going for noteeth,the rule is just 1 album.

I don’t follow no goddamn rules. 8)

But… Blood on the Tracks [probably] gets my vote.

Does the double Greatest Hits album count? 🙂

No, I know it doesn’t, but I really wouldn’t want to define this musical genius by naming a single album.

If I have to choose then Blood on the Tracks as well. It was the first of his that I bought as it was released and has so many memories for me wrapped around it’s songs.

Id say for most it has to be, Blood on the tracks. However I was lucky enough to find a limited edition live at the gaslight cd in NYC, while on holiday. That’s the best Dylan album for me. 😀

Blood on the tracks. So much spite and vitriol poured upon some woman.
What’s not to like?
😕

Go for a ride in the right place and you can bump into him and have a natter.
I thought he was just some old biffer out wandering in the woods… The chap with me had to enlighten me as we pedalled off…

Well his heart is in the Highlands.

Yes greatest hits would count, the rule is just one album that’s all.I wouldn’t go for greatest hits because I don’t listen to Dylan like that I listen to his albums but that’s just a personal thing.
I suspect the choices reflect the ages of many people on singletrack,if this was a SAGA forum I wonder if people would be choosing an album from the 60s.I think its that first album of his that you heard that made you go wow!

Highway 61 Revisited
Slow Train Coming
Christmas In The Heart
Planet Waves
Love And Theft

Over the years I’ve probably listened to The Bootleg Series, Volume 4: Live 1966: The “Royal Albert Hall” Concert most.

I never listen to Dylan albums in their entirety now my music is all on my NAS in FLAC codec. I think we need a favourite tracks thread for those, like me, who can access their entire collection through their remote,

OK, if I had to play the full album it would be Blood On The Tracks!

Anyone who loves Blood On The Tracks should try and get hold of the earlier versions of most of the tracks – similar but a gentler, more melancholy mood to most of them. Some are on the bootleg series.

Desire – including Mozambique.

Street Legal. It’s the album of his I have listened to the most since I was fifteen. I love all the others too, he’s a genius!

Desire for me.

The wife’s going for Blood on The Tracks, i like Highway 61……

Big catalogue to choose from!

I like John Wesley Harding quite a lot.

John Wesley Harding. Lyrically and musically astounding.

Yeah JWH is great.

It seems his heart is in the highlands, does he still own a house up there? Blonde on Blonde? Another favourite of mine.

Damn! I forgot John Wesley Harding – I can recommend Thea Gilmore’s cover of the whole album, by the way.

Nashville Skyline is pretty perfect, forgot it was done at the arse end of the 60s.

Highway 61 Revisited. Dylan at his absolute best – every song on it is a masterpiece in my opinion.

Stuck inside of mobile with the memphis blues again. Longest song title I know, off my favourite album. Blonde on blonde.

Desire for me.

Stuck inside of mobile with the memphis blues again. Longest song title I know

You’re forgetting “several species of small furry animals gathered together in a cave and grooving with a pict”. Though that’s nothing to do with Dylan of course.

Highway 61 Revisited

CD ordered off eBay 🙂

Do you think Dylan likes toast?

Desire foe me. Sarah is simply the the best love song written for my money.