Bob Dylan
"Blood On The Tracks"
Released: 1974
Bob Dylan's "divorce album" is one of those timeless classics that turn up
on lots of "Greatest albums ever"-lists. It's perhaps Dylan's most personal album to
date, while it has to be said that his latest album, "Time Out Of Mind", is intensely
personal too. Mostly acoustic (or at least with an acoustic feel) this ranges from the
rather pretty to the downright furious, thus mirroring the tension but also the love
between the artist and his wife Sara (they divorced in 1977). This is really the second
version of the album. Most songs were re-recorded just before its release date and even
though the result is a brilliant album, there are people who claim that the original
was even better. One good example is "Idiot Wind", which in its original version had
something almost tender about it, while the released version is really angry. Again
this is one of those "whole" albums, but fave tracks include "Tangled Up In Blue",
"Idiot Wind", "You're A Big Girl Now" and "If You See Her, Say Hello".
Other Dylan-albums in the same genre: "Time Out of Mind", "Oh Mercy", "Infidels"
and "Desire".
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