hey y'all

I'm ashamed to admit this but i don't own any, nor have i ever listened to a, Bob Dylan album. I'm gonna change that this week-end when I get paid (for the first time yeaah) and I'm gonna spend quite a bit on cd's...So if the people on the board who are familiar with dylan could help me out a bit, that'd be great. What are Dylan's five best albums? (gives me kind of a starting point)

thx
Kev1n

Very,very hard to do.....as like Prince fans, everyone has a differnent fav which someone else thinks is crap.....personally i dig "oh mercy" most at the mo'!

In no particular order...

Blonde on blonde
Blood on the tracks (the best of the lot)
Street Legal
Bringing it all back home
John Wesley Harding


all IMHO of course...
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Bob Dylan is a genius second only to Prince in this house.

My top five:

1. Time Out Of Mind
2. Bringing It All Back Home
3. The Bootleg Series
4. World Gone Wrong
5. Blood On The Tracks

For anyone starting out, my choices would be...

1. Blonde On Blonde
2. Blood On The Tracks
3. Royal Albert Hall (live)
4. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
5. Slow Train Coming

Either these five or buy the Biograph box set. If you have soul and taste, there's no looking back.

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Number23 said:

Excellent choices and I would include his latest too Love & Theft. Bob is our modern day Mozart!

none of u like "No mercy"? Oh well, Iam a loner.....

thesexofit said:

I like it. In fact, I like almost everything of Bob's, but the ones listed above are my favs

thats cool.....Iam still finding Bob.....it sure takes a hella long time to really dig his stuff (as I listen to alot of other,completely different artists.....like we all do!)

thesexofit said:

Yes, it takes a long time. I have been a big fan for about 10 years, but there was a time when I was like many others and would cringe when I heard him sing and would say "he can't sing at all". A good friend insisted that I try harder to get into Bob and I'm so glad he did because Bob is a genius and he writes the most passionate, touching and profound songs that I've ever heard. He's a man with true musical talent and these days that's very hard to find. Keep listening, his music and lyrics is worth the time and effort.

kev1n said:

Can't do a top 5, so here's my top 10 - at a push:

Time Out Of Mind
Blood on The Tracks
Blonde On Blonde
Nashville Skyline
Slow Train Coming
Oh Mercy
Highway 61 Revisited
Love & Theft
Desire
Street Legal

thesexofit said:

Never heard of "NO Mercy". Love "Oh Mercy" though. He should have included Born In Time, Dignity and especially Series of Dreams on it.

Shapeshifter said:

Series of Dreams is stunning.

Yep, silly me, I meant "oh mercy".....how's I did that twice is beyond me?

1. Highway 61 revisited
2. Blonde On Blonde
3. Bootleg series vol 1, 2 & 3
4. Desire
5. Time Out Of Mind