50. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home

Release Date: 1965
Label: Columbia

At his peak Bob Dylan was a fucking genius. In 2002 I bought a Greatest Hits compilation and it took me ten seconds of Subterannean Homesick Blues to realise that. Everything about this album is worth discussing - the electric/acoustic split, his voice, the fact that the lyrics piss over anything John Lennon or Paul McCartney could ever dream of writing. This album is the sound of Bob Dylan climbing to the top of the mountain, and he hasn't yet reached the peak.

Rating: 10/10
Favourite Track: Love Minus Zero/No Limit

36. Bob Dylan- The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Release Date: 1963
Label: Columbia

Bob Dylan is (along with The Beatles) my favourite artist of th 1960s. I think you either love him, or you can't stand him and I'm firmly in the former camp. Everything about this album is iconic. It's not the first Dylan album, but it's the first classic and the is the one that propelled him to stardom (mainly because of 'Blowin in the Wind'). I first heard the album about fifteen years ago during my initial Dylan discovery and I've loved it ever since. It's the album that every other folk artist afterwards tried to make.


Rating: 9/10
Favourite Track: Masters of War