Blonde on Blonde is American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan’s seventh studio album, released in June 1966 by Columbia Records. It was produced by Bob Johnston, who had also recorded Dylan’s previous album, the highly successful Highway 61 Revisited. Initial work on the album went slowly, and little. Jun 26, 2016 'Blonde on Blonde', in my opinion, stands as Dylan's finest work and the best double album in rock 'n roll's history. The lyrics are dense, impenetrable, full of strange imagery and hallucinations, as well as being full of fantastic musicianship throughout.
ExploreIn StockArtistsActorsFormatThemeGenreRatedLabelSpecialtyDecadesDeals | ~ Bob Dylan(Hybrid SACD)Product Notes Blonde on Blonde is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on May 16, 1966, on Columbia Records. Recording sessions began in New York in October 1965 with numerous backing musicians, including members of Dylan's live backing band, the Hawks. Though sessions continued until January 1966, they yielded only one track that made it onto the final album - 'One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)'. At producer Bob Johnston's suggestion, Dylan, keyboardist Al Kooper, and guitarist Robbie Robertson moved to the CBS studios in Nashville, Tennessee. These sessions, augmented by some of Nashville's top session musicians, were more fruitful, and in February and March all the remaining songs for the album were recorded. Blonde on Blonde completed the trilogy of rock albums that Dylan recorded in 1965 and 1966, starting with Bringing It All Back Home and Highway 61 Revisited. Critics often rank Blonde on Blonde as one of the greatest albums of all time. Combining the expertise of Nashville session musicians with a modernist literary sensibility, the album's songs have been described as operating on a grand scale musically, while featuring lyrics one critic called 'a unique blend of the visionary and the colloquial'. It was one of the first double albums in rock music. The album peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 chart in the U.S., where it eventually went double-platinum, and reached No. 3 in the UK. Blonde on Blonde spawned two singles that were top twenty hits in the U.S. 'Rainy Day Women #12 & 35' and 'I Want You'. Two additional songs, 'Just Like a Woman' and 'Visions of Johanna', have been named as among Dylan's greatest compositions and were featured in Rolling Stone 's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. You May Also LikeDetails
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