Bringing It All Back Home
Sony - Sony
Bob Dylan
Release date: 2004-06-01
Audio CD
Blues-Rock, Contemporary Folk, Folk-Rock, Pop, Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock Music, Rock, Rock & Roll, Rock/Pop, Singer/Songwriter, United States of America
1. Subterranean Homesick Blues
2. She Belongs to Me
3. Maggie's Farm
4. Love Minus Zero/No Limit
5. Outlaw Blues
6. On the Road Again
7. Bob Dylan's 115th Dream
8. Mr. Tambourine Man
9. Gates of Eden
10. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
11. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
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Bringing It All Back Home
Date undefinedBringing It All Back Home being Dylan's 1965 release and his 5th studio album is without a doubt a grand album. The album is divided into one accoustic and one electric side. Here we have classic tracks such as Mr. Tambourine Man, It's alright ma (I'm only bleeding). The book-let is very nice with a photograph on the cover of Dylan together with some woman. I do not know who it is to be honest. Inside we get poetry penned by Dylan that I find to be very interesting. We also get a plethora of pictures of Dylan recording the album. The back cover photo is a photo of Dylan playing guitar in the studio. 5/5.
Bringing It All Back Home
Date undefinedBob Dylan-Bringing It All Back Home *****
This is it. Dylan hinted at greatness previous to this but Bringing It All Back Home did just that when originally released in 1965. This set Dylan on a role of classic albums that wouldn't stop for nearly a decade. With minor exceptions of course.
What is most notable about Bringing It All Back Home is that not only did Dylan go electric but he learned the meaning of melody. Songs like graceful wanderer that is 'She Belongs To Me' the almost controversial, and always misunderstood 'Mr. Tambourine Man' and the elegant closer 'Its All Over Now Baby Blue' all carry melodies that would make The Beatles or The Beach Boys blush.
Controversially speaking Dylan plug in his guitar for this album, and thus becoming 'JUDAS' to the folk community. Laughable yes, but these 'peaceful folkies' were serious. The electric guitar took Dylan to new heights and plateaus in his career. Reaching places he would have never reached without it and would have been a fool not to embrace it. A fool Robert Zimmermen is not.
Lyrically this may be his strongest of all time. 'Live Minus Zero/No Limit' is beyond genius. 'Bob Dylan's 115th Dream' is otherworldly. 'Its Alright Ma' is eerie. The Politics of 'Subterranean Homesick Blues' and 'Maggie's Farm' often go over the casual listeners head though are political satire at it's best. Most importantly though is dark 'Gates Of Eden.' An epic to destroy your favorite epic. Without a second thought, 'Eden' is by far Dylan's best.
Bringing It All Back Home did just that, and with force. If it isn't the mans best album it is a very close second. Essential
Bringing It All Back Home
Date undefinedWow. Where do you bein with this? How can you even put into words what this album has done not only for music, but for society in general? Without getting too far into the non-musical relevance of Dylan's 1965 masterpiece, it is important to atleast realize that this album began the phase of Dylan's career that essentially turned the music world upside down and inspired generations of musicians, poets, and artists of all sort who came after...
Musically, this album marks the transition of Bob Dylan from a clever folk singer into a rock icon. About half the tracks here are the acoustic folk Dylan everyone was accostomed to, and the other half are the recently plugged-in, electric Dylan that everyone saw for the first time at Newport. The album kicks off with the famous "Subterranean Homesick Blues" and gets better track by track. You have "She Belongs To Me" which is a beautiful acoustic piece about a woman who, through her methods and existence, has complete control over Dylan. Not the other way around as the title would suggest. Next is "Maggie's Farm", a piece about how various institutions- religion, government, corporation- can and will enslave you if you let them. "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" is one of the most poetic love songs ever written, and features many beautiful observations such as "She doesn't have to say she's faithful/yet she's true like ice, like fire." A lot of classic Dylan imagery in this song, used to explain what his lover is and is not. "Outlaw Blues" and "On The Road Again" are two bluesy numbers that really show a side of Dylan that no one had seen before, and many believe to be inspired by Kerouac's "On The Road". "Bob Dylan's 115th Dream" is an extremely surreal narrative about a stranger in a strange land. It speaks on American imperialism and what one would encounter and feel like if they had recently came to the country for the first time. Lyrically, the song is so complex in its metaphors and illusions that it may make your head cave in. "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "It's Alright, Ma" follow next. These are 2 of Dylan's most famous songs- the former a whirlwind of images about escape through music and the latter a personal account of feeling deprived, disappointed, cheated, neglected, and frightened (yet brave in the face of this adversity) by acts of society across all mediums. Finally, "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue", a soft acoustic gem about change and moving on wraps up the album.
All in all, one of the most amazing recordings I have ever heard. Stunningly poetic and very deep. It just may change the way you look at the world.
