Bob Dylan – Blood on the Tracks

January 17, 1975
Columbia
Rating: 5 / 5

The Music Rag One Sentence Review: This is Bob Dylan taking off those big sunglasses and showing the world who he really is, resulting in one of the most tragic, powerful, sweet, occasionally even pathetic, but enduringly, touchingly, and unflinchingly human albums ever produced.

Best moments: The opener, “Tangled Up in Blue”, is the classic summation of the life and death of a relationship in six minutes. “Idiot Wind” is fierce and brutal and “Shelter from the Storm” is filled with heartbreaking desperation.

It’s personal: Created shortly after Dylan separated from his wife of ten years, Blood on the Tracks is quite possibly the greatest “break-up album” of all time. Dylan himself – however – has always denied that the album is autobiographical, because Bob Dylan is obviously a big fat liar.