168. Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (last listen: 5+ years) - Still sounds like Dylan. Remind me never to go to Oxford, Mississippi in the early '60s. This album features classics such as "Blowin' in the Wind," "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall," and "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right."
169. Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin' (last listen: 5+ years) - I don't like this album as much as Freewheelin', although it does have some bright spots, such as the title track and "When the Ship Comes In" (which any student of Glenn Gass's Z202 class should know in great detail).
170. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited (last listen: 2-5 years) - By this album, Dylan had already gone electric -- indeed, electric! -- and he hit his stride with Highway 61 Revisited (his first full album with a backing band, featuring the likes of Al Kooper on organ/piano and Mike Bloomfield on guitar). We all know "Like a Rolling Stone" is one of the greatest songs in rock and roll history, but I also like "Desolation Row" (even if it is over 11 minutes long) and "Tombstone Blues" (which, surprisingly, is NOT related to burning a frozen pizza, despite its declaration, "I'm in the kitchen with the tombstone blues").
171. Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde (last listen: 2-5 years) - With the Canadian members of The Band (aka, The Hawks, at the time) -- Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Garth Hudson, and Richard Manuel -- playing an important role on this album, it's an obvious classic, despite the fact that its subject matter is not hot lesbian action, as the title implies.
172. Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks (last listen: 1-2 years) - In addition to "Tangled Up In Blue," I enjoy "Idiot Wind" ("blowing every time you move your mouth"), "Shelter from the Storm" (featured at the end of Jerry Maguire), and "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go."
173. Bob Dylan - Desire (last listen: 2-5 years) - "Hurricane" is the big one on this album, although it also includes "One More Cup of Coffee," which was covered by The White Stripes on their eponymous debut album.
174. Bob Dylan - Greatest Hits (last listen: 5+ years) - Released in 1967, this album covers Dylan's work through Blonde on Blonde. "Positively 4th Street" is one of the greatest "fuck you" songs I've ever heard.
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One of your most masterful and eloquent posts to date, considering your high praise for Desolation Row and Positively 4th Street. It's painful to see the lesser members of the Hawks printed in your sketch, but that is Levon Helm's fault for jumping ship.
Queen Jane Approximately is a somewhat like short-lived Itchy & Scratchy sidekick Disgruntled Goat, it has its moments.
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