Bob Dylan Albums Ranked Worst to Best

(via Ultimate Classic Rock) by Michael Gallucci

Not so surprisingly, Bob Dylan’s recording career has lots of ups and downs.

That’s bound to happen when you stick around for more than 50 years and release three dozen albums during that time. As you’ll see in our list of Bob Dylan Albums Ranked Worst to Best, he’s made classic records in almost every single decade since his 1962 self-titled debut.

And more than any other figure in the history of popular music, Dylan has logged more comebacks than we can count on one hand – which date back to the ’60s and go all the way into modern times.

While it’s been an occasional bumpy road for the singer-songwriter, he still managed to influence generations of artists and revolutionize the sound of music – from folk to rock to even gospel – along the way.

For five decades, Dylan has transformed popular music, rode the waves and filtered it all back again. And, along with a select few contemporaries like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, he’s made some of the most essential listening records in rock history. Like we said, he’s had quite a run, as you’ll see in the below list of Bob Dylan Albums Ranked Worst to Best.

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Video of the Week: Herb Alpert’s Tribute to Trumpet Lovers

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Video of the Week: That Thing You Do–Revisiting the Tom Hanks Pop Classic

Songs You May Have Missed #748

Lindisfarne: “Taking Care of Business” (1973)

No, it’s not Bachman-Turner Overdrive’s done-to-death 1974 classic rock anthem. It’s comparatively obscure Alan Hull-led British folk rock band Lindisfarne–from one of their lesser-known albums at that.

Hull’s genius–given rightful consideration in this video–was seldom reflected by record sales. 1973’s Roll On Ruby didn’t even tickle the chart’s nether parts in the UK, much less America.

But somehow this jaded little ditty about the manipulation of artists by the industry seems both painfully autobiographical and kind of fun.

That’s what a good writer does: turns his own pain into our pleasure.

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Jewel-Box Heroes: Why the CD Revival Is Finally Here

(via Rolling Stone) by Rob Sheffield

In 2021, CD sales increased for the first time in 17 years. That’s mostly because of Adele, whose 2021 album sold 898,000 of those shiny little discs. The last time CDs were this hot, Usher, Ashlee Simpson, and Hoobastank were the ones selling them. Now it’s Adele, BTS, and Taylor Swift. It’s part of an overall revival for physical media — vinyl is booming even bigger. But for those of us who love the humble compact disc, it’s a question worth pondering: Are we finally seeing the CD revival? Why are music fans falling back in love with the gadget that once promised “perfect sound forever”?

Compact discs were never about romance — they were about function. They just worked. They were less glamorous than vinyl, less cool, less tactile, less sexy, less magical. They didn’t have the aura that we fans crave. You didn’t necessarily get sentimental over your CDs, the way you fetishized your scratchy old vinyl, hearing your life story etched into the nicks and crackles. Your copy of Spice World or Life After Death sounded the same as everyone else’s…

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Beatles Music History, Song by Song

Beware, Beatle fans. This site is a trove of fascinating Fab Four facts and esoterica. Click on a song title and disappear down a rabbit hole. Addictive stuff!

http://www.beatlesebooks.com/uk-albums

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