Blood on the Tracks
Number of Tracks: 10
Release Date: January 20, 1975
REVIEW: Starting from the opening track of the album "Tangled Up In Blue", Bob Dylan started a new journey of redefined work. The ten songs represent deception, heartache, regret and loneliness. The album teases with openness and emotions that are so raw and at times, so ambiguous that it is hard to know what Dylan is singing about.
"Tangled up In Blue" provides a scattered narration filled with geographical references. The song with seven verses and zero choruses tell the story of a drifter kept from various women. Another impactful song in the album is "You're a Big Girl Now", which includes two acoustic guitars so melodiously arranged that it becomes nothing short of one of the best in the album. The harmonica solo at 3:50 provides the complete essence of the song better than Dylan does. "Meet Me In The Morning" is a great blues track with music and lyrics containing a lighter feel. It emanates the heartbreak felt by a person who has been left by the women he loved. A nifty wordplay exists at the end of the song when he compares his heart to the sun and sun to a sinking ship.
What makes this a timeless record is the nostalgic and poetic expressions used by Bob Dylan, which he is famous for. This is one of the best albums in music history and definitely one of Dylan's bests.
Source: Billboard
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