Monday, February 27, 2006

Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks


Blood on the Tracks is a 1975 album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. In September 1974, Dylan entered the studio with a clutch of newly written songs, many inspired by his recent estrangement from his wife of ten years, Sara Lownds Dylan.

All ten songs on the album were originally recorded at New York City sessions produced by Phil Ramone. With Columbia set to release the LP, Dylan pulled back at the last minute, and at year's end re-recorded five of the ten songs in Minneapolis with a crew of area session musicians assembled by his brother, David Zimmerman. Dylan's fans theorize endlessly about his reasons for revamping the album, but the most likely reason (and the simplest) is that the musical feel of the album was monotonous, with too many songs in the same key and the same languid rhythm.

Told of the album's lasting popularity, Dylan was later to say: "A lot of people tell me they enjoy that album. It's hard for me to relate to that. I mean, it, you know, people enjoying the type of pain, you know?"

Blood on the Tracks was a #1 Pop Album on the Billboard Music Charts and reached #4 in the UK. The single "Tangled up in Blue" peaked at #31 on the Pop singles chart. The album remains one of Dylan's all-time best-selling studio releases, with a double-platinum US certification to date. It is also one of his most critically-lauded.

In Dylan's 2004 memoir, Chronicles, Vol. 1, he claims that although one album of his songs was entirely inspired by short stories by Anton Chekhov, many of his fans and critics treat it as autobiographical. This passage is often cited as a reference to Blood On The Tracks.

Tracklist

3 COMMENTS:

Ben on 2:21 pm said...

01. Tangled Up In Blue
02. Simple Twist Of Fate
03. You're A Big Girl Now
04. Idiot Wind
05. You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
06. Meet Me In The Morning
07. Lily Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts
08. If You See Her, Say Hello
09. Shelter From The Storm
10. Buckets Of Rain

joe v berlin on 5:37 pm said...

Hi I love your great blog,
any chance of a reup of this Blood on the tracks?

Greetings from Germany
Joe.

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