Bringing It All Back Home

by Bob Dylan

Bringing It All Back Home cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: April 1965
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 46:51
  • Community rating: 4.39/5 from 23 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Bringing It All Back Home' represents a pivotal artistic schism, famously split between a side of electric, blues-infused rock and a side of sparser, acoustic material. This musical duality is mirrored by a thematic shift away from overt protest songs toward surreal, imagistic, and complex lyrical narratives. The album's controversial fusion of folk sensibilities with a raw rock-and-roll band dynamic was instrumental in the genesis of folk rock, establishing a new sonic and lyrical trajectory for popular music.

Genres

Descriptors: literate, wordplay, protest, folk, witty, bluesy, acoustic, storytelling, guitars

Tracklist

  1. Subterranean Homesick Blues (02:21)
  2. She Belongs to Me (02:46)
  3. Maggie's Farm (03:54)
  4. Love Minus Zero (02:51)
  5. Outlaw Blues (03:04)
  6. On the Road Again (02:35)
  7. Bob Dylan's 115th Dream (06:29)
  8. Mr. Tambourine Man (05:30)
  9. Gates of Eden (05:40)
  10. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (07:29)
  11. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (04:12)

Credits

  • Bob Dylan - vocals, piano, acoustic guitar, electric instrumentation, writer, liner notes
  • Al Gorgoni - guitar
  • Kenny Rankin - guitar
  • Bruce Langhorne - guitar, electric guitar
  • Paul Griffin - pianist, keyboards
  • Joseph Macho Jr. - bassist, bass guitar
  • William E. Lee - bassist, bass guitar
  • Bobby Gregg - drums
  • Frank Owens - pianist
  • Steve Boone - bass guitar
  • Tom Wilson - producer
  • Daniel Kramer - photography
  • John Berg - art-director

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