Highway 61 Revisited
by Bob Dylan
- Type: Album
- Released: August 30, 1965
- Label: Columbia
- Country: United States
- Length: 51:01
- Community rating: 4.25/5 from 85 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'Highway 61 Revisited' completes Bob Dylan's controversial shift from acoustic folk to a driving, blues-based rock sound, utilizing a full electric band on all but the final track. The album's raw production, spearheaded by Bob Johnston, highlights the searing guitar of Michael Bloomfield and Al Kooper's improvisational organ, which crucially defines the sound of the landmark single "Like a Rolling Stone". Lyrically, Dylan merges surrealist, allegorical poetry with cynical social commentary to capture the cultural climate, creating a thematically dense work that culminates in the epic, 11-minute acoustic ballad "Desolation Row".
Genres
Descriptors: classic, melodic, rhythmic, groundbreaking, literate, folk, bluesy, storytelling, guitars, literary
Tracklist
- Like a Rolling Stone (6:11)
- Tombstone Blues (6:00)
- It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (4:09)
- From a Buick 6 (3:19)
- Ballad of a Thin Man (5:57)
- Queen Jane Approximately (5:31)
- Highway 61 Revisited (3:30)
- Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (5:31)
- Desolation Row (11:19)
Credits
- Bob Dylan - vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano, acme siren, sounds [police car], songwriter, liner notes
- Bobby Gregg - drums
- Joe Macho, Jr. - bass, bass guitar ("like a rolling stone")
- Paul Griffin - piano, organ
- Frank Owens - piano
- Michael Bloomfield - electric guitar, guitar
- Al Kooper - organ, piano
- Harvey Brooks - bass
- Charlie McCoy - guitar
- Russ Savakus - bass, bass guitar, upright bass ("desolation row")
- Sam Lay - drums ("highway 61 revisited")
- Bruce Langhorne - tambourine
- Harvey Goldstein - bass
- Tom Wilson - producer
- Bob Johnston - producer
- Daniel Kramer - photography by [cover photo]
- Don Hunstein - photography by [liner photography]
- Skouras Design - design [repackage design]
- Steve Berkowitz - reissue producer
- Greg Calbi - remastered by [cd stereo mastering]
- Didier Deutsch - research [tape]
- Roy Halee - engineer
- Pete Dauria - engineer
- Frank Laico - engineer