Highway 61 Revisited

by Bob Dylan

Highway 61 Revisited cover art

'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

  • Folk Rock
  • Singer-Songwriter

Tracklist

  1. Like a Rolling Stone
  2. Tombstone Blues
  3. It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
  4. From a Buick 6
  5. Ballad of a Thin Man
  6. Queen Jane Approximately
  7. Highway 61 Revisited
  8. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
  9. Desolation Row