Bringing It All Back Home - Bob Dylan (Memorable Music Classic Albums)

From the first notes of "Subterranean Homesick Blues," rock and roll was changed forever. The lyrics rush by in double and triple rhymes, puns, and non sequiturs, over an insistent electric blues background: not only is there no bridge, there's no chorus. The rest of side one is electric, and every song is excellent - even the lengthy, rambling "Bob Dylan's 115th Dream" holds your interest, like a potboiler you can't put down. He's also far ahead of his contemporaries on the acoustic side, including "Mr. Tambourine Man," probably the best known song here. The tunes are strong ("Outlaw Blues," "Love Minus Zero / No Limit"), and lyrically he moves from offhandedly humorous to deadly earnest, sometimes within a single line ("Maggie's Farm," "It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)"). Shortly after this album he released the vicious "Positively Fourth Street," which became a huge hit - it's only available on greatest hits and compilation albums.