Blood on the Tracks

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studio album
First released:
Jan 17 1975

Overview Edit

Blood on the Tracks is Bob Dylan's 15th studio album, released by Columbia Records in January 1975. The album marked Dylan's return to Columbia after a two-album stint with Asylum Records.

The album, which followed years of lukewarm reception for Dylan's work, was greeted enthusiastically by fans and critics. In the years following its release it has come to be regarded as one of his best albums; it is quite common for subsequent records to be labeled his "best since Blood on the Tracks."

It is also commonly seen as a standard for confessional singer-songwriter albums; though Dylan has denied that the songs are autobiographical, his son Jakob Dylan has stated: "The songs are my parents talking." Most of the lyrics on the album revolve around heartache, anger, and loneliness. In 2003, the album was ranked number 16 on Rolling Stones list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

The album reached #1 on the Billboard U.S. pop charts and #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.

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Record label:
Catalog number:
33235
Release dates:
  • Oct 25 1990

Genres

Blues, Classic Rock, Folk-Rock, Rock, Singer-Songwriter. Vote on Genres

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5 stars A Perfect 10: Dylan's heartfelt masterpiece, Dylan's Best
What is Bob Dylan's greatest album? Is it Highway 61 Revisited, an album that revolutionized rock and roll by combining the meaningful lyrics of folk with the rhythm of rock; or is it Blonde on Blonde, another mid sixties classic album with some of Dylan's best lyrics, epic songs, and vivid imagery; or is it Blood on the Tracks, a sweet unambitious album about a man's heart during his crumbling marriage? The answer is Blood on the Tracks, a simple but powerful masterpiece that captures the human…
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3 stars this is my only dylan album and here's why
I read about this being such a great album. The songwriting, the lyrics, etc. etc. So I bought it. The best thing that I can say about it is that it seems to release a soft warm glow, like a coal in a fire. It works well in the background. What I don't like about the album is how most of the characters are these macho types who treat women in the old American stereotypical fashion of "women are weak and therefore need to be protected and sheltered". A lot of the women characters in these folk st…
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Credits Edit

  1. composer

  2. design

    1. Paul Till [photography]
  1. producer

  2. writer

    1. Bob Dylan [lyrics]

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Blood on the Tracks 10 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Columbia Records
catalog number: 33235
release dates: Oct 25 1990
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Blood on the Tracks 10 tracks format: 1 x CD
catalog number: 33235
release dates: Oct 25 1990
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Blood on the Tracks 10 tracks format: 1 x SACD
record label: Columbia Records
catalog number: 33235
release dates: Oct 25 1990
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Blood on the Tracks 10 tracks format: 1 x SACD
catalog number: 33235
release dates: Oct 25 1990
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Blood on the Tracks 10 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Columbia Records
catalog number: 33235
release dates: Oct 25 1990
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Blood on the Tracks 10 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Columbia Records
catalog number: 33235
release dates: Oct 25 1990
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Blood on the Tracks 10 tracks format: 1 x SACD
record label: Columbia Records
catalog number: 33235
release dates: Oct 25 1990
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Blood on the Tracks 10 tracks format: 1 x CD
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