Highway 61 Revisited is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on August 30, 1965, by Columbia Records. Having until then recorded mostly acoustic music, Dylan used rock musicians as his backing band on every track of the album, except for the closing track, the 11-minute ballad “Desolation Row”. Critics have focused on the innovative way Dylan combined driving, blues-based music with the subtlety of poetry to create songs that captured the political and cultural chaos of contemporary America. Author Michael Gray has argued that, in an important sense, the 1960s “started” with this album.Leading with the hit song “Like a Rolling Stone”, the album features songs that Dylan has continued to perform live over his long career, including “Ballad of a Thin Man” and the title track. He named the album after the major American highway which connected his birthplace of Duluth, Minnesota, to southern cities famed for their musical heritage, including St. Louis, Memphis, New Orleans, and the Delta blues area of Mississippi. Highway 61 Revisited peaked at No. 3 on the US Billboard 200 and No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart. Positively received on release, the album has since been described as one of Dylan’s best works and among the greatest albums of all time, ranking No. 18 on Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. It was voted No. 26 in the third edition of Colin Larkin’s All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000) and was featured in Robert Dimery’s 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2010). “Like a Rolling Stone” was a top-10 hit in several countries, and was listed at No. 4 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list in 2021. Two other songs, “Desolation Row” and “Highway 61 Revisited”, were listed at No. 187 and No. 373 respectively on the 2010 list.
Tracklisting
- Like A Rolling Stone (5:59)
- Tombstone Blues (5:53)
- It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry (3:25)
- From A Buick 6 (3:06)
- Ballad Of A Thin Man (5:48)
- Queen Jane Approximately (4:57)
- Highway 61 Revisited (3:15)
- Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues (5:08)
- Desolation Row (11:18)
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| Key | Value |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia URL | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_61_Revisited |
| Format | Vinyl LP Album Reissue Mono (180 Gram) |
| Label | Columbia |
| Catalog Number | CL 2389 |
| Notes | [Cover] Originally released 1965. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. © 1965, 2015 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. / Distributed by Sony Music Entertainment. / All trademarks and logos are protected. / Made in the EU. / Sony Music Entertainment International Services GmbH, PO Box 510, 33311 Gütersloh, Germany. / LC 00162 / 88875146301 ® “COLUMBIA”, [Columbia logo] MARCAS REG. [Label] Originally released 1965. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. © 1965, 2015 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. / All rights reserved. / Made in the EU. / BIEM/GEMA / LC 00162 / 88875146301 Runout details: Everything is hand-etched except stamped “88019 1A MOVLP244 STERLING” on side A, and “88019 1B MOVLP244 STERLING” on side B. |
| Discogs URL | Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited |