I was thinking of putting it second, but no. No. You should know what is going to be second, because you should have known what was going to be first. It's obvious now...Blonde on Blonde is perhaps the most eclectic album that he ever made. Strange, cynical, surreal lyrics merge with the most varied music he ever put on one album. There's rock'n'roll (Obviously Five Believers, Leopardskin Pillbox Hat), folk (Visions of Johanna), and even parodies (Fourth Time Around). Everything else is somewhere in between.
Many of the songs are too small to be considered alone. Like most great double-albums, it is best digested whole. The best are hard to point out, obviously Stuck... Blues and Just Like a Woman and I Want You and Fourth Time Around are instant classics, but there are plenty of forgotten gems among the interesting sounds of these two records/CD's/whatever your fancy's. My favorites are One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later), Most Likely You Go Your Way, Absolutely Sweet Marie, and Obviously Five Believers, and while all of the songs are excellent, they continue to grow on you until you can't stand it anymore, and you listen to it several times in a row. ... That's what happened to me. Every once in a while I'll just listen to the entire thing like 5 times in a row. -Ian, 5/5
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