Blood on the Tracks

Blood on the Tracks is the fifteenth studio album by singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released by Columbia Records in January 1975. The album marks Dylan's return to Columbia Records after two albums with Asylum Records had released. The album was, after years of lukewarm criticism of Dylan's work received by both fans and critics with much enthusiasm.

Content

 * 1 Reception
 * 2 Background
 * 3 Tracks
 * 4 Staff
 * 4.1 Sessions in New York
 * 4.2 Other staff
 * 5 External links

Reception
Blood on the Tracks is often seen as one of his best albums. His later albums are sometimes branded as "best since Blood on the Tracks". (Dutch: 'best album since Blood on the Tracks. ") [2] [3] [4] [5] It is on the sixteenth position in Rolling Stone 's list of 500 Greatest Albums of All Time . [6] The album reached the first position in the US Billboard Top 200 Album and fourth place in the United Kingdom . The single "Tangled Up in Blue" took the 31th place. The album remains one of the best-selling albums of Dylan in the United States it was even with platinum distinguished. [6]

When Dylan heard about the continuing popularity of the album, he said in an interview with Mary Travers that he thereon surprised because the album is about sensitive, painful topics:. "A lot of people tell me They enjoy That album It's hard for me to relate to that. I mean, it, you know, people enjoying the type of pain, you know? "

Background [ edit ]
The songs on Blood on the Tracks are according to most biographers of Dylan inspired by his personal struggles, especially the separation from his then wife Sara Dylan . [7] Dylan, however, this has never been confirmed and in 2004 he wrote in his memoir, Chronicles, Vol. First, that the numbers nothing to do with his personal life have but just based on the short stories of Anton Chekhov . [8] The album is often regarded as a standard for autobiographical singer-songwriter albums. Though Dylan has denied that the songs are autobiographical, his son Jakob Dylan explained that the numbers conversations between his parents, ". the songs are my parents talking" [9] Most of the songs are about heartbreak, anger and loneliness.

Initially, all the songs on this album recorded in September in New York City and produced by Phil Ramone . Just before Columbia Records will release the album, however, Dylan withdrew. In December he again took five of the songs in Minneapolis with a group of local session musicians, who his brother David Zimmerman, had collected. Second, "Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts", any deleted 'New York recording "later officially released yet. The inclusion in New York "You're a Big Girl Now" was released on the compilation Biograph (1985). The other three recordings ("Tangled Up in Blue," "Idiot Wind" and "If You See Her, Say Hello") appeared in 1991 on The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961-1991 . On this edition appeared also "Call Letter Blues", a song that was recorded during the same sessions in New York.

Do many theories circulating about why Dylan decided to re-record some songs. Thus, the musical feel of the album have been too monotonous, too many songs in the same key and often the same languid rhythm.According to another theory, Dylan would have played a lot of the plate for his brother. Dylan's case would have led to record the album again. [10] According to Jimmy McDonough would Dylan before Blood on the Tracks was released, have visited Neil Young in Florida to him for his opinion about the numbers questions. [11] [12]

Tracks [ edit ]
All music and lyrics written by Bob Dylan . Between brackets indicate at which session the respective shooting.

Personnel [ edit ]

 * Bob Dylan - vocals , guitar , harmonica , organ , mandolin
 * Bill Berg - drums
 * Buddy Cage - Steel Guitar
 * Paul Griffin - organ, keyboard
 * Gregg Inhofer - keyboard
 * Kevin Odegard - guitar
 * Bill Peterson - bass
 * Chris Weber - guitar, 12-string guitar

Sessions in New York [ edit ]

 * Charles Brown, III - guitar
 * Tony Brown - bass guitar
 * Richard Crooks - drums
 * Barry Kornfeld - guitar
 * Thomas McFaul - keyboard
 * Eric Weissberg - banjo, guitar

Other staff [ edit ]

 * Ron Coro - "art direction"
 * Pete Hamill - 'liner notes' (background information in the booklet)
 * David Oppenheim - illustration
 * Phil Ramone - Engineer
 * Paul Till - photo