Bob Dylan:

Highway 61 Revisited:(1965)

It's hard to imagine a musical world without Like a Rolling Stone. It was a song that changed everything in a big way. I mean, a six minute song with no bridge section becoming a radio hit? Now that's Rock'n'Roll.

Blonde On Blonde:(1966)

Much like the Beatles White Album, I love that this album has so much on it stretched across four vinyl sides. And who but Dylan has a song (not instrumental) that could take up a whole side of a record by itself. Hell, I'd love this album even if Visions of Johanna took up all four sides.

John Wesley Harding:(1967)

This is such a haunting album. It also feels shorter than it really is. I mean, there are twelve songs on this record, but it flies by like a whisper or an eavesdropped conversation. 

Nashville Skyline:(1969)

Sometimes it seems that people forget just how humorous Dylan albums can be. Then you hear Country Pie or something. Sometimes a person doesn't feel like making or hearing big statements.

Greatest Hits Volume II:(1971)

This compilation album sounds like my childhood. A crazy six year old wanting to put this record on over and over again. 

Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid:(1973)

Great movie, great soundtrack. If you're thinking, "I don't know this Dylan record". well it gave the world Knockin' On Heaven's Door.

Dylan:(1973)

While not an album Dylan necessarily wanted his record company to release, this contains some fine covers, such as Big Yellow Taxi. 

Planet Waves:(1974)

In our family my Dad famously wore out two copies of this record playing Forever Young when I was first born.

Blood On The Tracks:(1974)

This album carried me through High School in a big way. It was a benchmark of songwriter penmanship that I marveled over. 

Before The Flood:(1974)

Dylan and The Band at their collective best.

The Basement Tapes:(1975)

I love how secretive this album feels. It's like you just discovered a diary of some long dead relative or something.

Desire:(1975)

This wordy album has long been one of my favorites. I love how cobbled together it feels. It's very Bohemian. 

Hard Rain:(1976)

Another terrific live album, but  if you watch the live footage from the tour this album was taken from, it'll blow you away. 

Street Legal:(1978)

This album rarely comes up in conversations about Dylan's catalogue, but this is another favorite of mine. Check out the lyrics to Changing of The Guard again. Mind blowingly good.

At Budokan:(1978)

Knocked Out Loaded:(1986)

I won't go into how many Bob Dylan albums I have on various forms of media, the man has been prolific to say the least, this is just about the vinyl, and these are what I have. Yes, I am one of those diehard Dylan fans who finds something good even in the worst albums. Since I was six years old Bob Dylan has been tops in my book, and not just his lyric writing, I love his voice. It's a voice that I find comforting, warning, and otherworldly all at the same time. It's the perfect voice for a songwriter to have in that it gives everything away, and nothing together in one tone. Now, of these vinyl records I have favorites, and those favorites tend to shift at different times in my life. It's a joy when good art can grow with you instead of being stuck in a particular moment in your life, and it's rare. Lately I find myself reaching for John Wesley Harding a lot with its parable storytelling, sometimes without endings.