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Blood on the Tracks
Blood on the Tracks cover
Studio album by Bob Dylan
Released January 17, 1975
Recorded September and December 1974
Genre Folk rock
Length 51:42
Label Columbia
Producer Bob Dylan
Professional reviews
Bob Dylan chronology
Before the Flood
(1974)		 Blood on the Tracks
(1975)		 The Basement Tapes
(1975)

Blood on the Tracks is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's 15th studio album, released in 1975 by Columbia Records, which marked Dylan's return to Columbia after a two-album stint with Asylum Records. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of Folk music and rock music. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Columbia Records is an American Record label founded in 1888 Columbia is the oldest surviving Brand name in pre-recorded sound being the first record company In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Robert Christgau (born April 18 1942) is an American Essayist, Music journalist, and the self-declared "Dean of American Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published Q is a Music Magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom, with a circulation of 130179 as of June 2007 Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major Before the Flood is a 1974 Live album by Bob Dylan and The Band, documenting the Bob Dylan and The Band 1974 Tour. The Basement Tapes is a Studio album by Bob Dylan and The Band, released in 1975 by Columbia Records. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major Columbia Records is an American Record label founded in 1888 Columbia is the oldest surviving Brand name in pre-recorded sound being the first record company Asylum Records is an American Record label, owned by Warner Music Group, founded by agent-managers David Geffen and Elliot Roberts in 1971

The album, which followed several years of lukewarm reception for Dylan's work, was greeted respectably by fans and critics. In the years following its release, it has come to be regarded as one of his very best albums — making it quite common for subsequent records to be labeled his "best since Blood on the Tracks. "[1][2][3][4] 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. Jakob Luke Dylan, born December 9, 1969 in New York City, is best known as the lead singer and songwriter of the famous Rock band The Wallflowers "[5] Most of the lyrics on the album revolve around heartache, anger, and loneliness.

The album reached #1 on the Billboard U. The Billboard charts are music sales airplay and digital ranking reports distributed to the general public by Billboard magazine S. pop charts and #4 in the UK. The single "Tangled Up in Blue" peaked at #31 on the Pop singles chart. " Tangled Up in Blue " is a song by Bob Dylan. It appeared on his album Blood on the Tracks in 1975 The album remains one of Dylan's all-time best-selling studio releases, with a double-platinum US certification to date. [6]

Contents

Notes

The songs are largely seen as inspired by Dylan's personal turmoil at the time, particularly his separation from his then wife Sara Dylan. Sara Dylan (born October 28, 1939 in Wilmington Delaware) born as Shirley Marlin Noznisky and later known as Sara Lownds, was the

All ten songs on the album were originally recorded at New York City sessions produced by Phil Ramone. The City of New York Phil Ramone is a Violinist, Composer, Recording engineer, and With Columbia set to release the LP, Dylan pulled back at the last minute, and at year's end re-recorded five of the ten songs in Minneapolis with a crew of area session musicians assembled by his brother, David Zimmerman.

Dylan's fans theorize endlessly about his reasons for revamping the album, with one unconfirmed view being that the musical feel of the album had been monotonous, with too many songs in the same key and the same languid rhythm. It has also been said that, just two weeks before the release of Blood on the Tracks, Dylan played an acetate of the record for his brother, his ensuing comments leading Dylan to re-cut the album. [7]

Told of the album's lasting popularity, Dylan was later to say (in a radio interview by Mary Travers): "A lot of people tell me they enjoy that album. Mary Allin Travers (born 9 November 1936, Louisville, Kentucky) is a member of the folk group Peter Paul and Mary It's hard for me to relate to that. I mean, it, you know, people enjoying the type of pain, you know?"

In Dylan's 2004 memoir, Chronicles, Vol. 1, he claims that although one album of his songs was entirely inspired by short stories by Anton Chekhov, many of his fans and critics treat it as autobiographical. Chronicles Volume One 0-7432-2815-4 is the first part of Bob Dylan 's planned 3-volume memoir Anton Pavlovich Chekhov ( –) (Анто́н Па́влович Че́хов) was a Russian short-story writer and Playwright, considered to be one This passage is often cited as a reference to Blood on the Tracks.

The song "Up to Me", which plays like a companion of "Shelter from the Storm" (and perhaps a bookend to the record), was not released on this record but appeared on Biograph.

In Shakey: Neil Young's Biography, Jimmy McDonough relates how, prior to releasing Blood on the Tracks, Dylan visited Young in his home in Florida to showcase the songs on the album and seek out Young's opinion of them. Neil Percival Young OM (born November 12, 1945, Toronto Ontario) is a Canadian Singer-songwriter, Musician Jimmy McDonough is a Journalist and Biographer. He is perhaps best known for his biographies of Russ Meyer, Andy Milligan and Neil [8]

Track listing

All Songs By Bob Dylan

Side one

  1. "Tangled Up in Blue" – 5:42 (Minneapolis)
  2. "Simple Twist of Fate" – 4:19 (NYC, Sept 1974)
  3. "You're a Big Girl Now" – 4:36 (Minneapolis)
  4. "Idiot Wind" – 7:48 (Minneapolis)
  5. "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" – 2:55 (NYC, Sept 1974)

Side two

  1. "Meet Me in the Morning" – 4:22 (NYC, Sept 1974)
  2. "Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts" – 8:51 (Minneapolis)
  3. "If You See Her, Say Hello" – 4:49 (Minneapolis)
  4. "Shelter from the Storm" – 5:02 (NYC, Sept 1974)
  5. "Buckets of Rain" – 3:22 (NYC, Sept 1974)

Chart positions

Year Chart Position
1975 Billboard 200 1

Personnel

See also

References

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Preceded by
AWB by Average White Band		 Billboard 200 number-one album
March 1 - March 14, 1975		 Succeeded by
Have You Never Been Mellow by Olivia Newton-John
AWB is an album by Scottish Funk band Average White Band, released in August 1974 (see 1974 in music) The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard These are the Billboard Magazine number one albums of 1975, per the Billboard 200. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Have You Never Been Mellow was an album by Olivia Newton-John, released in 1975 Olivia Newton-John, AO, OBE (born September 26 1948) is a Grammy Award -winning and Golden Globe -nominated English-born
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