Blonde On Blonde (2022 Vinyl)＜完全生産限定盤＞

ボブ・ディラン 1965年発売 『Blonde On Blonde』のアナログ盤

1966年発売。本作はロック史上初の2枚組アルバム(約71分収録)として発表された通算7作目。全米9位/全英3位を記録。詩人とロックンローラー、2つの個性が見事に融合され、ディランの長いキャリアの中でも最高傑作との呼び声も高い作品。
LP片面すべてを使った「ローランドの悲しい目の乙女」など、クリエイティヴィティ溢れる意欲的な試みが随所に見られ、後に活動を共にするザ・バンドの面々も本作から参加している。60年代のロック史を代表する名盤である。

If Highway 61 Revisited played as a garage rock record, the double album Blonde on Blonde inverted that sound, blending blues, country, rock, and folk into a wild, careening, and dense sound. Replacing the fiery Michael Bloomfield with the intense, weaving guitar of Robbie Robertson, Bob Dylan led a group comprised of his touring band the Hawks and session musicians through his richest set of songs. Blonde on Blonde is an album of enormous depth, providing endless lyrical and musical revelations on each play. Leavening the edginess of Highway 61 with a sense of the absurd, Blonde on Blonde is comprised entirely of songs driven by inventive, surreal, and witty wordplay, not only on the rockers but also on winding, moving ballads like "Visions of Johanna," "Just Like a Woman," and "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands." Throughout the record, the music matches the inventiveness of the songs, filled with cutting guitar riffs, liquid organ riffs, crisp pianos, and even woozy brass bands ("Rainy Day Women #12 & 35"). It's the culmination of Dylan's electric rock & roll period -- he would never release a studio record that rocked this hard, or had such bizarre imagery, ever again. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine