Blood on the Tracks is the fifteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released in January 1975 on Columbia Records. The album marked Dylan’s return to Columbia after a two-album stint with Asylum Records. Most of the lyrics on the album revolve around heartache, anger, and loneliness. Number one album for two weeks March 1 and March 8, 1975
The album, which followed on the resurgence of critical acclaim for Dylan’s work after Planet Waves, was greeted enthusiastically by fans and critics. In the years following its release it has come to be regarded as one of his best albums; it is common for subsequent records to be labeled his “best since Blood on the Tracks.”. 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. In 2003, the album was ranked number 16 on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, and in 2004, it was placed at number 5 on Pitchfork Media’s list of the top 100 albums of the 1970s.
The album reached #1 on the Billboard 200 charts and #4 on the UK Albums Chart. The single “Tangled Up in Blue” peaked at #31 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The album remains one of Dylan’s best-selling studio releases, with a double-platinum US certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
All songs written and composed by Bob Dylan.
1. “Tangled Up in Blue” 5:42
2. “Simple Twist of Fate” 4:19
3. “You’re a Big Girl Now” 4:36
4. “Idiot Wind” 7:48
5. “You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go” 2:55
6. “Meet Me in the Morning” Sep 4:22
7. “Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts” 8:51
8. “If You See Her, Say Hello” 4:49
9. “Shelter from the Storm” 5:02
10. “Buckets of Rain” 3:22
Bob Dylan – lead vocals, acoustic guitar; mandolin (8); hammond organ (4); harmonica (1–5, 7, 9)
Chris Weber – acoustic guitar (1, 3, 4, 7); twelve-string guitar (8)
Kevin Odegard – acoustic guitar (1)
Eric Weissberg – acoustic guitar (6)
Charles Brown III – electric guitar (6)
Buddy Cage – pedal steel guitar (6)
Peter Ostroushko – mandolin (8)
Gregg Inhofer – piano (3, 4); keyboards (1); Hammond organ (7, 8)
Thomas McFaul – keyboards (6)
Billy Peterson – bass guitar (1, 4, 7)
Tony Brown – bass guitar (2, 5, 6, 9, 10)
Bill Berg – drums (1, 3, 4, 7, 8)
Richard Crooks – drums (6)
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