My Site

UPDATED to include 22 lists from the comments section in this post.

The new votes caused some (minor) changes to the list. Most important: BIABH moved up to #4 & TOOM dropped to #5.

—

Saturday I asked the question – What are your five favorite Bob Dylan studio albums ? – over at our Facebook page. The response was great. As of writing 80 people (all Bob Dylan experts)  have uttered their opinions.
If you’re not on Facebook, or do not “like” our page.. you can use the comment section to post your 5 favorites. I will update this list at a later stage.

Some numbers:

• 362 votes 462 votes
  Not everyone came up with 5. Some even tried more than 5 (I only counted 5 from each person)
  —
• only 4 3 out of 33 albums received 0 votes:
  – Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid – July 13, 1973
  – Down in the Groove – May 31, 1988
  – Under the Red Sky – September 11, 1990
  – World Gone Wrong – October 26, 1993
  —
• Best decades:
  – 60’s   164 204 votes
  – 70’s   107 142 votes
  – 90’s   31 votes
  – 00’s  43 votes

 

Here are the results of the JV community jury:

1. Blood on the Tracks – January 17, 1975	58 75 votes
2. Highway 61 Revisited – August 30, 1965	45 59 votes
3. Blonde on Blonde – May 16, 1966	43 54 votes
4. Bringing It All Back Home – March 22, 1965	28 36 votes
5.Time Out of Mind – September 30, 1997	29 34 votes
6.The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan – May 27, 1963	21 23 votes
7. Desire – January 5, 1976	16 21 votes
7. Love and Theft – September 11, 2001	16 21 votes
9. John Wesley Harding – December 27, 1967	15 18 votes
10. Street Legal – June 15, 1978	11 17 votes
11. Oh Mercy – September 22, 1989	9 12 votes
12. New Morning – October 19, 1970	9 11 votes
13. Modern Times – August 29, 2006	10 votes
14. Infidels – November 1, 1983	6 8 votes
15. Nashville Skyline – April 9, 1969	5 7 votes
15. Slow Train Coming – August 20, 1979	4 7 votes
15. Tempest – September 11, 2012	4 7 votes
18. The Times They Are a-Changin’ – January 13, 1964	5 6 votes
18. Planet Waves – January 17, 1974	5 6 votes
19. Another Side of Bob Dylan – August 8, 1964	4 5 votes
19. Self Portrait – June 8, 1970	4 5 votes
21. Bob Dylan – March 19, 1962	3 votes
21. Saved – June 20, 1980	3 votes
21. Together Through Life – April 28, 2009	3 votes
21. Good as I Been to You – October 27, 1992	2 3 votes
25. Christmas in the Heart – October 13, 2009	1 2 vote
26. Empire Burlesque – June 8, 1985	1 vote
26. Knocked Out Loaded – August 8, 1986	1 vote
26. Shot Of Love – August 12, 1981	1 vote

Hardly a surprising top three. BOTT have won many similar polls, and when not winning H61R or BoB have.

BTW here are my list (also submitted to the Facebook question on our page)

1. Blonde on Blonde – May 16, 1966
2. Blood on the Tracks – January 17, 1975
3. Highway 61 Revisited – August 30, 1965
4. Bringing It All Back Home – March 22, 1965
5. Desire – January 5, 1976

-Egil