Bringing It All Back Home
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| Released | April 1965 | |||
| Recorded | January 13–15, 1965 | |||
| Studio | Columbia 7th Ave, New York City | |||
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| Length | 47:21 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Tom Wilson | |||
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Bringing It All Back Home is the fifth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released in April 1965 by Columbia Records.[5][nb 1] Dylan's first album to incorporate electric instrumentation, it was so different from his earlier work that it caused controversy and divided the contemporary folk scene.[7]
On the first half of the album—the songs on side one of the original LP—Dylan is backed by an electric rock and roll band. The second half features mainly acoustic songs. The album abandons the protest music of Dylan's previous records for more surreal, complex lyrics.[8]
The album reached No. 6 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart, the first of Dylan's LPs to break into the US Top 10. It topped the UK charts later that spring. The first track, "Subterranean Homesick Blues", became Dylan's first single to chart in the US, peaking at No. 39. Bringing It All Back Home has been described as one of the greatest albums of all time by multiple publications.[9][10][11][12] In 2003, it was ranked number 31 on Rolling Stone's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time"; it was ranked number 181 in the 2020 edition.
- ^ Hermes, Will (March 22, 2016). "How Bob Dylan's 'Bringing It All Back Home' 'Stunned the World'". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on May 29, 2016. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
We look back at Bob Dylan's 'Bringing It All Back Home,' which saw him go electric, invent folk rock and redefine what can be said in a song.
- ^ Breihan, Tom (September 21, 2010). "Morning Benders, Mirah Pay Bob Dylan Tribute". Pitchfork.
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- ^ Anon. (April 10, 1965). "Columbia Bows 19 New Albums". Cash Box. p. 6.
Columbia Records has announced an April Release to contain 19 albums ... [including] 'Bringing It All Back Home' by Bob Dylan ...
- ^ Snow, Mat (March 22, 2024). "Bob Dylan's Bringing It All Back Home Revisited". Mojo. London: Bauer Media Group. Archived from the original on March 22, 2024. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
- ^ Irwin Silber, editor of folk magazine Sing Out! described Dylan's new music as "a freak and a parody". Bob Dylan by Anthony Scaduto, Abacus Books, 1972, p. 188
- ^ Woodward, Richard B. (March 18, 2015). "Dylan's Double Personality: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of 'Bringing It All Back Home'". Wsj.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
- ^ "Bob Dylan's triumphant album 'Bringing It All Back Home'". faroutmagazine.co.uk. March 22, 2021. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
- ^ Hermes, Will (March 22, 2016). "How Dylan's 'Bringing It All Back Home' 'Stunned the World'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
- ^ "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. May 31, 2009. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
- ^ "Revisiting Bob Dylan's 'Bringing It All Back Home' (1965) | Retrospective Tribute". Albumism. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
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