Rank all 39 Bob Dylan albums!

[MrMarks8011]

Been on a huge Dylan kick for the last 6 months (well...the last 25 years...but especially the last 6 months!). Anyone else here familiar with all 39 of his albums? If so, how do you rank them? This is where I'm currently at:

1. Highway 61 Revisited
2. Blood on the Tracks
3. Bringing It All Back Home
4. Blonde on Blonde
5. "Love and Theft"
6. New Morning
7. Time Out of Mind
8. Desire
9. Another Side of Bob Dylan
10. Modern Times
11. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
12. Rough and Rowdy Ways
13. Nashville Skyline
14. Oh Mercy
15. John Wesley Harding
16. The Times They Are A-Changin'
17. Slow Train Coming
18. Good as I Been to You
19. World Gone Wrong
20. Tempest
21. Planet Waves
22. Together Through Life
23. Infidels
24. The Basement Tapes
25. Bob Dylan
26. Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
27. Street-Legal
28. Self Portrait
29. Shot of Love
30. Christmas in the Heart
31. Dylan
32. Saved
33. Fallen Angels
34. Shadows in the Night
35. Down in the Groove
36. Under the Red Sky
37. Triplicate
38. Empire Burlesque
39. Knocked Out Loaded

[Brad]

1. Blonde On Blonde
2. Bringing It All Back Home
3. Highway 61 Revisited
4. Desire
5. Blood On The Tracks
6. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
7. Another Side of Bob Dylan
8. Nashville Skyline
9. The Times They Are A-Changin'
10. Bob Dylan
11. Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid Soundtrack
12. The Basement Tapes
13. Rough and Rowdy Ways
14. Hard Rain
15. New Morning
16. Shot Of Love
17. John Wesley Harding
18. Slow Train Coming
19. Planet Waves
20. Infidels
21. Street-Legal
22. Self Portrait
23. Dylan
24. Oh Mercy
25. Saved
26. Time Out Of Mind
27. Empire Burlesque
28. World Gone Wrong
29. Tempest
30. Love and Theft
31. Shadows In The Night
32. Modern Times
33. MTV Unplugged
34. Good As I Been To You
35. Fallen Angels
36. Under The Red Sky
37. Down In The Groove
38. Knocked Out Loaded
39. Together Through Life
40. Christmas in the Heart

I have MTV Unplugged & Hard Rain in there too, must be missing something.

Thanks!

[Harold]

I have MTV Unplugged & Hard Rain in there too, must be missing something.

The original list only includes studio albums, no live ones.

I can only rank the ones I own:

1 Blood on the Tracks
2 Highway 61 Revisited
3 Blonde on Blonde
4 John Wesley Harding
5 Bringing It All Back Home
6 The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
7 "Love and Theft"
8 The Basement Tapes
9 Time Out of Mind
10 The Times They Are A-Changin'
11 Rough and Rowdy Ways
12 Another Side of Bob Dylan
13 Desire
14 Nashville Skyline
15 Modern Times
16 Oh Mercy
17 Infidels
18 Tempest
19 Planet Waves
20 New Morning
21 Slow Train Coming
22 Together Through Life
23 Bob Dylan
24 Street-Legal
25 Shot of Love
26 Self Portrait
27 Shadows in the Night

[Harold]

1. Blonde On Blonde
2. Bringing It All Back Home
3. Highway 61 Revisited
4. Desire
5. Blood On The Tracks
6. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
7. Another Side of Bob Dylan
8. Nashville Skyline
9. The Times They Are A-Changin'
10. Bob Dylan
11. Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid Soundtrack
12. The Basement Tapes
13. Rough and Rowdy Ways
14. Hard Rain
15. New Morning
16. Shot Of Love
17. John Wesley Harding
18. Slow Train Coming
19. Planet Waves
20. Infidels
21. Street-Legal
22. Self Portrait
23. Dylan
24. Oh Mercy
25. Saved
26. Time Out Of Mind
27. Empire Burlesque
28. World Gone Wrong
29. Tempest
30. Love and Theft
31. Shadows In The Night
32. Modern Times
33. MTV Unplugged
34. Good As I Been To You
35. Fallen Angels
36. Under The Red Sky
37. Down In The Groove
38. Knocked Out Loaded
39. Together Through Life
40. Christmas in the Heart

I have MTV Unplugged & Hard Rain in there too, must be missing something.

Thanks!

Brad, your missing album is Triplicate.

[MrMarks8011]

1. Blonde On Blonde
2. Bringing It All Back Home
3. Highway 61 Revisited
4. Desire
5. Blood On The Tracks
6. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
7. Another Side of Bob Dylan
8. Nashville Skyline
9. The Times They Are A-Changin'
10. Bob Dylan
11. Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid Soundtrack
12. The Basement Tapes
13. Rough and Rowdy Ways
14. Hard Rain
15. New Morning
16. Shot Of Love
17. John Wesley Harding
18. Slow Train Coming
19. Planet Waves
20. Infidels
21. Street-Legal
22. Self Portrait
23. Dylan
24. Oh Mercy
25. Saved
26. Time Out Of Mind
27. Empire Burlesque
28. World Gone Wrong
29. Tempest
30. Love and Theft
31. Shadows In The Night
32. Modern Times
33. MTV Unplugged
34. Good As I Been To You
35. Fallen Angels
36. Under The Red Sky
37. Down In The Groove
38. Knocked Out Loaded
39. Together Through Life
40. Christmas in the Heart

I have MTV Unplugged & Hard Rain in there too, must be missing something.

Thanks!

Looks like Triplicate is the only one you're missing! Also, surprised to see Time Out of Mind, "Love and Theft", and Modern Times so low, but to each their own!

[Brad]

Looks like Triplicate is the only one you're missing! Also, surprised to see Time Out of Mind, "Love and Theft", and Modern Times so low, but to each their own!

Thanks, haven't rated Triplicate. And I agree I should probably revisit those three albums; they just didn't grab me the way they did others when they came out.

[FrankLotion]

Holden had a great Bon Dylan poll a couple years back, I don’t think my ranking has changed too much since then:

1. Highway 61 Revisited
2. Blood on the Tracks
3. Blonde on Blonde
4. Bringing It All Back Home
5. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
6. Desire
7. John Wesley Harding
8. The Basement Tapes
9. The Times They Are a-Changing
10. Love and Theft
11. Nashville Skyline
12. Rough and Rowdy Ways
13. Tempest
14. Oh Mercy
15. Modern Times
16. Another Side of Bob Dylan
17. Bob Dylan
18. Time Out of Mind
19. Infidels
20. Shadows in the Night
21. Triplicate
22. Together Through Life
23. Slow Train Coming
24. New Morning
25. Shot of Love
26. Planet Waves
27. Fallen Angels
28. Street-Legal
29. Good as I Been to You
30. World Gone Wrong
31. Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
32. Empire Burlesque
33. Self Portrait
34. Down in the Groove
35. Under the Red Sky
36. Christmas in the Heart
37. Knocked Out Loaded
38. Saved
39. Dylan

[MrMarks8011]

Holden had a great Bon Dylan poll a couple years back, I don’t think my ranking has changed too much since then:

1. Highway 61 Revisited
2. Blood on the Tracks
3. Blonde on Blonde
4. Bringing It All Back Home
5. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
6. Desire
7. John Wesley Harding
8. The Basement Tapes
9. The Times They Are a-Changing
10. Love and Theft
11. Nashville Skyline
12. Tempest
13. Oh Mercy
14. Before the Flood
15. Modern Times
16. Another Side if Bob Dylan
17. Bob Dylan
18. Time Out of Mind
19. Infidels
20. Shadows in the Night
21. Triplicate
22. Together Through Life
23. Slow Train Coming
24. New Morning
25. Shot of Love
26. Planet Waves
27. Fallen Angels
28. Street-Legal
29. Good as I Been to You
30. World Gone Wrong
31. Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
32. Empire Burlesque
33. Self Portrait
34. Down in the Groove
35. Under the Red Sky
36. Christmas in the Heart
37. Knocked Out Loaded
38. Saved
39. Dylan

Have you checked out Rough and Rowdy Ways yet?

[Harold]

Holden had a great Bon Dylan poll a couple years back, I don’t think my ranking has changed too much since then:

14. Before the Flood

MrMarks' reply noted that your list didn't include Rough and Rowdy Ways, but you still had 39 albums. It took a few minutes to realize you included another live album.

I'm not sure if MrMarks plans to tabulate the results here, but if so can everyone please use his original list and just rank the studio albums?

[FrankLotion]

Holden had a great Bon Dylan poll a couple years back, I don’t think my ranking has changed too much since then:

1. Highway 61 Revisited
2. Blood on the Tracks
3. Blonde on Blonde
4. Bringing It All Back Home
5. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
6. Desire
7. John Wesley Harding
8. The Basement Tapes
9. The Times They Are a-Changing
10. Love and Theft
11. Nashville Skyline
12. Tempest
13. Oh Mercy
14. Before the Flood
15. Modern Times
16. Another Side if Bob Dylan
17. Bob Dylan
18. Time Out of Mind
19. Infidels
20. Shadows in the Night
21. Triplicate
22. Together Through Life
23. Slow Train Coming
24. New Morning
25. Shot of Love
26. Planet Waves
27. Fallen Angels
28. Street-Legal
29. Good as I Been to You
30. World Gone Wrong
31. Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
32. Empire Burlesque
33. Self Portrait
34. Down in the Groove
35. Under the Red Sky
36. Christmas in the Heart
37. Knocked Out Loaded
38. Saved
39. Dylan

Have you checked out Rough and Rowdy Ways yet?

Completely forgot about it! I’ll add that to the list and remove Before the Flood.

[Listyguy]

I have neglected a lot of the 80s and 90s stuff, but here's my ranking of what I've heard (including live albums):

1. Bringing It All Back Home
2. Blood on the Tracks
3. Highway 61 Revisited
4. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
5. Blonde on Blonde
6. Time Out of Mind
7. Desire
8. The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert (Bootleg Series Vol. 4)
9. The Times They Are A-Changin'
10. Bob Dylan
11. John Wesley Harding
12. Modern Times
13. The Basement Tapes
14. Oh Mercy
15. "Love and Theft"
16. Another Side of Bob Dylan
17. Rough and Rowdy Ways
18. Tempest
19. Before the Flood
20. Nashville Skyline
21. Street-Legal
22. Slow Train Coming
23. Self Portrait

[Gillingham]

Been on a huge Dylan kick for the last 6 months (well...the last 25 years...but especially the last 6 months!). Anyone else here familiar with all 39 of his albums? If so, how do you rank them? This is where I'm currently at:

Welcome to the AM forum MrMarks!
Are you the same person who posted the ranked Dylan albums series in the Bob Dylan reddit? Seems to be the very same list.
Those write-ups were really enjoyable! Nice to see you over here too.

[Gillingham]

My ranked list:

1. Highway 61 Revisited
2. Bringing it All Back Home
3. Blood on the Tracks
4. Modern Times
5. Time Out of Mind
6. Blonde on Blonde
7. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
8. Rough and Rowdy Ways
9. John Wesley Harding
10. Oh Mercy
11. Love and Theft
12. Another Side of Bob Dylan
13. Tempest
14. Desire
15. The Times They Are A-Changin'
16. Slow Train Coming
17. New Morning
18. Together Through Life
19. Street Legal
20. Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
21. The Basement Tapes
22. Planet Waves
23. Good as I Been to You
24. Saved
25. World Gone Wrong
26. Infidels
27. Shadows in the Night
28. Bob Dylan
29. Shot of Love
30. Fallen Angels
31. Nashville Skyline
32. Under the Red Sky
33. Down in the Groove
34. Knocked Out Loaded
35. Triplicate
36. Christmas in the Heart
37. Empire Burlesque
38. Dylan
39. Self Portrait

[Rob]

I've been catching up to eighties/ early nineties Dylan's as of late, as these were the ones I always ignored. Still want to hear them a little bit more as well as albums I haven't heard in ages (Street Legal, Self-Portrait, Planet Waves) before making a list. Might be a good year-end project, catching up with 2021 albums.

[MrMarks8011]

Been on a huge Dylan kick for the last 6 months (well...the last 25 years...but especially the last 6 months!). Anyone else here familiar with all 39 of his albums? If so, how do you rank them? This is where I'm currently at:

Welcome to the AM forum MrMarks!
Are you the same person who posted the ranked Dylan albums series in the Bob Dylan reddit? Seems to be the very same list.
Those write-ups were really enjoyable! Nice to see you over here too.

Yes! Same guy here. Been looking to fill the void that’s been left since I finished the series, so I’ve been having fun gathering up other rankings I can find and tabulating them into this spreadsheet. Thanks for posting yours!

For anyone interested, here is the series where I go a little more in depth into my feelings on each record: https://www.reddit.com/r/bobdylan/comm ... ame=iossmf