Baker's Dozen

Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives

13. Bob DylanBlonde On Blonde

I love Dylan and I think this is my favourite double album. ‘Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands’ takes up the entire side of one of the discs. I guess the thing with this record is that there’s a slightly psychedelic quality to the lyrics. Dylan was moving away from the political and the personal – he’s just out there.  I really like the chaos of it. For me it represents that mercurial, genius quality that I don’t think many people have, when an artist goes through a period of just producing amazing music. Bowie did it with Low, Lodger and Heroes; Dylan did it with Bringing It All Back Home, Blonde on Blonde and Highway 61 Revisited.

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