Bringing It All Back Home (1965)

1. Subterranean Homesick Blues
2. She Belongs to Me
3. Maggie's Farm
4. Love Minus Zero/No Limit
5. Outlaw Blues
6. On the Road Again
7. Bob Dylan's 115th Dream
8. Mr. Tamborine Man
9. Gates of Eden
10. It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
11. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

Notes and Reviews

The musicians: Bob Dylan - guitar, harmonica, vocals Al Gorgone - guitar (1, 3, 5-7) John Hammond, Jr. (2, 4) Bruce Langhorn - guitar (2, 4, 8) Kenneth Rankin - guitar (1, 3, 5-7) Paul Griffin - piano (1, 3, 5-7) Frank Owens - piano (3, 5) William E. Lee - bass (2, 4, 11) Joseph Macho, Jr. (1, 5, 7) John Sebastian - bass (3, 6) Bobby Gregg - drums (1-7)




Reviews:

From the The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia by Michael Gray:

"Bringing It All Back Home [1965] The fifth album—another breakthrough and another sudden
jump to new ground. One side of the record is solo and has four long tracks, each of which has
become a classic—‘Mr. Tambourine Man’; the visionary ‘Gates of Eden’; ‘It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only
Bleeding)’ and the beautiful ‘It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue’. This solo side of the album contained
more than enough to justify Dylan’s burgeoning popularity as a uniquely contemporary spokesman.
But the other side was enough to gain him a new notoriety and to lose him even more devotees
than his previous album had done. Unprecedentedly, here was this folk-singer committing the ultimate
sacrilege of singing rock’n’roll songs with electric guitars behind him. Students—seriousminded
young people unaware of the social upheavals about to happen—were appalled that
Dylan should resort to such triviality. Mostly this side sounds pretty thin now, and a dress-rehearsal/
prototype for what was to come next. But it was undeniably innovative and gives us yet another
collection of stand-out Dylan songs."

Rolling Stone review ...

Best Song: My favorites are "Subterranean Homesick Blues" and "Love Minus Zero/No Limit". -- Folkrockman

But ye might as well like:
"It's All Right Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)"
According to Alias

Favorite Lyric: "Ya don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows!"

"And if my thought-dreams could be seen
They'd probably put my head in a guillotine
But it's alright, Ma..."
According to Alias