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This list is completely subjective and will change frequently.

Please comment if you have any recommendations for similar albums / artists.

Criteria:
Studio albums only.
I have scrobbled / listened to the whole album at least once.
Top Ten from each year only.

Other lists:
http://rateyourmusic.com/list/F611/my_favourite_studio_albums_of_all_time
http://rateyourmusic.com/list/F611/my_favourite_album_from_each_year

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1956:
1. Thelonious Monk - The Unique
2. Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus
3. The Modern Jazz Quartet - Fontessa
4. Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley
5. Sonny Rollins - Plus 4
6. Elvis Presley - Elvis

1957:
1. Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash With His Hot and Blue Guitar!
2. The Modern Jazz Quartet - The Modern Jazz Quartet
3. Thelonious Monk & Sonny Rollins - Thelonious Monk & Sonny Rollins
4. Charles Mingus - The Clown
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My list excludes live, compilation and collaboration albums. Keep in mind, this is totally subjective so nobody is going to agree with me 100%. I actually enjoy every Bob Dylan album.

So, Bob Dylan's studio albums ranked according to personal preference:

01. Blood on the Tracks (1976)
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Favorite Track: Simple Twist Of Fate

02. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963)
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Favorite Track: Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

03. Time Out of Mind (1997)
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Favorite Track: Highlands

04. Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
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Favorite Track: Ballad Of A Thin Man

05. Oh Mercy (1989)
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Favorite Track: Most Of The Time

06. Blonde on Blonde (1966)
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2010

CD:
White Noise - An Electric Storm
Madness - Complete Madness
Swans - The Great Annihilator <--- From Shelivedinatree <33
Frank Zappa - Just Another Band from La
God Is an Astronaut - All Is Violent, All Is Bright
Mike Patton - Mondo cane
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Dernière Volonté - Immortel
Sonic Youth - Confusion Is Sex
Tomahawk - Tomahawk
Ulver - Shadows of the Sun <--- :)
The Specials - The Specials <--- :)
Fela Kuti - Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense <--- :)
The Sisters of Mercy - First and Last and Always
The Sisters of Mercy - Floodland
The Sisters of Mercy - Vision Thing
The Sisters of Mercy - Some Girls Wander by Mistake
The Sisters of Mercy - A Slight Case of Overbombing
Gang of Four - Entertainment!
Morphine - Bootleg Detroit
Miles Davis - We Want Miles
Brian Eno - David Bryne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
Bauhaus - In the Flat Field

Vinyl:
Can - Tago Mago
The Clash - Combat Rock
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Updating as I go after I give them a fresh listen.

Bob Dylan: B+
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan: A
The Times They Are A-Changin': A+
Another Side of Bob Dylan: A
Bringing It All Back Home: A+
Highway 61 Revisited: A+
Blonde on Blonde: A+
John Wesley Harding: A-
Nashville Skyline: B+
Self Portrait: D
New Morning: A-
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid: C
Dylan: D-
Planet Waves: B
Blood on the Tracks: A+
The Basement Tapes: A
Desire: A
Street-Legal: B-
Slow Train Coming: C-
Saved: C-
Shot of Love: C+
Infidels: B-
Empire Burlesque: C
Knocked Out Loaded: D-
"Love and Theft": A-

18 Apr 2009

This is something I've been thinking about while walking to work yesterday. And now I just feel the need to make a list like this.
I should mention that this is a matter of constant change and that I could probably modify this list once or twice a month. Number one, however, is the only thing I am definite about.

So, without further ado, I give you my favourite Bob Dylan albums:

1. Blood on the Tracks
2. Bringing It All Back Home
3. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
4. The Times They Are A-Changin'
5. Blonde on Blonde
6. Desire
7. Highway 61 Revisited
8. John Wesley Harding
9. Oh Mercy
10. Nashville Skyline

*EDIT

08 Jun 2009

As I've stated above, this list is a matter of constant change. And I was about to modify the list when I realized that it would be much more interesting to keep the original list and track the changes.

The main reason I'm doing this is because I realized I don't like The Times They Are A-Changin' as much at the moment and that I'm immensely in love with Blonde on Blonde. …