Originally Posted by clutnuckle

Blonde on Blonde is an easy winner. Bringin' It All Back Home's electricity is very weak and doesn't hit home at all. Not to say that it doesn't have its fair share of good songs, but Dylan was just getting started on his road to diversity. Highway 61 Revisited is a step in the right direction; some much longer songs, universal lyrics, and a better tone of voice if you ask me.

Blonde on Blonde eclipses its predecessors as it's both like them and unlike them at the same time. It has a canon of lengthy pieces to wrap your head around ("Sad Eyed Lady...", "Visions of Johanna", "Stuck Inside of Mobile..."), along with these tiny jovial tunes ("I Want You") that cause the album to have several different identities. Both of the predecessors had those kinds of pieces, but the lyrics were never this surreal or enticing; just listening to Bob Dylan's sheer poetry across "Visions of Johanna" is a pure treat. And its length is another big factor to why I like it so much; in order to expand so much upon his musical palette while still not abandoning the reputation he had built up, Dylan needed enough space to both compliment his old style and spit in its face, so to speak.

That's at least how I see it.