Bringing It All Back Home

This article is about the Bob Dylan studio album. For other uses, see Bringing It All Back Home (disambiguation). "Bringin' It All Back Home" redirects here. For Johnny Copeland's album of the same name, see Bringin' It All Back Home (Johnny Copeland album).

Bringing It All Back Home
A photograph of Dylan staring at the camera with a woman reclining behind him on a chair. A lens effect blurs the edges of the photo.
Studio album by
Bob Dylan
ReleasedMarch 22, 1965
RecordedJanuary 13–15, 1965
StudioColumbia 7th Ave, New York City
Genre
Length47:21
LabelColumbia
ProducerTom Wilson
Bob Dylan chronology
Another Side of Bob Dylan
(1964) 		Bringing It All Back Home
(1965) 		Highway 61 Revisited
(1965)
Singles from Bringing It All Back Home
  1. "Subterranean Homesick Blues" / "She Belongs to Me"
    Released: March 8, 1965
  2. "Maggie's Farm" / "On the Road Again"
    Released: June 1965
  3. "Gates of Eden"
    Released: July 20, 1965

Bringing It All Back Home (known as Subterranean Homesick Blues in some European countries; sometimes also spelled Bringin' It All Back Home[5]) is the fifth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released in March 1965 by Columbia Records.[6][nb 1] In a major transition from his earlier sound, it was Dylan's first album to incorporate electric instrumentation, which caused controversy and divided many in the contemporary folk scene.[7]

The album is split into two distinct halves; the first half of the album features electric instrumentation, in which on side one of the original LP, Dylan is backed by an electric rock and roll band. The second half features mainly acoustic songs. The album abandons the protest music of Dylan's previous records in favor of more surreal, complex lyrics.[8]

The album reached No. 6 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart, the first of Dylan's LPs to break into the US Top 10. It also topped the UK charts later that spring. The first track, "Subterranean Homesick Blues", became Dylan's first single to chart in the US, peaking at No. 39. Bringing It All Back Home has been described as one of the greatest albums of all time by multiple publications.[9][10][11][12] In 2003, it was ranked number 31 on Rolling Stone's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time", later repositioned to number 181 in the 2020 edition.

  1. ^ Hermes, Will (March 22, 2016). "How Bob Dylan's 'Bringing It All Back Home' 'Stunned the World'". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on May 29, 2016. Retrieved June 4, 2016. We look back at Bob Dylan's 'Bringing It All Back Home,' which saw him go electric, invent folk rock and redefine what can be said in a song.
  2. ^ Breihan, Tom (September 21, 2010). "Morning Benders, Mirah Pay Bob Dylan Tribute". Pitchfork.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference AM was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ June Skinner Sawyers (May 1, 2011). Bob Dylan: New York. Roaring Forties Press. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-9846254-4-4.
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  6. ^ Cash Box, April 10, 1965, page 6
  7. ^ Irwin Silber, editor of folk magazine Sing Out! described Dylan's new music as "a freak and a parody". Bob Dylan by Anthony Scaduto, Abacus Books, 1972, p. 188
  8. ^ Woodward, Richard B. (March 18, 2015). "Dylan's Double Personality: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of 'Bringing It All Back Home'". Wsj.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  9. ^ "Bob Dylan's triumphant album 'Bringing It All Back Home'". faroutmagazine.co.uk. March 22, 2021. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
  10. ^ Hermes, Will (March 22, 2016). "How Dylan's 'Bringing It All Back Home' 'Stunned the World'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
  11. ^ "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. May 31, 2009. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
  12. ^ "Revisiting Bob Dylan's 'Bringing It All Back Home' (1965) | Retrospective Tribute". Albumism. Retrieved November 6, 2022.


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