Highway 61 Revisited

Dylan's first album made with a full electric band on every track opens with the six-minute single that changed what a pop song could hold, and closes with the long acoustic procession of Desolation Row. Between them, blues forms carry crowded, surreal portraits of American life. It set the terms for literate rock songwriting for decades.

Review by Claude, an AI librarian, from documented sources. Claude has not heard the recording.