Annotation

Bob Dylan also performed police car on this album.


Also part of the 10-cd box set The Bob Dylan 60's Collection, catalog number 88697 51773 2, with these discs:

Bob Dylan (disc id) | Live at The Gaslight 1962 (disc id) | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (disc id) | The Times They Are A-Changin' (disc id) | Another Side of Bob Dylan (disc id) | Bringing It All Back Home (disc id) | Highway 61 Revisited (disc id) | Blonde on Blonde (disc id) | John Wesley Harding (disc id) | Nashville Skyline (disc id)

Part of the SACD Limited edition hybrid set with these discs:
Bringing It All Back Home | Blood on the Tracks |Blonde on Blonde (disc 1) |Blonde on Blonde (disc 2) |Another Side of Bob Dylan |Desire | Highway 61 Revisited |Infidels |John Wesley Harding |"Love and Theft" |Nashville Skyline |Oh Mercy |Planet Waves |Slow Train Coming |Street Legal |The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Release with catalog # 88697594202 is part of a box set with Blonde on Blonde. The individual disc has catalog # 512351 2 and barcode 5099751235125.

Annotation last modified on 2012-04-03 03:17 UTC.

Wikipedia

Highway 61 Revisited is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on August 30, 1965, by Columbia Records. Dylan continued the musical approach of his previous album Bringing It All Back Home (1965), using rock musicians as his backing band on every track of the album in a further departure from his primarily acoustic folk sound, except for the closing track, the 11-minute ballad "Desolation Row". Critics have focused on the innovative way Dylan combined driving, blues-based music with the subtlety of poetry to create songs that captured the political and cultural chaos of contemporary America. Author Michael Gray has argued that, in an important sense, the 1960s "started" with this album.

Leading with the hit song "Like a Rolling Stone", the album features songs that Dylan has continued to perform live over his long career, including "Ballad of a Thin Man" and the title track. He named the album after the major American highway which connected his birthplace of Duluth, Minnesota, to southern cities famed for their musical heritage, including St. Louis, Memphis, New Orleans, and the Delta blues area of Mississippi.

Highway 61 Revisited peaked at No. 3 on the US Billboard Top LPs chart and No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart. Positively received on release, the album has since been described as one of Dylan's best works and among the greatest albums of all time, ranking No. 4 on Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list in 2003. It was voted No. 26 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000) and was featured in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2010). "Like a Rolling Stone" was a top-10 hit in several countries, and was listed at No. 4 on Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list in 2021. Two other songs, "Desolation Row" and "Highway 61 Revisited", were listed at No. 187 and No. 373 respectively on the 2010 list.

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Album

ReleaseArtistFormatTracksCountry/DateLabelCatalog#Barcode
Official
Highway 61 Revisited (mono)Bob Dylan12" Vinyl9
  • US1965-08-30
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CL 2389[none]
Highway 61 RevisitedBob Dylan12" Vinyl9
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)SBPG 62572[none]
Highway 61 RevisitedBob Dylan12" Vinyl9
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CS 9189[none]
Highway 61 RevisitedBob DylanCD9
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)CDCBS 62572[none]
Highway 61 RevisitedBob DylanCD9
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CK 9189074640918926
Highway 61 RevisitedBob DylanCD9
  • AT1988-03-16
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)460953 25099746095321
Highway 61 RevisitedBob DylanCD9
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)CBS 460953 25099746095321
Highway 61 RevisitedBob DylanCD9
CBS/Sony (imprint used in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia 1968–1991; also used in Spain until 1997)RCD 008 25099700000828
Highway 61 Revisited (manufactured in Japan)Bob DylanCD9
  • US1992-04-30
DCC Compact ClassicsGZS-1021010963102123
Highway 61 Revisited (DCC Gold, Remastered by Steve Hoffman, Manufactured in US)Bob DylanCD9
  • US1992-04-30
DCC Compact ClassicsGZS-1021010963102123
Highway 61 RevisitedBob DylanCD9
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CDCOL 3601 S6001208473133
Highway 61 RevisitedBob DylanCD9
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)460953 2, COL 460953 25099746095321
Highway 61 RevisitedBob DylanCD9
Sony Music Media506055 25099750605523
Highway 61 RevisitedBob DylanSACD9
  • GB2003-09-15
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)512351 65099751235163
Highway 61 RevisitedBob DylanHybrid SACD (CD layer) + Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, 2 channels)9 + 9
  • US2003-09-16
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CH 90324827969032466
Highway 61 Revisited (2003 European reissue; "Bob Dylan Revisited"/"The Reissue Series"; "Nice price")Bob DylanCD9
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)COL 512351 25099751235125
Highway 61 Revisited (club edition)Bob DylanHybrid SACD9
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions)CH 90324, D150965[none]
Highway 61 RevisitedBob DylanCD9
  • GB2004-03-29
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)512351 25099751235125
Highway 61 RevisitedBob DylanCD9
  • US2004-06-01
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CK 92399827969239926
Highway 61 RevisitedBob DylanCD9
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CDCOL 68186007689677732
Highway 61 Revisited (carbon neutral entertainment packaging)Bob DylanCD9
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)88697123142886971231427
Highway 61 RevisitedBob DylanCD9
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697594202886975942022
Highway 61 Revisited (2010 mono version)Bob DylanDigital Media9
  • US2010-10-19
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)884977782646
Highway 61 RevisitedBob DylanDigital Media9
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)827969239926
Highway 61 RevisitedBob DylanBlu-spec CD9
  • JP2013-08-30
Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS boxed Walking Eye imprint)SICP 300274547366189940
Highway 61 Revisited (mono)Bob Dylan12" Vinyl9
  • XE2015-11-27
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)88875146301, CL 2389888751463011
Highway 61 RevisitedBob DylanHybrid SACD (CD layer) + Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, 2 channels)9 + 9
Mobile Fidelity Sound LabUDSACD 2124821797212465
Highway 61 Revisited (Mono version)Bob DylanHybrid SACD (CD layer) + Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, 2 channels)9 + 9
  • US2017-11-17
Mobile Fidelity Sound LabUDSACD 2182821797218269
Highway 61 Revisited (stereo)Bob Dylan12" Vinyl9
  • JP2018-07-18
Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS boxed Walking Eye imprint)SIJP-10034547366356199
Highway 61 RevisitedBob DylanCD9CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)CDCBS625725099706257226
Highway 61 RevisitedBob DylanCD9Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)WCK-918907464091892
Highway 61 RevisitedBob DylanCD9CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)CDCBS 625725099706257226
Highway 61 RevisitedBob DylanCD9Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)460953 25099746095321
Promotion
Highway 61 RevisitedBob DylanCD9
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)CDDEA 22255099700222527

Relationships

associated singles/EPs:Like a Rolling Stone
covers:Uncut: Highway 61 Revisited Revisited by Various Artists (add compilations to this artist)
included in:2cd: Highway 61 Revisited / Blonde on Blonde
Highway 61 Revisited & John Wesley Harding
Limited Edition Catalog Box Set
The Bob Dylan 60’s Collection
The Complete Album Collection, Volume 1
The Complete Album Collection: The 60’s
The Original Mono Recordings
part of:Dave Marsh: Top 40 Albums of 1965 (number: 1) (order: 1)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2003 edition (number: 4) (order: 4)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2012 edition (number: 4) (order: 4)
Absolute Radio's The 100 Collection (number: 9) (order: 9)
The Guardian 100 Best Albums Ever (number: 11) (order: 11)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2020 edition (number: 18) (order: 18)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2023 edition (number: 18) (order: 18)
33⅓ (number: 35) (order: 35)
Discothèque Idéale Qobuz / Qobuz Ideal Discography (order: 37)
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005 edition) (number: 58) (order: 119)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/3986 [info]
reviews:https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/z2f9 [info]
other databases:https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/bob_dylan/highway_61_revisited/ [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000189730 [info]
Wikidata:Q217211 [info]