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Love gone wrong
Partings, regrets, and songs written after the door closed.
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1964Greenwich Village
1 of 13Ballad in Plain D
Another Side of Bob Dylan
A long, raw account of the night his relationship with Suze Rotolo fell apart.
↓ 1 year later
1965Going Electric
2 of 13It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Bringing It All Back Home
The album's closing song, it was later recorded by Them with Van Morrison.
↓ the same year
1965Going Electric
3 of 13Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
Highway 61 Revisited
Set largely in Juarez, Mexico, it was recorded in the summer 1965 New York sessions.
↓ the same year
1965Going Electric
4 of 13Like a Rolling Stone
Highway 61 Revisited
Released as a single in July 1965 at over six minutes, it reached number two in the US.
↓ the same year
1965Going Electric
5 of 13Queen Jane Approximately
Highway 61 Revisited
The song opens side two of the original LP.
↓ 2 years later
1967Basement and Country
6 of 13I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine
John Wesley Harding
Its title and opening echo the labor ballad about the union organizer Joe Hill.
↓ 2 years later
1969Basement and Country
7 of 13Girl From the North Country
Nashville Skyline
Dylan re-recorded his 1963 song as a duet with Johnny Cash in Nashville, and it opens the album.
↓ the same year
1969Basement and Country
8 of 13I Threw It All Away
Nashville Skyline
Dylan sang it on the premiere episode of The Johnny Cash Show in 1969.
↓ the same year
1969Basement and Country
9 of 13Tell Me That It Isn't True
Nashville Skyline
It was recorded in Nashville in February 1969 with Bob Johnston producing.
↓ 6 years later
1975Blood on the Tracks
10 of 13You’re a Big Girl Now
Blood on the Tracks
A Blood on the Tracks song of hurt and longing after a love has gone.
↓ the same year
1975Blood on the Tracks
11 of 13If You See Her, Say Hello
Blood on the Tracks
A message sent to a former lover through someone else, still aching after she has left.
↓ 14 years later
1989The '80s
12 of 13Man in the Long Black Coat
Oh Mercy
Its recording opens with the sound of crickets, adding to Lanois's swampy atmosphere.
↓ the same year
1989The '80s
13 of 13Most of the Time
Oh Mercy
It was used in the 2000 film High Fidelity.