Is it this f***ed everywhere else as well or have we got it especially bad?

I actually prefer First Impressions but yeah Room On Fire is more consistent.

That album starts really well then takes a bit of a nosedive.

You Only Live Once, Juicebox, Heart in a Cage, Razorblade are all great

I don’t hear the nosedive in quality personally, I just think it’s a bit overstuffed. My favorite on it is honestly Ize Of The World which is towards the end. Especially that part from 1:54 to 2:28.

Maybe blasphemous but I think the Blonde on Blonde cover is kinda bad.

best since Is This It

Feels like one of those things that’s so iconic it tricks people into thinking it’s aesthetically good

It's iconic because it's aesthetically good

Even my metalhead friend who couldn't give a s*** about Dylan was like "that's a cool cover"

It looks like a low res paparazzi shot of him with a piss yellow color filter.

I think you're in the minority with this opinion my friend and you're just gonna have to live with that

I think Jackson C Frank's albums cover is kinda bad

I mean I agree a lot of "iconic" covers aren't anything special but I don't think BoB is one of them

I think it captures his nervous energy and transient nature perfectly. Even when you have a scheduled photo shoot with the guy he won't sit still for a second and is just an unknowable blur.

I’d give a ton of money to be able to just look into alternate realities where something is slightly different to see the changes in reactions from people. Like if this was a lesser Dylan album or even just straight up bad, I doubt people would praise the cover.

I agree, it doesn’t even really reflect the music. This may have been better.

I don't think so. He had a lot of mediocre album covers but that isn't one of them. It's very striking.

I really love the Bringing It All Back Home cover, especially if you remove the white border.

So cryptic :ohno:

I think it would be memorable even if the album was mid

@HeyFella you don't like my take?

It’s a good take and I totally can see it but it doesn’t feel like a conscious decision for why that cover was chosen and it just seems like a projection of the albums material onto the image to elevate it. Still a good take.

They probably just thought it was the most enigmatic of the bunch they took

"I wanted to find an interesting location outside of the studio. We went to the west side, where the Chelsea art galleries are now. At the time it was the meat packing district of New York and I liked the look of it. It was freezing and we were very cold. The frame he chose for the cover is blurred and out of focus. Of course everyone was trying to interpret the meaning, saying it must represent getting high on an LSD trip. It was none of the above; we were just cold and the two of us were shivering. There were other images that were sharp and in focus but, to his credit, Dylan liked that photograph"

Maybe it wasn't nervous energy and he was just shivering