Re: Album of the day (#7431): Desire by Bob Dylan

DommeDamian — Tue, 8 Sep 2026 02:55:58 GMT

Author: DommeDamian

Posted: 09/08/2026 06:55

Good one.

Album of the day (#7431): Desire by Bob Dylan

BestEverAlbums — Mon, 7 Sep 2026 16:00:25 GMT

Author: BestEverAlbums

Posted: 09/07/2026 20:00

Today's album of the day

Desire by Bob Dylan (View album | Buy this album)

Year: 1976.
Country:
Bob Dylan discography rank: 6 (out of 81 listed on BEA)
1976 rank: 6
1970s rank: 96
Overall rank: 400
Average rating: 81/100 (from 1013 votes).

Tracks:
1. Hurricane
2. Isis
3. Mozambique
4. One More Cup Of Coffee
5. Oh, Sister
6. Joey
7. Romance In Durango
8. Black Diamond Bay
9. Sara

indicates a top-rated track.

Top voted comments:

"Call out to non-Dylan fans:

If you didn't care much for "Highway 61" or "Blonde on Blonde", be sure to check out this album before you pass up the rest of his discography completely. A totally different sound, both in terms of instrumentation (violin, accordion, mandolin and female background vocals as extra flavours) and vocal style (softer and less twangy, probably country-influenced too). Not to dismiss them at all, but you can actually listen to this album without paying any attention to the lyrics and still be enjoyed all the way through (and that's saying a lot with an 11 minutes epic, "Joey", that musically is quite repetitive) where I find his other albums sometimes get quite monotonous.

It certainly helped convincing me a lot to his music!"
- @Mother Nature's Son (Rating: 85/100)
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"One of Dylan's records that doesn't get anywhere near the amount of praise that it deserves. The songs on here are just fantastic and have a brilliant range in terms of song writing and instrumentation. We have a song as phenomenal as Hurricane opening the album and then one of Dylan's most personal songs, which is one of my favourites, in Sara. The album is then packed full of quality and depth in between the bookends of the record which are also diverse, creative and really engaging. Dylan's lyrics are just as phenomenal as they always are and I think his vocal performance on here is on that level as well. He also gives us some enthralling and entertaining performances on guitar and harmonica. Where this album really stands out for me is the ensemble Dylan has backing him with all of them being incredible but one stands out for me and its Scarlet Rivera. Her violin playing is beautiful on this album and she absolutely commands every song she is on and adds such a special twist to this already great record. Overall, this is more than just a back catalogue album in my opinion and is arguably just as good as his better known releases as its quality is consistently fantastic."
- @Untitled (Rating: 90/100)
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Re: Album of the day (#7431): Desire by Bob Dylan

Album of the day (#7431): Desire by Bob Dylan