"Because something is happening here but you don't know what it is." Released 60 years ago last month, this is the album that cemented Bob Dylan as a force in rock 'n' roll. His first albums were covers of American folk standards, but more and more he started writing his own new folk songs and started having a full band back him on his recordings. In July of 1965, he played 3 songs including the new single "Like A Rolling Stone" with his rock band and an electric guitar at the Newport Folk Festival, where the audience was very divided about this new type of music from one of the young men who brought folk music back to the charts. A month later, this album was released and it's been one of the most iconic albums of rock music ever since. Dylan's songs keep the pace moving fast and the lyrics as poetic and hard-to-comprehend as ever. Bob Dylan also pushed the boundaries of what was allowed in music at the time, with a 6-minute lead single and an 11-minute closing track on Side B. This album is an important moment in music history and it's still lots of fun to listen to all these years later.

Release Year: 1965
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