Bob Dylan’s Highway 61 Revisited, The Elite Records That Followed Rock’s First Flawless Album
Fifty years ago Bob Dylan released Highway 61 Revisited, which is arguably the best album ever. Some could defend a choice of one of three of The Beatles albums, or even Dylan's very own Blonde on Blonde or Blood on the Tracks.
One point that cannot be debated, however, is that Highway 61 Revisited is the first album to be flawless in that it has no bad songs. Every record until then, no matter how good, contained at least one clunker.
In the half century since its release, Highway 61 Revisited has been joined by just a handful of other albums that are flawless. Here are the ten, all perfect and from a wide range of the rock genre.
Hunky Dory by David Bowie
The biggest single from the album was "Changes," but each tune is a gem. There is a song honoring Dylan, another praising Andy War...