

In it's wake, folk artists looked to the use of electric instrumentation, and rock artists turned to folk music for song-writing inspiration. It was his declaration of independence from the folk community that had spawned him, and it effectively bridged the gap between folk and rock music. The album introduced many of his most famous songs, among them "Subterranean Homesick Blues", "Mr Tambourine Man", "It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" and "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue".īringing It All Back Home was a major landmark for Dylan, and it created waves that moved throughout the folk and pop worlds. A detailed reading of the songs on Bringing It All Back Home would reveal his disattisfaction with the folk community and his desire to leave it behind. Aesthetic changes aside, his songs were moving in increasingly surreal directions, with his lyrics becoming even more cryptic and unusual. Side two was mostly acoustic, though he was backed here and there by Bruce Langhorne's electric guitar or Bill Lee's bass. The album is divided into an electric and an acoustic side, although the acoustic side included some tracks in which other instruments were backing up Dylan and his guitar, but no drums were used. Side one of the album saw him backed by a band, performing in a ragged blues-rock style. Bringing It All Back Home is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released in March 1965 via Columbia Records. His growing audience in the rock and pop worlds were delighted. However it was his next album that caused the biggest stir, as with Bringing It All Back Home he entered the world of electric rock music. Many had noted how Another Side Of Bob Dylan made the move away from the protest song and into more personal and abstract themes. By 1965, Bob Dylan had been moving away from the folk community which he had emerged from.
