Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Primary Artist
Bob Dylan
Album Title
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Release Date
May 27, 1963 
Time
50:08 
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Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
It's hard to overestimate the importance of The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, the record that firmly established Dylan as an unparalleled songwriter, one of considerable skill, imagination, and vision. At the time, folk had been quite popular on college campuses and bohemian circles, making headway onto the pop charts in diluted form, and while there certainly were a number of gifted songwriters, nobody had transcended the scene as Dylan did with this record. There are a couple (very good) covers, with "Corrina Corrina" and "Honey Just Allow Me One More Chance," but they pale with the originals here. Read More