Please vote for your favorite album. The top two vote-getters will move on to the 64-album tournament.

The poll will end tomorrow at 10:00AM Eastern.

No brainer here.

You know, putting Oasis in there was just mean, OPA. I know it's not many people's favorites, but it ranks WAY up there for me. But I mean, there's no way I'm voting against Exile.

I thought of you as soon as I realized who was in this group.

This is complete bullshit.

Blonde on Blonde or Exile.

Mission Impossible. These truly should've been seeded better.

This is like UNC and UConn meeting in the first round of the NCAA Tourney.

autolux. why not?

Exile pins BoB down and fucks it in the ass like OPA on one of his cousins.

Going back through BOB, I think it's easier to go Exile. Not my favorite Dylan. Though I would like to see Oasis make it through too.

Bob.

Dude, you're on a roll.


I picked Pink Floyd ( ), but in my defense, that's a very atypical Floyd album, and a pretty unique album in general. I'm not really a fan of Pink Floyd or Syd Barrett, but Piper is great.

Exile doesn't need my vote, and I feel about the same about Blonde on Blonde as I do about London Calling. There are some songs on it that are undeniably great, several that are just OK, and few I really, really dislike. It's not one of my favorite Dylan records.

It should lose out simply because of Rainy Day Women. Every other song, save maybe Pledging My Time, is pretty awesome.

But Exile defines a MAIN ERA in my life. Now, truly if it was Highway 61 or Bringing it All Back Home, I'd have some trouble here.

BoB.

i voted (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? because it means more to me personally than Exile, as much as i love that album.

I just listen to the Oasis album more often. So, that by a hair over Exile.

Oasis at the top of their game. Better than Definitely Maybe imo.

Despite what I just said about BoB, I'll be MUCH happier if that and Exile advance rather than The Stone and Oasis. Please not Oasis. Weezer's bad enough.

also, Blonde On Blonde, as good as it is, falls short of being a near perfect album for me. it has ups and downs, not solid front to back.

I went with Bob, neither it nor the Stones need my vote, but if they do I want to make sure Bob defeats Oasis.

pretty tough one for me - but I'll go Exile

what Derris said.

I think it's obvious who gets through this one.

I voted Dylan

I still listen t this album a fair amount. It's fucking brilliant for what it is.

SHITE?

I'm a bit bothered by your dismissiveness of the Blonde On Blonde. I'll probably end up going Exile simply for the late night memories made with that album playing in the background but this is pretty difficult to me.

To me, "Blonde on Blonde" is him channeling the zeitgeist. It's just as sprawling and diverse as Exile is. I wonder if "Like A Rolling Stone" had been the first song if that album wouldn't have become a consensus greatest album ever. But, in it's context, I think it's perfect. I think Rainy Day Women offsets the other heavy songs on there. The whole thing is just impossible to pin down. It's serious, tossed off, bluesy, ramshackle, precise, dense, superficial, dark, funny, poetic, accessible, and inaccessible (if you know the meaning of "Visions of Johanna", you're lying).


Some of his best songs too. Throw in some Danko, Robertson, Hudson, Manuel, Al Kooper, and Charlie McCoy and you've got a masterwork and, to me, the best overall glimpse into why Dylan was so great.

I'm not saying I'd vote it over Exile. Just that this was difficult and it was a 15 round Heavyweight fight that went to the cards and the fix might be in.

Nicely put. It's still my fave Dylan album (counting Basement Tapes as a Dylan/Band collaboration).

i didn't like "Rainy Day" for a long time, but it recently clicked and washed off the years of radio abuse and whatever other issues I previously had with it.