Following his 1974 tour in support of album, ‘Planet Waves,’ Bob Dylan engaged in a relationship with an employee from Columbia Records, Ellen Bernstein. He had still been married to wife, Sara, at the time and, obviously, this new relationship signalled the sharp decline of his marriage. ‘Blood On The Tracks’ is the record that came out of this heart-breaking and tumultuous time in Dylan’s life.

“Crack!” The sound of the snare that opens the record. The first thing we hear. Bruce Springsteen said it best, “that snare shot that sounded like somebody'd kicked open the door to your mind ... The way that Elvis freed your body, Dylan freed your mind, and showed us that because the music was physical did not mean it was anti-intellect.”

And the first drop out of the Top 10. This incarnation of the list is a rollercoaster of emotions. Following Dylan’s infamous controversial gig at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival (the one where he controversially played electric guitar), Dylan was in the market for a new band. On the recommendation of John Hammond Jr, the son of Columbia Records executive who had signed him (and later Springsteen), Dylan hired Levon and The Hawks, a group of musicians soon to be known simply as The Band. ‘Blonde On Blonde’ was the third in a trilogy of Rock albums that Dylan had release, the first two being ‘Bringing It All Back Home’ (#181) and ‘Highway 61 Revisited’.