John Wesley Harding (1967) Album Review

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Music critics combined give John Wesley Harding a score of 3.7460 out of 4

based on (8) reviews

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Music critics combined give John Wesley Harding a score of 4 out of 4

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Music critics combined give John Wesley Harding a score of 3 out of 4

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Rolling Stone

So, there is this semi-recognizable cat on the front of the album out there in the woods, looking like some friend of Baudelaire, way back in 1844 in "Le Vieux Quartier" of Paris with a few friends from inside the walls. Read more about John Wesley Harding on Rolling Stone

All Music Guide

Bob Dylan returned from exile withJohn Wesley Harding, a quiet, country-tinged album that split dramatically from his previous three. Read more about John Wesley Harding on All Music Guide

PopMatters

John Wesley Harding : The Apocalypse and the Sweet Morning After Bob Dylan's John Wesley Harding is an album of half-spoken secrets, hushed whispers, illegible writings, and missing pages. It is grainy black and white. It has the feel of antiquity settled on it like decades upon decades of quietly accumulating dust. Read more about John Wesley Harding on PopMatters

Reviews by Score:

Movie critics combined give John Wesley Harding a score of 4.00 out of 4

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Rolling Stone

So, there is this semi-recognizable cat on the front of the album out there in the woods, looking like some friend of Baudelaire, way back in 1844 in "Le Vieux Quartier" of Paris with a few friends from inside the walls. You might well ask,
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Movie critics combined give John Wesley Harding a score of 3.40 out of 4

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Adrian Denning.co.uk

A lot happened to Dylan during the Blonde On Blonde era and its immediate aftermath. He toured with 'The Band' and attracted controversy at virtually every single concert they played. This has been captured well in the recently released Royal Albert
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John Wesley Harding

by Bob Dylan

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All Time

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147

1960's

of 5,306

18

1967

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4
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    49
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    38
- Folk
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    15
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    10
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    5
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    141
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    85
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    32
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    86
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    9
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    6
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