For All Seasons
Ben Myers at Faith and Theology had a post a couple months ago that caught my fancy. I figure it's good for a Monday. He pointed out that Bob Dylan has an album for every mood and occasion. He is a real poet of the human condition. If we feel it, Dylan sings about it. Here's Ben's list.

When you’re visiting the city: Highway 61 Revisited
When you’re visiting the country: Nashville Skyline

When you’ve just gotten married: Planet Waves
When you’ve just gotten divorced: Blood on the Tracks

When you’re feeling very youthful: The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan
When you’re feeling very old: “Love and Theft”

When you’re in love with life: New Morning
When you’re sick of life: Time Out of Mind

When you’re dreaming of exotic romances: Desire
When you’ve renounced exotic romances: Down in the Groove

When you’re full of nostalgia: Modern Times
When you’re full of rage: Hard Rain

When you’ve just been born again: Saved
When you’ve just become a pagan: Street-Legal

When you’re feeling smooth: Oh Mercy
When you’re feeling rough and ragged: World Gone Wrong

When you’ve got all the answers: Slow Train Coming
When you’ve got none of the answers: Blonde on Blonde

Over such an amazing musical career Dylan really has covered the bases. Which is the real Dylan? Who cares. The mark of a great poet, songwriter, novelist is that they can address the human condition in all its sides, sizes, and quirks. The fact that Dylan has continued to write and grow and change through all these years and still remain more than listenable is a mark of his uniqueness.