Nashville Skyline is Bob Dylan's 9th proper studio album, released by Columbia Records in 1969. The album marked a dramatic departure for Dylan, previously known for his groundbreaking, poetic folk music and rock'n'roll. Nashville Skyline, building on a rustic style he experimented with on John Wesley Harding, displayed a complete immersion into country music. Along with the more basic themes and simple songwriting structures, it introduced audiences to a radically new singing voice from Dylan - a soft, affected country croon. The result received some mixed reaction from critics at the time, but Nashville Skyline, despite its brevity (it is Read more on Last.fm.
