With the Timothée Chalamet-starring Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown about to be released, it is well worth considering the greatest songs he wrote during the timelines of the film, so up to 1965’s album Highway 61 Revisited.
While his self-titled debut record came out in 1962, the rapid acceleration in the volume, style and scope of his songs in those three years is absolutely staggering. And of course, carried the weight of him switching from acoustic folk to electric rock ‘n’ roll that caused such a scandal; “Judas!” as one British fan famously put it.
