Blonde On Blonde is without question one of the towering achievements of Bob Dylan’s career, a two-disc masterpiece chock full of lyrically resonant and sonically fascinating songs.

The album might be best known for the monster ballads ‘Vision of Johanna,’ ‘Just Like a Woman’ and ‘Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands’ (which, at over 11 minutes, made up the entirety of Disc Two/Side B of the album’s vinyl release). But it contains just as many looser, faster-paced gems.

My favorite is probably the bawdy ‘Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat,’ though it’s hard to argue with ‘I Want You’ and ‘Absolutely Sweet Marie.’ Not to mention ‘Pledging My Time’ and the divine ‘Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again.’

Already I’ve mentioned enough songs to make up a greatest hits collection, and I haven’t gotten to six others, including today’s Song of the Day.

‘Obviously 5 Believers’ comes between the elegant ‘Fourth Time Around’ and the epic ‘Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands’ and it’s exactly the feisty jolt the album needs at that point.

Perhaps the most interesting lyric in the song is Dylan’s comment on the “black dog barkin'” in his yard: “Yes, I could tell you what he means If I just didn’t have to try so hard.” Words that could easily apply to Dylan’s own work.