Blonde on the Tracks is the debut studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Emma Swift and was released August 14, 2020 by Tiny Ghost Records.
[1] Swift said "The idea for the album came about during a long depressive phase, the kind where it's hard to get out of bed and get dressed and present to the world as a high-functioning human.
"[14] Joe Breen, writing in the Irish Times, noted the difficulty in finding something new in such an often-interpreted musician as Dylan, and said that "rarely has he been covered so tenderly as on this quietly impressive (and wittily titled) collection.
"[11] Brittney McKenna of Nashville Scene wrote that Swift's vocals are "at once delicate and tough, recalling the sturdy sultriness of Cat Power or Jenny Lewis far more than Dylan’s own folky rasp.
Her high, clear voice highlights each syllable, letting you hear the words form, one seemingly following inevitably from the other, until they feel handed down, fragments of old songs now speaking to each other."
[16] She performed seven of the album's eight tracks—leaving off only the epic "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands", which was replaced by "I've Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You", another song from Dylan's Rough and Rowdy Ways.