[Mr. Mojo]

Right on the money. Many point to Bring it all Back Home ('65) - an amazing album in its own right, and his first "electric" one - as the album where he broke from his "protest" past, but it was actually Another side of ('64). I suspect the Beatles listened to it a lot before recording Rubber Soul ('65).

JWH ('68) is just about as opposite an album as the one that immediately preceded it - Blonde on Blonde ('66) - as possible. The post-motorcycle-wreck album. The coming-back-down-to-earth album. Confused the critics yet again, and convinced the protest-folkies that not only was he gone for good but perhaps was never really with them to begin with.

[HenryLeeII]

I seem to recall reading somewhere that Lennon loved Another Side, and was heavily influenced by it when writing "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away."