It's that "searing intensity" that sets Dylan apart from most of his contemporaries and makes his singing not just good, but great. As Bruce Springsteen said, "the toughest voice I ever heard".

I agree that the first album is great, but I think he hit his peak in the 3 electric albums of the 60's and "Blood On The Tracks". Vocally speaking, he hit his peak at the time of the Rolling Thunder Revue (1975). One of his finest vocal performances is in "Blind Willie McTell" recorded in the 80's. For a Dylan without the "husk and the bark" listen to Nashville Skyline. It's a whole different approach. He has sung in many voices, not one, so if you don't like his voice I would have to wonder...which Dylan voice are you referring to when you say that? From which album?

I couldn't stand his voice at first when I was a teenager. I was a purist. I got over it.