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Track Listing DISC 1: 1. Blowin' in the Wind 2. It's All Right Don't Think Twice 3. The Times They Are A-Changin' 4. It Ain't Me Babe 5. Maggie's Farm 6. Baby Blue It's All over Now 7. Mr. Tambourine Man 8. Subterranean Homesick Blues 9. Like a Rolling Stone 10. Positively 4th Street 11. Just Like a Woman 12. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 13. All Along the Watchtower 14. The (Quinn the Eskimo) Mighty Quinn 15. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight DISC 2: 1. Lay Lady Lay 2. If Not for You 3. I Shall Be Released 4. You Ain't Going Nowhere 5. Knockin' on Heaven's Door 6. Forever Young 7. Tangled Up in Blue 8. Shelter from the Storm 9. The Hurricane 10. Gotta Serve Somebody 11. Jokerman 12. Silvio 13. Everything Is Broken 14. Not Dark Yet 15. Things Have Changed
Album Notes Personnel: Bob Dylan (vocals, guitar, harmonica).Recording information: 11/1962-07/1999.Photographer: David Gahr.This two-disc 2000 release looks back on Bob Dylan's 38 years of recording and pulls out most of the signature tunes from the songwriting giant's prolific career. For an artist of such stature, it's no easy task to assemble an "essential" compilation in just 30 cuts, but it's hard to argue with the choices made here. Most of the high points in the Minnesotan troubadour's catalog are touched on, and the chronological sequencing provides a kind of tour through Dylan's various phases.We're taken through the pioneering protest-folk period ("Blowin' in the Wind," "The Times They are A-Changin'"), the Rimbaud-inspired songpoet mode ("It's All Over Now, Baby Blue," "Mr. Tambourine Man"), the amphetamine-fueled rocker phase ("Like A Rolling Stone"), and all the rest of Dylan's many twists and turns. From the poignant introspection of "Shelter From the Storm" to the born-again R&B of "You Gotta Serve Somebody" and the searing narrative of "Hurricane," we get the broad view of an awe-inspiring body of work. Diehards will doubtlessly complain about various disincluded tracks, but on the evidence presented, it's easy to see why the genius tag is so often applied to this artist. |
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