Dylan

Bob Dylan | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 2, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000TP4FWK
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #103,587 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Blowin' in the Wind

2. The Times They are A-changin'

3. Subterranean Homesick Blues

4. Mr. Tambourine Man

5. Like a Rolling Stone

6. Maggie's Farm

7. Positively 4th Street

8. Just Like a Woman

9. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35

10. All Along the Watchtower

11. Lay Lady Lay

12. Knockin' On Heaven's Door

13. Tangled Up In Blue

14. Hurricane

15. Make You Feel My Love

16. Things Have Changed

17. Someday Baby

18. Forever Young

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

It's about time the record-buying public was offered up a decent, updated Dylan compilation! After all, artists with far less in the way of cultural influence, sales figures, or sheer release numbers have put out many more retrospective collections. Think of this, then, as your Dummies' Guide to Dylan. And for those who really aren't sure if they like the reedy Poet of a Generation® or not, there's even a single CD Cliffs Notes-sized version. For everyone else, there's a triple-disc edition with deluxe packaging and nifty artwork. Even the most marginal fan might quibble with the selection--shouldn't, like, half of it be taken from The Basement Tapes, rather than just one tune?--but there's not a mediocre song on here. It's a tad surprising that the songs are arranged chronologically, rather than grouped by grand themes, the way Johnny Cash's music was on his Love, God, Murder set. But then it is such a pleasure to watch Dylan's progression, to listen as he so quickly works through his influences, goes electric, discovers country music and then God—and then finally somehow wraps it all up together like some alchemical, one-man version of Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music. No matter how you wrap it up, or which commercials it acts as the soundtrack to, or what professors might try to eulogize it to death, this is music that remains as thrillingly alive today as a rattlesnake coiled and hissing in your boots tomorrow morning. --Mike McGonigal

Product Description

Dylan is a career spanning retrospective of Bob Dylan's music. This definitive Bob Dylan collection chronicles the artist's four decades of groundbreaking studio recordings, as well as his unparalleled influence on popular music and culture. Dylan serves as both a comprehensive introduction for new fans and an expansive, cherished overview for long time Bob Dylan Devotees.

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the best best of yet, October 9, 2007

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Nico Jagga (South Africa) - See all my reviews
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normally a best of compilation does not adequately reflect the career of the artist.if that statement holds true of the average artist,imagine the effort that had to go into compiling a best of spanning the career of someone as prolific as dylan.
giving the above, listening to this compilation and finding that it is a comprehensive introduction to the greatest living artist,came as a pleasant surprise .yes there are some omissions,but with dylan's repertoire,isnt that to be expected?fact is,the songs that are there,are wonderfull,and the compilation fully deserving of a five star rating.listen for yourself and decide.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dylan, December 11, 2007

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Joan Dillon - See all my reviews
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We just can't get enough of this album. We have been Dylan fans for years and years and this album just makes us want to dance. We were raised in California, born in the 40's and college in the 60's need I say more.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars HEEEERE WE GO AGAIN!, November 12, 2007

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wally gator "the only" (USA) - See all my reviews
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I was at my favorite used record shop the other evening, killing some time, and I couldn't help but notice how many used copies of this new Dylan hits package were on the shelf. The album (available in either a three disc version or a one disc, this being the one disc) was released just over a month ago, and it seems that not only did hordes of people get duped into buying this, but also that hordes of people bought it, and then didn't want it anymore- within a month.

LETS GO OVER THIS AGAIN- every year Bob Dylan releases a new greatest hits package. Every year Columbia tries to make it look like the new one has all sorts of stuff that the previous hits packs didn't have- BUT, they never do. If you are new to Dylan, just about any hits package will do you just fine, BUT, you should probably stay away from hits packs anyways, and just pick up one of the numerous classic proper albums that the man has released over the last forty five years. Any album released between 63-67 is usually a great starting point. Seventies albums Blood on The Tracks or Desire are also acceptable, or perhaps one of the three albums he's put out in the last ten years.

If you are a slightly more,n casual Dylan fan the three disc set may be your cup of tea. As it is readily available this Christmas season. As far as this one disc version goes I just don't see the point... 11 of the 18 tracks are from the sixties hey day, with nine tracks that were on the very first Dyaln hits pack released in 1967, the remaining thirty five years are covered sparsely with four songs from the seventies, and three songs from the past ten years. THINGS HAVE CHANGED from 2001's Wonder Boys soundtrack is the only song that would be slightly tougher to find elsewhere. The three disc set contains one or two more tracks that are rare, like BLIND WILLIE MCTELL, and apparently a remixed version of the 1966 deep cut MOST LIKELY YOU GO YOUR WAY (why?)

Anyway, perhaps the impressive advertising and packaging have already sold you, but I don't see how so many sell backs to the used bin could be wrong. Save your money. Three stars, as it is Bob Dylan. But I'm also adding one of these frown faces to cap off this review :(