The Very Best of Bob Dylan

The Very Best of Bob Dylan
Greatest hits album by
Bob Dylan
ReleasedNovember 4, 2013 (2013-11-04)[1]
Genres
Length97:00
LabelSony Music
Bob Dylan chronology
Bob Dylan: The Complete Album Collection Vol. One
(2013)		 The Very Best of Bob Dylan
(2013)		 The 50th Anniversary Collection 1963
(2013)

The Very Best of Bob Dylan is a compilation album the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan released in 2013. That same day the compilation was reissued with an extra disc.[2][3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar[4]

In a review of the album on AllMusic, music critic Mark Deming states that "Giving an album the title The Very Best of Bob Dylan is, more than anything else, a good way to start an argument; given the remarkable scope of Dylan's 50-year recording career, trying to reduce the high points of his body of work to one 18-song set is guaranteed to generate lively (or even hostile) debate among his many fans." and that "For its first 14 tracks, The Very Best of Bob Dylan delivers a stellar lineup of the songwriter's most iconic compositions, and while you can argue whether these tracks are really Dylan at his very best, from "Blowin' in the Wind" to "Hurricane," these are songs that truly changed the shape of popular songwriting, and they retain their power all these years later." and also that "perhaps this isn't literally the Very Best of Bob Dylan, but this music shows why Dylan mattered when he cut his first album in 1962, and why he still inarguably mattered when Tempest arrived in 2012."[4]

Track listings

Standard edition

  1. "Like a Rolling Stone" – 6:09
  2. "Blowin' in the Wind" – 2:47
  3. "Subterranean Homesick Blues" – 2:18
  4. "Lay Lady Lay" – 3:18
  5. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" – 2:30
  6. "I Want You" – 3:05
  7. "All Along the Watchtower" – 2:32
  8. "Tangled Up in Blue" – 5:42
  9. "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" – 3:39
  10. "Hurricane" – 8:32
  11. "Just Like a Woman" – 4:50
  12. "Mr. Tambourine Man" – 5:25
  13. "It Ain't Me Babe" – 3:33
  14. "The Times They Are a-Changin'" – 3:11
  15. "Duquesne Whistle" – 5:43
  16. "Baby, Stop Crying" – 5:19
  17. "Make You Feel My Love" – 3:31
  18. "Thunder on the Mountain" – 5:55

Deluxe edition

Disc one

  1. "Like a Rolling Stone" – 6:09
  2. "Blowin' in the Wind" – 2:47
  3. "Subterranean Homesick Blues" – 2:18
  4. "Lay Lady Lay" – 3:18
  5. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" – 2:30
  6. "I Want You" – 3:05
  7. "All Along the Watchtower" – 2:32
  8. "Tangled Up in Blue" – 5:42
  9. "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" – 3:39
  10. "Hurricane" – 8:32
  11. "Just Like a Woman" – 4:50
  12. "Mr. Tambourine Man" – 5:25
  13. "It Ain't Me Babe" – 3:33
  14. "The Times They Are a-Changin'" – 3:11
  15. "Duquesne Whistle" – 5:43
  16. "Baby, Stop Crying" – 5:19
  17. "Make You Feel My Love" – 3:31
  18. "Thunder on the Mountain" – 5:55

Disc two

  1. "Maggie's Farm" – 3:55
  2. "Rainy Day Women, Nos. 12 & 35" – 4:34
  3. "Girl from the North Country" – 3:20
  4. "Positively 4th Street" (single version) – 3:52
  5. "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" – 6:52
  6. "Shelter from the Storm" – 5:02
  7. "Mississippi" – 5:21
  8. "Quinn the Eskimo (Mighty Quinn)" (live at the Isle of Wight, UK – August 1969) – 2:45
  9. "I Shall Be Released" (studio outtake from 1971) – 3:02
  10. "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" – 4:14
  11. "Forever Young" (slow version) – 4:55
  12. "Gotta Serve Somebody" – 5:25
  13. "Things Have Changed" (single version) – 5:08
  14. "Jokerman" – 6:15
  15. "Not Dark Yet" – 6:28
  16. "Ring Them Bells" – 3:00
  17. "Beyond Here Lies Nothin'" – 3:48

Charts

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[1] Platinum 300,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. 1 2 "British album certifications – Bob Dylan – The Very Best of". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved January 13, 2025. Select albums in the Formats field. Type The Very Best of Bob Dylan in the "Search:" field.
  2. ↑ "The Very Best of Bob Dylan [2013] [Deluxe Edit..." AllMusic. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Bob Dylan / The Very Best Of – SuperDeluxeEdition". September 25, 2013. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  4. 1 2 "The Very Best of Bob Dylan [2013]". AllMusic. Retrieved August 20, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Official Irish Albums Chart on 27/1/2017 – Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart on 10/11/2013 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Official Albums Chart on 10/11/2013 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 14, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Official Album Downloads Chart on 24/1/2025 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 14, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Official Physical Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Update: 22 May 2016 - 4 June 2016". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 14, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Official Record Store Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. 9–15 November 2013. Retrieved March 14, 2025.
  12. ↑ "Official Albums Sales Chart Top 100: 23 January 2025 - 29 January 2025". Official Charts Company. January 23, 2025. Retrieved March 14, 2025.
  13. ↑ "Official Albums Streaming Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company.
  14. ↑ "Official IFPI Charts Top-75 Albums Sales Chart (Combined) – Εβδομάδα: 17/2025" (in Greek). IFPI Greece. Archived from the original on April 30, 2025. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
  15. ↑ "UK Year-End Charts 2013" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. p. 9. Retrieved May 19, 2025.
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