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.
- Format: Vinyl, 2 LP
- Genre: Folk, Rock
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Track Listing:
A1 Blowin' In The Wind
A2 Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
A3 The Times They Are A-Changin'
A4 It Ain't Me, Babe
A5 Maggie's Farm
A6 Mr. Tambourine Man
A7 Subterranean Homesick Blues
B1 Like A Rolling Stone
B2 Positively 4th Street
B3 Just Like A Woman
B4 Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
B5 Lay, Lady, Lay
B6 Knockin' On Heaven's Door
C1 Forever Young
C2 Tangled Up In Blue
C3 Gotta Serve Somebody
C4 Jokerman
C5 Make You Feel My Love
D1 Things Have Changed
D2 Mississippi
D3 When The Deal Goes Down
D4 Beyond Here Lies Nothing
D5 Long And Wasted Years
