The Essential Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
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| Name | Artist | Time | Price | ||
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| 1 | Blowin' In the Wind | Bob Dylan | 2:45 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 2 | Don't Think Twice, It's All Right | Bob Dylan | 3:37 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 3 | The Times They Are A-Changin' | Bob Dylan | 3:11 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 4 | It Ain't Me, Babe | Bob Dylan | 3:32 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 5 | Maggie's Farm | Bob Dylan | 3:51 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 6 | It's All Over Now, Baby Blue | Bob Dylan | 4:14 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 7 | Mr. Tambourine Man | Bob Dylan | 5:26 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 8 | Subterranean Homesick Blues | Bob Dylan | 2:17 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 9 | Like a Rolling Stone | Bob Dylan | 6:07 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 10 | Positively 4th Street | Bob Dylan | 3:52 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 11 | Just Like a Woman | Bob Dylan | 4:50 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 12 | Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 | Bob Dylan | 4:34 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 13 | All Along the Watchtower | Bob Dylan | 2:30 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 14 | Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) | Bob Dylan | 2:17 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 15 | I'll Be Your Baby Tonight | Bob Dylan | 2:39 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 1 | Lay, Lady, Lay | Bob Dylan | 3:16 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 2 | If Not for You | Bob Dylan | 2:39 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 3 | I Shall Be Released | Bob Dylan | 3:01 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 4 | You Ain't Goin' Nowhere | Bob Dylan | 2:43 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 5 | Knockin' On Heaven's Door | Bob Dylan | 2:29 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 6 | Forever Young | Bob Dylan | 4:56 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 7 | Tangled Up In Blue | Bob Dylan | 5:40 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 8 | Shelter from the Storm | Bob Dylan | 5:01 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 9 | Hurricane | Bob Dylan | 8:32 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 10 | Gotta Serve Somebody | Bob Dylan | 5:23 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 11 | Jokerman | Bob Dylan | 6:14 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 12 | Silvio | Bob Dylan | 3:05 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 13 | Everything Is Broken | Bob Dylan | 3:12 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 14 | Not Dark Yet | Bob Dylan | 6:27 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 15 | Things Have Changed | Bob Dylan | 5:08 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 30 Songs |
Album Review
A double-disc set released for the holiday season of 2000, The Essential Bob Dylan is a fine choice for the casual listener that just wants all the songs they know on one collection — it's Dylan's equivalent of Beatles One. Outside of the remastering and the previously non-LP (and very good) "Things Have Changed," there's nothing here for collectors, but, then again, that's not who this was designed for. This collection is for the listener that wants "Blowin' in the Wind," "Like a Rolling Stone," "All Along the Watchtower," "Quinn the Eskimo," "Lay Lady Lay," and "Tangled Up in Blue" in one tidy place. Yes, it's easy to find great songs missing, but for those casual fans, and for those looking for a fairly comprehensive yet concise entry point, The Essential Bob Dylan comes close to living up to its title. [A limited tour edition adds a third disc including original versions of "John Wesley Harding," "I Threw It All Away," and four more.]
Recent Customer Reviews
LOVE HIM!
by rockies_fanatic414Great album. Especially Blowin' in the Wind, Positively 4th Street, Hurricane and Forever Young.Though I wish it had some of his other songs.
I wish more people listened to him. I'm in middle school and I was asking my friends if they had ever heard of him and I mostly got 'huh' or 'who' or blank stares. WHAT THE FLIP IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE???? how can someone never have heard of the GREATEST SONG WRITER OF ALL TIME????? yes, i said it. his lyrics are poetry. they're amazing. the melodies are simple, but catchy and beautiful and his voice fits his songs perfectly. i mean, i like Lady GaGa as much as the next person, but this is song writing. this isn't some teen pop artist who has too much time (and money) on her hands, so she spends it working with the songs in the studio. his voice isn't fixed to be perfect and its different. Almost none of his songs sound the same.
Bob Dylan - Where he was and where he IS NOW
by Craig in CaliBob Dylan was a Folk Singer and songwriter. He was influenced by "Woody Guthrie" (This land is Your land...) and other folk singers and troubadours that came before him. He wrote songs about "Causes" and "the struggle of man in society" and how to look at your self among others and how they may see YOU.
And of course he wrote about the BS of Politics and the Politians that use their Silver Tongues when they manipulate us.
He didn't pick up an Electric Guitar until 1965 after the Beatles came on the music scene.
Dylan is FAMOUS for writing great songs that others performed better than him and made his songs HITS. Hendrix, the Byrds etc...
So before you sound ignorant PLEASE learn a little ablout the man and the History of modern Music and how it evolved to where we are NOW.
Peace, Love and God I Hope You Get it NOW brothers and sisters as the Future is F*** if you don't.
Bob Dylan... hmm...
by anonymouspianistI'm not going to say Bob Dylan is a brilliant artist in every sense. As a musician, I think he largely jams chords, and really is a fairly unpleasant singer to listen to.
As far as his songwriting, he's better than most popular songwriters. I guess my main issue with his songwriting is not that he's better than most songwriters, but that he's not as good as the average poet. For me, he crosses the line - if only slightly - between good songwriting and serious poetry. In his songs, that much is clearly his ambition. And for people who are used to serious poetry, his lyrics are really quite dissatisfying - he doesn't understand rhyme scheme for the most part, and the rhetoric is flawed at best.
What Dylan's best for is easily the usual in-between sort of listening - you're not listening for his rhetoric or a carefully-crafted poem; he's not capable of that, truth be told. But you're not just listening to have some fun, either. I suppose you're supposed to listen to his lyrics and fill in the holes in the rhetoric with your own ideas. In that sense, his lyrics are certainly stimulating. No, he's no Robert Frost, but he's no Justin Timberlake either.
To call him a king of poetic craft is quite excessive, though - if you want a songwriter who understands poetic structure, check Randy Newman - brilliant rhetoric, very intelligent and lucid use of metaphor. You won't get that here, but you will get something at least somewhat enjoyable, I think.
Biography
Born: May 24, 1941 in Duluth, MN
Genre: Rock
Years Active: '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s
Top Albums and Songs by Bob Dylan
| Name | Album | Time | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Like a Rolling Stone | The Essential Bob Dylan | 6:07 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 2 | Hurricane | The Essential Bob Dylan | 8:32 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 3 | Knockin' On Heaven's Door | The Essential Bob Dylan | 2:29 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 4 | The Times They Are A-Changin' | The Essential Bob Dylan | 3:11 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 5 | Lay, Lady, Lay | The Essential Bob Dylan | 3:16 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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- $19.99
- Genres: Rock, Music, Rock & Roll, Singer/Songwriter, Pop, Pop/Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Arena Rock, Folk-Rock, Southern Rock, Soft Rock
- Released: 2001
- ℗ Originally Recorded 1967, Originally Released 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, (P) 1973, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1997, 2000 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
