Bob Dylan - The Essential Bob Dylan (Australia edition) (2001)
Artist: Bob Dylan
Title: The Essential Bob Dylan
Year Of Release: 2001
Label: Columbia / Sony Music TV
Genre: Folk Rock, Singer-Songwriter
Quality: 320 / FLAC (tracks, artwork)
Total Time: 2:35:07
Total Size: 363 / 963 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist: Title: The Essential Bob Dylan
Year Of Release: 2001
Label: Columbia / Sony Music TV
Genre: Folk Rock, Singer-Songwriter
Quality: 320 / FLAC (tracks, artwork)
Total Time: 2:35:07
Total Size: 363 / 963 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview
CD 1
01. Blowin' In The Wind (2:49)
02. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (3:39)
03. The Time They Are A-Changin' (3:14)
04. It Ain't Me, Babe (3:35)
05. Maggie's Farm (3:54)
06. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (4:17)
07. Mr. Tambourine Man (5:29)
08. Subterranean Homesick Blues (2:20)
09. Like A Rolling Stone (6:10)
10. Positively 4th Street (3:55)
11. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (3:34)
12. I Want You (3:06)
13. Just Like A Woman (4:53)
14. Rainy Day Woman #12 & 35 (4:36)
15. All Along The Watchtower (2:34)
16. Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) (2:20)
17. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (2:41)
18. Lay, Lady, Lay (3:19)
19. If Not For You (2:42)
20. I Shall Be Released (3:04)
21. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (2:46)
22. Knockin' On Heaven's Door (2:33)
CD 2
01. Forever Young (4:59)
02. Tangled Up In Blue (5:43)
03. Shelter From The Storm (5:03)
04. Hurricane (8:34)
05. Changing Of The Guards (6:38)
06. Gotta Serve Somebody (5:25)
07. Blind Willie McTell (5:53)
08. Jokerman (6:16)
09. Tight Connection To My Heart (Has Anybody Seen My Love?) (5:26)
10. Silvio (3:08)
11. Everything Is Broken (3:13)
12. Dignity (Original Version) (5:37)
13. Not Dark Yet (6:30)
14. Things Have Changed (5:11)
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.
