The Essential Bob Dylan

Infobox Album
Name = The Essential Bob Dylan
Type = compilation
Artist = Bob Dylan


Released = October 31, 2000
Recorded = July 1962 – July 1999
Genre = Folk, rock, country
Length = 124:26
Label = Columbia
Producer = John H. Hammond, Tom Wilson, Bob Johnston, Leon Russell, Gordon Carroll, Don DeVito, Jerry Wexler, Barry Beckett, Bob Dylan, Mark Knopfler, Daniel Lanois
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:mx1m967ojep1 link]
Last album = ""
(1998)
This album = "The Essential Bob Dylan"
(2000)
Next album = "Love and Theft"
(2001)

"The Essential Bob Dylan" is a compilation by Bob Dylan, released as a double-CD set in 2000, part of Columbia Records' "The Essential" series."The Essential Bob Dylan" spans from 1963's "Blowin' In The Wind" (taken from "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan") to 1999's "Things Have Changed" (Dylan's Oscar-winning song from the motion picture, "Wonder Boys").

"The Essential Bob Dylan" has proven to be a solid seller in Dylan's catalog, reaching #67 in the US, and peaking at #9 in the UK.

Track listing

Original release

Disc one

#"Blowin' in the Wind" – 2:48
#"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" – 3:39
#"The Times They Are A-Changin'" – 3:13
#"It Ain't Me Babe" – 3:35
#"Maggie's Farm" – 3:54
#"It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" – 4:16
#"Mr. Tambourine Man" – 5:28
#"Subterranean Homesick Blues" – 2:19
#"Like a Rolling Stone" – 6:09
#"Positively 4th Street" – 3:55
#"Just Like a Woman" – 4:52
#"Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" – 4:36
#"All Along the Watchtower" – 2:32
#"Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)" – 2:20
#"I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" – 2:39

Disc two

#"Lay, Lady, Lay" – 3:18
#"If Not for You" – 2:41
#"I Shall Be Released" – 3:04
#"You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" – 2:46
#"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" – 2:32
#"Forever Young" – 4:58
#"Tangled Up in Blue" – 5:43
#"Shelter from the Storm" – 5:03
#"Hurricane" (Dylan, Levy) – 8:34
#"Gotta Serve Somebody" – 5:25
#"Jokerman" – 6:17
#"Silvio" (Dylan, Hunter) – 3:08
#"Everything Is Broken" – 3:14
#"Not Dark Yet" – 6:30
#"Things Have Changed" – 5:08

Australian and New Zealand release

The Australian and New Zealand version, released in 2001, features six additional tracks: "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window", "I Want You", "Changing of the Guards", "Blind Willie McTell", "Tight Connection to My Heart (Has Anybody Seen My Love?}", and "Dignity".

Disc one

#"Blowin' in the Wind" – 2:48
#"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" – 3:39
#"The Times They Are A-Changin'" – 3:13
#"It Ain't Me Babe" – 3:35
#"Maggie's Farm" – 3:54
#"It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" – 4:16
#"Mr. Tambourine Man" – 5:28
#"Subterranean Homesick Blues" – 2:19
#"Like a Rolling Stone" – 6:09
#"Positively 4th Street" – 3:55
#"I Want You" – 3:06
#"Just Like a Woman" – 4:52
#"Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" – 4:36
#"All Along the Watchtower" – 2:32
# "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" – 2:39
#"Lay Lady Lay" – 3:18
#"If Not for You" – 2:41
#"I Shall Be Released" – 3:04
#"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" – 2:32

Disc two

#"Forever Young" – 4:58
#"Tangled Up in Blue" – 5:43
#"Shelter from the Storm" – 5:03
#"Hurricane" (Dylan, Levy) – 8:34
#"Changing of the Guards" – 6:38
#"Gotta Serve Somebody" – 5:25
#"Blind Willie McTell" – 5:52
# "Jokerman" – 6:17
#"Tight Connection to My Heart (Has Anybody Seen My Love?)" – 5:25
# "Everything Is Broken" – 3:14
#"Dignity" – 5:37
#"Not Dark Yet" – 6:30
#"Things Have Changed" – 5:08