The Best of Bob Dylan

The Best of Bob Dylan
The Best of Bob Dylan
Greatest hits album by Bob Dylan
Released	November 15, 2005
Recorded	July 1962 – early 2001
Genre	Rock
Length	77:56
Label	Columbia
Producers	Barry Beckett; Gordon Carroll; Don DeVito; Bob Dylan; John H. Hammond; Bob Johnston; Mark Knopfler; Daniel Lanois; Leon Russell; Jerry Wexler; Tom Wilson;
Bob Dylan chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
PopMatters	8/10^[1]

The Best of Bob Dylan is a single-disc compilation album containing songs by Bob Dylan, released on November 15, 2005. The Best of Bob Dylan is available in a digipak format, in an attempt to imitate a vinyl record. The album has liner notes written by Bill Flanagan, with commentary on each of the album's tracks.

Track listing

*The Best of Bob Dylan* track listing
No.	Title	Original release	Length
1.	"Blowin' in the Wind"	The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, 1963	2:47
2.	"The Times They Are a-Changin'"	The Times They Are a-Changin', 1964	3:11
3.	"Mr. Tambourine Man"	Bringing It All Back Home, 1965	5:25
4.	"Like a Rolling Stone"	Highway 61 Revisited, 1965	6:09
5.	"Rainy Day Women ♯12 & 35"	Blonde on Blonde, 1966	4:34
6.	"All Along the Watchtower"	John Wesley Harding, 1967	2:32
7.	"Lay, Lady, Lay"	Nashville Skyline, 1969	3:18
8.	"Knockin' on Heaven's Door"	Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid, 1973	2:30
9.	"Tangled Up in Blue"	Blood on the Tracks, 1975	5:42
10.	"Hurricane"	Desire, 1976	8:32
11.	"Forever Young"	Planet Waves, 1974	4:55
12.	"Gotta Serve Somebody"	Slow Train Coming, 1979	5:25
13.	"Jokerman"	Infidels, 1983	6:15
14.	"Not Dark Yet"	Time Out of Mind, 1997	6:28
15.	"Things Have Changed"	Wonder Boys, 2000	5:08
16.	"Summer Days"	"Love and Theft", 2001	4:53

Chart

Chart performance for *The Best of Bob Dylan*
Chart (2005)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[2]	58

References

↑ Metivier, Michael (November 22, 2005). "Bob Dylan: The Best of Bob Dylan < PopMatters". popmatters.com. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
↑ "Bob Dylan Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 4, 2025.

External links

The Best of Bob Dylan (2005) at Discogs (list of releases)
http://www.searchingforagem.com/2000s/International049.htm

[1] Metivier, Michael (November 22, 2005). "Bob Dylan: The Best of Bob Dylan < PopMatters". popmatters.com. Retrieved September 11, 2011.

[ac_Billboard200_Bob_Dylan-2] "Bob Dylan Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 4, 2025.

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