The Best of Bob Dylan (1997 album)

The Best of Bob Dylan

Greatest hits album by

Bob Dylan

Released

2 June 1997

Recorded

1962–1989

Genre

Length

76:10

Label

Columbia

Producer

Bob Dylan chronology

MTV Unplugged
(1995)

The Best of Bob Dylan
(1997)

Time Out of Mind
(1997)

The Best of Bob Dylan is a compilation album released in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia and Canada on 2 June 1997. It was later released in Europe and Japan, although it has never been released in the United States.

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Track listing

No.	Title	Original release	Length
1.	"Blowin' in the Wind"	The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963)	2:48
2.	"The Times They Are a-Changin'"	The Times They Are a-Changin' (1964)	3:14
3.	"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"	The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963)	3:40
4.	"Mr. Tambourine Man"	Bringing It All Back Home (1965)	5:29
5.	"Like a Rolling Stone"	Highway 61 Revisited (1965)	6:10
6.	"Just Like a Woman"	Blonde on Blonde (1966)	4:56
7.	"All Along the Watchtower"	John Wesley Harding (1967)	2:33
8.	"Lay Lady Lay"	Nashville Skyline (1969)	3:20
9.	"I Shall Be Released"	Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II (1971)	3:05
10.	"If Not for You"	New Morning (1970)	2:43
11.	"Knockin' on Heaven's Door"	Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)	2:32
12.	"Forever Young"	Planet Waves (1974)	4:58
13.	"Tangled Up in Blue"	Blood on the Tracks (1975)	5:43
14.	"Oh, Sister"	Desire (1976)	4:02
15.	"Gotta Serve Somebody"	Slow Train Coming (1979)	5:25
16.	"Jokerman"	Infidels (1983)	6:17
17.	"Everything Is Broken"	Oh Mercy (1989)	3:15
18.	"Shelter from the Storm" (alternate version)	Blood on the Tracks (1975)	6:00
Total length:			76:10

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[1]	Gold	35,000^{^}
New Zealand (RMNZ)^[2]	Gold	7,500^{^}
Norway (IFPI Norway)^[3]	Platinum	50,000^*
Sweden (GLF)^[4]	Gold	40,000^{^}
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)^[5]	Platinum	1,000,000^*
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2001 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
^ "New Zealand album certifications – Bob Dylan – Best of". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
^ "IFPI Norsk platebransje Trofeer 1993–2011" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
^ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1999" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
^ "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards – 2000". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2 February 2020.

External links

The Best of Bob Dylan (1997) at Discogs (list of releases)

Bob Dylan

Studio albums

Live albums

Contemporary	Before the Flood Hard Rain Bob Dylan at Budokan Real Live Dylan & the Dead The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration MTV Unplugged
Archival	Live 1961–2000: Thirty-Nine Years of Great Concert Performances Live at The Gaslight 1962 Live at Carnegie Hall 1963 In Concert – Brandeis University 1963 The 1966 Live Recordings Bob Dylan – The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings The Complete Budokan 1978

Compilations

Hits	Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II Masterpieces Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume 3 The Best of Bob Dylan (1997) The Best of Bob Dylan, Vol. 2 The Essential Bob Dylan The Best of Bob Dylan (2005) Dylan
Themed	Dylan The Basement Tapes Blues
Box sets	Biograph Bob Dylan: The Collection The Original Mono Recordings The 50th Anniversary Collection Bob Dylan: The Complete Album Collection Vol. One The 50th Anniversary Collection 1963 The 50th Anniversary Collection 1964 1970