The Essential Bob Dylan

A blue-tinted photograph of Dylan holding a guitar

Greatest hits album by Bob Dylan

Released

October 31, 2000

Recorded

1962 – 2008

Genre

Folk, rock, country

Length

121:27 (Standard edition)
147:33 (2009 standard edition)
154:52 (UK/Australia edition)

Label

Columbia/Legacy

Producer

Various

Bob Dylan chronology

The Best of Bob Dylan, Vol. 2
(2000)

The Essential Bob Dylan
(2000)

Live 1961–2000: Thirty-Nine Years of Great Concert Performances
(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.

The British and Australian releases include all of the tracks from the US edition plus several more. It has been reissued a couple of times over the years such as in 2009 and again as recently as 2014 with varying track listings .

Track listings

All songs written by Bob Dylan except where noted.

Standard track listing

Disc 1

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Blowin' in the Wind"	2:45
2.	"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"	3:37
3.	"The Times They Are a-Changin'"	3:11
4.	"It Ain't Me, Babe"	3:32
5.	"Maggie's Farm"	3:51
6.	"It's All Over Now, Baby Blue"	4:16
7.	"Mr. Tambourine Man"	5:26
8.	"Subterranean Homesick Blues"	2:17

No.	Title	Length
9.	"Like a Rolling Stone"	6:07
10.	"Positively 4th Street"	3:52
11.	"Just Like a Woman"	4:50
12.	"Rainy Day Women ♯12 & 35"	4:34
13.	"All Along the Watchtower"	2:30
14.	"Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)" (Recorded 1967, as part of the "Basement Tapes" sessions with The Band)	2:17
15.	"I'll Be Your Baby Tonight"	2:39
Total length:		56:09

Disc 2

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Lay Lady Lay"	3:16
2.	"If Not for You"	2:39
3.	"I Shall Be Released"	3:01
4.	"You Ain't Goin' Nowhere"	2:43
5.	"Knockin' on Heaven's Door"	2:30
6.	"Forever Young"	4:56
7.	"Tangled Up in Blue"	5:40
8.	"Shelter from the Storm"	5:01

No.	Title	Length
9.	"Hurricane" (Bob Dylan, Jacques Levy)	8:32
10.	"Gotta Serve Somebody"	5:23
11.	"Jokerman"	6:14
12.	"Silvio"	3:05
13.	"Everything Is Broken"	3:13
14.	"Not Dark Yet"	6:27
15.	"Things Have Changed"	5:08
Total length:		65:18

Disc 3 (limited edition 3.0 version, October 2009)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Thunder on the Mountain"	5:55
2.	"Mississippi"	5:21
3.	"Blind Willie McTell"	5:52

No.	Title	Length
4.	"Make You Feel My Love"	3:32
5.	"Beyond Here Lies Nothin'" (Dylan, Robert Hunter)	3:51
6.	"Dark Eyes"	5:07
Total length:		26:06

British and Australian track listing

Disc 1

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Blowin' in the Wind"	2:45
2.	"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"	3:37
3.	"The Times They Are a-Changin'"	3:11
4.	"It Ain't Me, Babe"	3:32
5.	"Maggie's Farm"	3:51
6.	"It's All Over Now, Baby Blue"	4:16
7.	"Mr. Tambourine Man"	5:26
8.	"Subterranean Homesick Blues"	2:17
9.	"Like a Rolling Stone"	6:07
10.	"Positively 4th Street"	3:52
11.	"Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?"	3:32

No.	Title	Length
12.	"I Want You"	3:07
13.	"Just Like a Woman"	4:50
14.	"Rainy Day Women #12 & 35"	4:34
15.	"All Along the Watchtower"	2:30
16.	"Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)"	2:17
17.	"I'll Be Your Baby Tonight"	2:39
18.	"Lay, Lady, Lay"	3:16
19.	"If Not for You"	2:39
20.	"I Shall Be Released"	3:01
21.	"You Ain't Goin' Nowhere"	2:43
22.	"Knockin' on Heaven's Door"	2:30
Total length:		76:57

Disc 2

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Forever Young"	4:56
2.	"Tangled Up in Blue"	5:40
3.	"Shelter from the Storm"	5:01
4.	"Hurricane" (Dylan, Levy)	8:32
5.	"Changing of the Guards"	7:04
6.	"Gotta Serve Somebody"	5:23
7.	"Blind Willie McTell"	5:52

No.	Title	Length
8.	"Jokerman"	6:14
9.	"Tight Connection to My Heart (Has Anybody Seen My Love)"	5:22
10.	"Silvio"	3:05
11.	"Everything Is Broken"	3:13
12.	"Dignity" (Original version)	5:58
13.	"Not Dark Yet"	6:27
14.	"Things Have Changed"	5:08
Total length:		77:55

2010 version

Disc 1

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Blowin' in the Wind"	2:48
2.	"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"	3:39
3.	"The Times They Are a-Changin'"	3:13
4.	"It Ain't Me, Babe"	3:34
5.	"Maggie's Farm"	3:53
6.	"It's All Over Now, Baby Blue"	4:16
7.	"Mr. Tambourine Man"	5:28
8.	"Subterranean Homesick Blues"	2:19
9.	"Like a Rolling Stone"	6:09
10.	"Positively 4th Street"	3:54
11.	"I Want You"	3:05

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Just Like a Woman"	4:52
13.	"Rainy Day Women #12 & 35"	4:36
14.	"All Along the Watchtower"	2:32
15.	"Lay, Lady, Lay"	3:18
16.	"If Not for You"	2:41
17.	"You Ain't Goin' Nowhere"	2:45
18.	"I Shall Be Released"	3:04
19.	"Knockin' on Heaven's Door"	2:32
20.	"Tangled Up in Blue"	5:43
21.	"Forever Young"	4:58
Total length:		79:19

Disc 2

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Shelter From the Storm"	5:02
2.	"Hurricane" (Dylan, Levy)	8:33
3.	"Gotta Serve Somebody"	5:25
4.	"Groom's Still Waiting at the Altar"	4:04
5.	"Jokerman"	6:15
6.	"Everything Is Broken"	3:13
7.	"Blind Willie McTell"	5:53
8.	"Not Dark Yet"	6:29

No.	Title	Length
9.	"Make You Feel My Love"	3:32
10.	"Dignity" (Alternate version)	5:36
11.	"Things Have Changed"	5:08
12.	"Mississippi"	5:21
13.	"Thunder on the Mountain"	5:53
14.	"When the Deal Goes Down"	5:01
15.	"Beyond Here Lies Nothin'" (Dylan, Hunter)	3:52
Total length:		79:17

2014 version

Disc 1

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Blowin' in the Wind"	2:49
2.	"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"	3:41
3.	"The Times They Are a-Changin'"	3:14
4.	"It Ain't Me, Babe"	3:36
5.	"Maggie's Farm"	3:57
6.	"Mr. Tambourine Man"	5:28
7.	"Subterranean Homesick Blues"	2:20
8.	"Like a Rolling Stone"	6:11

No.	Title	Length
9.	"Positively 4th Street"	4:09
10.	"Just Like a Woman"	4:52
11.	"Rainy Day Women #12 & 35"	4:36
12.	"All Along the Watchtower"	2:33
13.	"Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)" (Recorded in 1967, as part of the "Basement Tapes" sessions with The Band)	2:19
14.	"I'll Be Your Baby Tonight"	2:41
15.	"Lay Lady Lay"	3:21
16.	"If Not for You"	2:40

Disc 2

No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Shall Be Released"	3:05
2.	"You Ain't Goin' Nowhere"	2:46
3.	"Knockin' on Heaven's Door"	2:31
4.	"Forever Young"	4:58
5.	"Tangled Up in Blue"	5:43
6.	"Hurricane" (Dylan, Levy)	8:34
7.	"Ring Them Bells"	3:02
8.	"Gotta Serve Somebody"	5:26

No.	Title	Length
9.	"Jokerman"	6:17
10.	"Not Dark Yet"	6:29
11.	"Things Have Changed"	5:09
12.	"Make You Feel My Love"	3:33
13.	"Mississippi"	5:23
14.	"Beyond Here Lies Nothin'" (Dylan, Hunter)	3:51
15.	"Duquesne Whistle" (Dylan, Hunter)	5:44
16.	"When the Deal Goes Down"	5:00

Charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[1]	67

Chart (2001)	Peak position
Belgium (Flanders) 100 Albums^[2]	37
French Compilations^[3]	16
UK Albums Chart^[4]	9

Chart (2002)	Peak position
Australian Top 50 Albums^[5]	36

Chart (2004)	Peak position
Norwegian Top 40 Albums^[6]	5

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Netherlands Top 100 Albums^[7]	78
US Catalog Albums^[1]	23

Chart (2006)	Peak position
Finnish Top 50 Albums^[8]	30

Chart (2007)	Peak position
Swedish Top 60 Albums^[9]	57

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Spanish Top 100 Albums^[10]	90

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Greek Top 50 Albums^[11]	49

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)^[12]	2× Platinum	140,000^{^}
Norway (IFPI Norway)^[13]	Gold	25,000^*
United Kingdom (BPI)^[14]	Platinum	300,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[15]	Platinum	1,314,000^[16]
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

References

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↑ "Bob Dylan – The Essential (Album)" (ASP). Ultratop (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
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↑ "Chart Archive: Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive – 2nd June 2001". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
↑ "Bob Dylan – The Essential (Album)" (ASP). Australian Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
↑ "Bob Dylan – The Essential (Album)" (ASP). Norwegian Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
↑ "Bob Dylan – The Essential (Album)" (ASP). Dutch Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
↑ "Bob Dylan – The Essential (Album)" (ASP). Finnish Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
↑ "Bob Dylan – The Essential (Album)" (ASP). Swedish Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
↑ "Bob Dylan – The Essential (Album)" (ASP). Spanish Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
↑ "Bob Dylan – The Essential (Album)" (ASP). Greek Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2009 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
↑ "IFPI Norsk Platebransje" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved June 25, 2013.
↑ "British album certifications – Bob Dylan – The Essential Bob Dylan". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved June 25, 2013. Enter The Essential Bob Dylan in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Platinum in the field By Award. Click Search
↑ "American album certifications – Bob Dylan – The Essential Bob Dylan". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 25, 2013. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
↑ Paul Grein (August 7, 2013). "Week Ending Aug. 4, 2013. Albums: Robin Thicke, Call Katy Perry". Yahoo Chart Watch.

Bob Dylan

Studio albums	Bob Dylan The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan The Times They Are a-Changin' Another Side of Bob Dylan Bringing It All Back Home Highway 61 Revisited Blonde on Blonde John Wesley Harding Nashville Skyline Self Portrait New Morning Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid Dylan Planet Waves Blood on the Tracks The Basement Tapes Desire Street-Legal Slow Train Coming Saved Shot of Love Infidels Empire Burlesque Knocked Out Loaded Down in the Groove Oh Mercy Under the Red Sky Good as I Been to You World Gone Wrong Time Out of Mind Love and Theft Modern Times Together Through Life Christmas in the Heart Tempest Shadows in the Night Fallen Angels

Live albums	Before the Flood Hard Rain Bob Dylan at Budokan Real Live Dylan & the Dead The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration MTV Unplugged 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

Compilations	Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II Masterpieces Biograph Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume 3 The Best of Bob Dylan (1997) The Best of Bob Dylan, Vol. 2 The Essential Bob Dylan Bob Dylan: The Collection The Best of Bob Dylan (2005) Blues Dylan 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

The Bootleg Series	Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert Vol. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964, Concert at Philharmonic Hall Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs: Rare and Unreleased 1989–2006 Vol. 9: The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964 Vol. 10: Another Self Portrait (1969–1971) Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965–1966

Concert tours	England Tour (1965) World Tour (1966) Tour with The Band (1974) Rolling Thunder Revue (1975–1976) World Tour (1978) Gospel Tour (1979–1980) World Tour (1981) European Tour (1984) True Confessions Tour (1986) Tour with the Grateful Dead (1987) Temples in Flames Tour (1987)

Never Ending Tour	1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Films	Madhouse on Castle Street Dont Look Back Eat the Document Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid Renaldo and Clara Hearts of Fire Masked and Anonymous No Direction Home I'm Not There 65 Revisited The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan Live at the Newport Folk Festival 1963–1965 Inside Llewyn Davis

Writings	Tarantula Writings and Drawings Chronicles: Volume One

Books about Dylan	The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia Bob Dylan, Performing Artist Invisible Republic The Cambridge Companion to Bob Dylan

Related	American folk music revival Awards The Band Bibliography Bootleg recordings Chimes of Freedom (album) Discography Electric Dylan controversy Sara Dylan Great White Wonder List of artists who have covered Bob Dylan songs List of Basement Tapes songs (1967) List of Basement Tapes songs (1975) The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes Related topics Songs recorded by Bob Dylan Songs written by Bob Dylan Suze Rotolo Theme Time Radio Hour Traveling Wilburys

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