Bob Dylan - The Best of Bob Dylan, Vol. 2

Title: The Best of Bob Dylan, Vol. 2 Artist: Bob Dylan Release Date: 11/28/2000 Re-Released On: 6/21/2004 Label: Columbia, Sony Music Distribution Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 5099749836198, 074642407626, 5099749836129, 9399700077902 Genre: Rock Styles: Rock & Roll, Country-Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Political Folk, Psychedelic, Folk-Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Album Rock, AM Pop Moods: Freewheeling, Rousing, Sardonic, Searching, Bittersweet, Enigmatic, Fiery, Intimate, Lively, Yearning, Melancholy, Swaggering, Warm, Humorous, Laid-Back/Mellow, Organic, Passionate, Plaintive, Playful, Rebellious, Rollicking, Snide, Urgent, Witty, Earthy, Gritty, Provocative, Spiritual, Sprawling, Uncompromising, Outrageous, Acerbic, Cerebral, Cynical/Sarcastic, Literate, Poignant, Reflective, Romantic, Wistful, Wry Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 2

1. Things Have Changed
2. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
3. It Ain't Me Babe
4. Subterranean Homesick Blues
5. Positively 4th Street
6. Highway 61 Revisited
7. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
8. I Want You
9. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
10. Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo)
11. Simple Twist of Fate
12. Hurricane
13. Changing of the Guards
14. License to Kill
15. Silvio
16. Dignity
17. Not Dark Yet

1. Highlands [Live]
2. Blowin' in the Wind [Live]

Year Type Label Catalog # 2004 CD Sony Music Distribution 24076 2000 CD Columbia 498361 2000 CD Sony Music Distribution 498361 2000 CD Columbia 4983612

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Clearly, the British headquarters of American Columbia Records did not plan for a second volume to follow its 1997 collection The Best of Bob Dylan, which was designed as a career-spanning single-CD package of Dylan's best-known songs and recordings, beginning with 1963's "Blowin' in the Wind" and concluding with an alternate take of "Shelter From the Storm" that had been featured on the soundtrack of the film Jerry Maguire. The Best of Bob Dylan, Vol. 2 also takes advantage of a movie soundtrack, beginning with Dylan's Oscar-winning "Things Have Changed" from Wonder Boys. And it is keyed to Dylan's German tour of May 2000, with the tour's dates listed on a sticker on the album cover. But after "Things Have Changed," the rest of the 17-track disc is taken up by what might be called "the best of the rest of Bob Dylan," including major songs like "It Ain't Me Babe" and Top 40 hits like "Rainy Day Women #12 and #35" not included on the first volume. As on that predecessor, the tracks proceed chronologically and span Dylan's career from 1963 to 1997, ending with "Not Dark Yet" from Time Out of Mind. Much of the material is stellar, of course, even if the compilation format and the afterthought character of the selections are less satisfactory. This limited-edition version of the album contains a second disc that features two previously unreleased live tracks, a version of the lengthy and rambling "Highlands" and a loose performance of "Blowin' in the Wind." ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Name Credits David Gahr Photography Geoff Gans Art Direction, Design Ken Regan Photography