The Best of Bob Dylan, Vol. 2

Bob Dylan

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The Best of Bob Dylan, Vol. 2 Review

by William Ruhlmann

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."

Track Listing - Disc 1

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Things Have Changed Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	05:10	Spotify Amazon
2	A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	06:50	Spotify Amazon
3	It Ain't Me Babe Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	03:33	Spotify Amazon
4	Subterranean Homesick Blues Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	02:19	Spotify Amazon
5	Positively 4th Street Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	04:09	Spotify Amazon
6	Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	03:27	Spotify Amazon
7	Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	04:35	Spotify Amazon
8	I Want You Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	03:06	Spotify Amazon
9	I'll Be Your Baby Tonight Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	02:40	Spotify Amazon
10	Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo) Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	02:46	Spotify Amazon
11	Simple Twist of Fate Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	04:18	Spotify Amazon
12	Hurricane Bob Dylan / Jacques Levy	Bob Dylan	08:33	Spotify Amazon
13	Changing of the Guards Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	07:04	Spotify Amazon
14	License to Kill Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	03:33	Spotify Amazon
15	Silvio Bob Dylan / Robert Hunter	Bob Dylan	03:07	Spotify Amazon
16	Dignity Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	05:37	Spotify Amazon
17	Not Dark Yet Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	06:27	Spotify Amazon