Dylan CD2 - Bob Dylan

Disc: 2 	

1. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere 	
2. Lay, Lady, Lay 	
3. If Not for You 	
4. I Shall Be Released 	
5. Knockin' on Heaven's Door
6. On a Night Like This 	
7. Forever Young 	
8. Tangled Up in Blue 	
9. Simple Twist of Fate 
10. Hurricane 	
11. Changing of the Guards
12. Gotta Serve Somebody 
13. Precious Angel 	
14. The Groom's Still Waiting at the Altar 
15. Jokerman
16. Dark Eyes 

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It's about time the record-buying public was offered up a decent, updated Dylan compilation! After all, artists with far less in the way of cultural influence, sales figures, or sheer release numbers have put out many more retrospective collections. Think of this, then, as your Dummies' Guide to Dylan. And for those who really aren't sure if they like the reedy Poet of a Generation® or not, there's even a single CD Cliffs Notes-sized version. For everyone else, there's a triple-disc edition with deluxe packaging and nifty artwork. Even the most marginal fan might quibble with the selection--shouldn't, like, half of it be taken from The Basement Tapes, rather than just one tune?--but there's not a mediocre song on here. It's a tad surprising that the songs are arranged chronologically, rather than grouped by grand themes, the way Johnny Cash's music was on his Love, God, Murder set. But then it is such a pleasure to watch Dylan's progression, to listen as he so quickly works through his influences, goes electric, discovers country music and then God—and then finally somehow wraps it all up together like some alchemical, one-man version of Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music. No matter how you wrap it up, or which commercials it acts as the soundtrack to, or what professors might try to eulogize it to death, this is music that remains as thrillingly alive today as a rattlesnake coiled and hissing in your boots tomorrow morning. --Mike McGonigal

Product Description
DYLAN is a career-spanning retrospective of Bob Dylan's music. This definitive Bob Dylan collection chronicles the artist's four decades of groundbreaking studio recordings, as well as his unparalleled influence on popular music and culture. DYLAN serves as both a comprehensive introduction for new fans and an expansive, cherished overview for long-time Bob Dylan devotees. This single disc 18 track version is the perfect overview for the new Dylan fan.