The Best of Bob Dylan

For the 1997 release, see The Best of Bob Dylan (1997 album).

The Best of Bob Dylan is a single-disc compilation album containing songs by Bob Dylan, released on November 15, 2005. The Best of Bob Dylan is available in a digipak format, in an attempt to imitate a vinyl record. The album has liner notes written by Bill Flanagan, with commentary on each of the album's tracks.

The Best of Bob Dylan
Greatest hits album by Bob Dylan
Released	November 15, 2005 (2005-11-15)
Recorded	July 1962 – early 2001
Genre	Rock
Length	77:56
Label	Columbia
Producer	Barry Beckett Gordon Carroll Don DeVito Bob Dylan John H. Hammond Bob Johnston Mark Knopfler Daniel Lanois Leon Russell Jerry Wexler Tom Wilson
Bob Dylan chronology
Live at Carnegie Hall 1963 (2005) The Best of Bob Dylan (2005) Blues (2006)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
PopMatters	8/10

Track listing

The Best of Bob Dylan track listing

No.	Title	Original release	Length
1.	"Blowin' in the Wind"	The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, 1963	2:47
2.	"The Times They Are a-Changin'"	The Times They Are a-Changin', 1964	3:11
3.	"Mr. Tambourine Man"	Bringing It All Back Home, 1965	5:25
4.	"Like a Rolling Stone"	Highway 61 Revisited, 1965	6:09
5.	"Rainy Day Women ♯12 & 35"	Blonde on Blonde, 1966	4:34
6.	"All Along the Watchtower"	John Wesley Harding, 1967	2:32
7.	"Lay, Lady, Lay"	Nashville Skyline, 1969	3:18
8.	"Knockin' on Heaven's Door"	Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid, 1973	2:30
9.	"Tangled Up in Blue"	Blood on the Tracks, 1975	5:42
10.	"Hurricane"	Desire, 1976	8:32
11.	"Forever Young"	Planet Waves, 1974	4:55
12.	"Gotta Serve Somebody"	Slow Train Coming, 1979	5:25
13.	"Jokerman"	Infidels, 1983	6:15
14.	"Not Dark Yet"	Time Out of Mind, 1997	6:28
15.	"Things Have Changed"	Wonder Boys, 2000	5:08
16.	"Summer Days"	"Love and Theft", 2001	4:53

Chart

Chart performance for The Best of Bob Dylan

Chart (2005)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	58

External links

• The Best of Bob Dylan (2005) at Discogs (list of releases)
• http://www.searchingforagem.com/2000s/International049.htm