Mid 90’s was the era of great musicians and singers, admired and looked upon until now. Being the present generation kids we definitely have had missed the finest cultural folks and traditional pop music that was so popular back then. Thanks to media that still connects us with the roots of 90’s artists and their great artworks. Today, in this post, I’ll share the best songs by Bob Dylan, one of the most celebrated songwriters and singers.
Robert Allen Zimmerman, popularly known as Bob Dylan, a name so finely carved in the folk, blues, country, traditional pop, and vocal jazz music industry that you can miss out on his playlist. Whether it’s love songs, sad songs, or simply the classical folks, everything about this artist is worth praising. It’s hard to tell which song is the best as all (in the majority) are amazing. Relying on audiences votes and my favorite collection, here is the list of 40+ best songs by Bob Dylan.
This artist has given so many anthems back in the ’90s that are still irreplaceable like “ Blowin’ in the Wind”, The Times They Are A-Changin’ ” and many more. Some of the best songs by Bob Dylan are Like A Rolling Stone, Just Like A Woman, Mr. Tambourine Man, Positively 4th Street, It Ain’t Me Babe, and many more lined up in the list here.
Bob Dylan has a lingering discography to state. Until now he has given 39 studio albums, 12 live albums, 7 soundtrack albums, 12 video albums, 20 compilation albums, 26 EPs, 52 Music Videos, and 95 major singles. Damn! This is huge.
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40+ Best Songs By Bob Dylan The Greatest Hits Of all Time
From his popular catalog, there are so many hits that still remain young in our hearts. Here are the best songs by Bob Dylan from his various albums that are the greatest hits of all time along with their year of release.
| Title | Album | Release Year |
| Like A Rolling Stone | Highway 61 Revisited | 1965 |
| Just Like A Woman | Blonde on Blonde | 1966 |
| Mr. Tambourine Man | Bringing It All Back Home | 1965 |
| Blowin’ In The Wind | Finjan Club 1962 | 1962 |
| Positively 4th Street | Positively 4th Street | 1965 |
| Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 | Blonde on Blonde | 1966 |
| It Ain’t Me Babe | Another Side of Bob Dylan | 1964 |
| Tangled Up In Blue | Blood on Tracks | 1975 |
| It’s All Over Now Baby Blue | Bringing It All Back Home | 1965 |
| Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right | The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan | 1963 |
| Lay Lady Lay | Nashville Skyline | 1969 |
| A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall | The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan | 1963 |
| I Want You | Blonde On Blonde | 1966 |
| Maggie’s Farm | Bringing It All Back Home | 1965 |
| Gotta Serve Somebody | Slow Train Coming | 1979 |
| Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues | Highway 61 Revisited | 1965 |
| She Belongs To Me | Bringing It All Back Home | 1965 |
| I Shall Be Released | Bob Dhyan’s Greatest Hits Vol. II | 1971 |
| Changing of the Guards | Street- Legal | 1978 |
| Subterranean Homesick Blues | Bringing It All Back Home | 1965 |
| Visions of Johanna | Blonde on Blonde | 1966 |
| One of Us Must Know | Blonde on Blonde | 1966 |
| Not Dark Yet | Time Out Of Mind | 1997 |
| New Danville Girl | Time Out of Mind | 1986 |
| The Groom’s Still Waiting | Shot of Love | 1981 |
| Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again | Blonde on Blonde | 1966 |
| (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction | Out of Heads | 1965 |
| You Have Got To Hide Your Love Away | Help! | 1965 |
| Jokerman | Infidels | N/A |
| Most Of the Time | Oh Mercy | 1989 |
| All Along The Watchtower | John Wesley Harding | 1967 |
| Girl From The North Country | The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan | 1963 |
| Every Girl of Sand | Shot of Love | 1981 |
| Shelter From the Storm | Blood on the Tracks | 1975 |
| I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight | John Wesley Harding | 1967 |
| Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You | Nashville Skyline | 1969 |
| Watching The River Flow | Bob Dhyan’s Greatest Hits Vol. II | 1971 |
| False Prophet | Rough and Rowdy Ways | 2020 |
| Series of Dreams | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 | 1991 |
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| Crash on the Levee | Bob Dhyan’s Greatest Hits Vol. II | 1971 |
| Blind Willie McTell | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 | 1991 |
| Queen Jane Approximately | Highway 61 Revisited | 1965 |
| If You See Her, Say Hello | Blood On the Tracks | 1975 |
| Love Will Tear Us Apart | Closer | 1980 |
| Fight the Power | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 | 1991 |
| Sweetheart Like You | Infidels | 1983 |
| Ring Them Bells | Oh Mercy | 1989 |
| Where are You Tonight? | Street-Legal | 1978 |
| Hurricane | Desire | 1976 |
| The Times They Are A-Changin | The Times They Are A-Changin | 1964 |
| If Not For You | New Morning | 1970 |
15 Best Love Songs By Bob Dylan
Recreating your playlists? It’s incomplete without adding some most popular love songs by Bob Dylan. So, here we present the heartwarming list of 15 best love songs by Bob Dylan.
- Love Minus Zero/No Limit
- Girl From The North Country
- Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands
- Boots Of Spanish Leather
- To Make You Feel My Love
- Sara
- Tomorrow Is A Long Time
- Most Of The Time
- Just Like A Woman
- I Threw It All Away
- Lay Lady Lay
- Brownsville Girl
- Love Sick
- If Not For You
- Tangled Up and Blue
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Best Songs By Bob Dylan’s New Album – Rough And Rowdy Ways
The latest album by Bob Dylan is Rough and Rowdy Ways that got released on June 19, 2020. This is the 39th studio album by this artist that came up with so many fantastic hit numbers. We gathered the 15 best songs by Bob Dylan’s New Album for you.
- False Prophet
- I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You
- I Contain Multitudes
- My Own Version Of You
- Key West
- Murder Most Foul
- Crossing the Rubicon
- Goodbye Jimmy Reed
- Mother of Muses
- Black Rider
- A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
- Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
- It’s All Over Now Baby Blue
- Girl from the North Country
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Awarded with so many accolades like Nobel Prize in Literature for songwriting and the Life Time Achievement award for his music career, Bob Dylan is an evergreen cultural folk artist from the mid-’90s until now. Hope you loved the list of best songs by Bob Dylan. You can stream these songs on popular music streaming services Spotify and YouTube.
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