Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, author, musician, poet and, as of late, a disc jockey who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. Much of Dylan's most recognized work dates from the 1960s, when he became an informal chronicler and a reluctant figurehead of American unrest. A number of his songs, such as "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'", became anthems of the anti-war and civil rights movements. His most recent studio album, Modern Times, released on August 29, 2006, entered the U.S. album charts at #1, making him, at age 65, the oldest living person to top those charts. It was later named Album of the Year by Rolling Stone Magazine.
Dylan's early lyrics incorporated politics, social commentary, philosophy and literary influences, defying existing pop music conventions and appealing widely to the counterculture of the time. While expanding and personalizing musical styles, he has shown...
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Track listing: Thunder on the MountainSpirit on the WaterRollin' and Tumblin'When the Deal Goes DownSomeday BabyWorkingman's Blues #2Beyond the HorizonNettie MooreThe Levee's Gonna BreakAin't Talkin'
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Track listing: Rollin' and Tumblin'Not Dark YetHigh Water (For Charley Patton)
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Track listing: Leopard-Skin Pill-Box HatIt Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to CryCrash on the Levee (Down in the Flood)Meet Me in the MorningThe Groom's Still Waiting at the AltarSeeing the Real You at LastEverything Is BrokenDirt Road BluesHigh Water (For Charley Patton)
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Track listing: Blowin' in the WindThe Times They Are A-Changin'Lay, Lady, LayKnockin' on Heaven's DoorHurricaneForever YoungJokermanNot Dark YetSummer Days
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Track listing: When I Got TroublesRambler, Gambler (home recording)This Land Is Your Land (live)Dink's Song (home recording)I Was Young When I Left Home (home recording)Sally Gal (alternate take)Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (demo)Man of Constant SorrowBlowin' in the Wind (live)Masters of War (live)A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (live)When the Ship Comes In (live)Mr. Tambourine Man (alternate take)Chimes of Freedom (live)It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (alternate take)
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Track listing: She Belongs to Me (alternate take)Maggie's Farm (live)It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (alternate take)Tombstone Blues (alternate take)Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (alternate take)Desolation Row (alternate take)Highway 61 Revisited (alternate take)Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (alternate take)Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again (alternate take)Visions of Johanna (alternate take)Ballad of a Thin Man (live)Like a Rolling Stone (live)
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Track listing: A Hard Rain's A-Gonna FallRocks and GravelDon't Think Twice, It's All RightThe CuckooMoonshinerHandsome MollyCocaineJohn BrownBarbara AllenWest Texas
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Track listing: The Lonesome Death of Hattie CarrollMy Back PagesSubterranean Homesick BluesMr. Tambourine ManIt's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)Ballad of a Thin ManStuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues AgainMost Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine
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Track listing: The Times They Are A-Changin'Spanish Harlem IncidentTalkin' John Birch Paranoid BluesTo RamonaWho Killed Davey Moore?Gates of EdenIf You Gotta Go, Go NowIt's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)Mr. Tambourine ManA Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
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Track listing: Talkin' World War III BluesDon't Think Twice, It's All RightThe Lonesome Death of Hattie CarrollMama, You Been on My Mind (feat. Joan Baez)Silver Dagger (feat. Joan Baez)With God on Our Side (feat. Joan Baez)It Ain't Me, Babe (feat. Joan Baez)All I Really Want to Do
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