The Best of Bob Dylan, Vol. 2
A copper-tinted photograph of Dylan holding a guitar
Greatest hits album by
Bob Dylan
ReleasedNovember 28, 2000
Genre
LabelColumbia
Producer
Bob Dylan chronology
The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert
(1998) 		The Best of Bob Dylan, Vol. 2
(2000) 		The Essential Bob Dylan
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[1]

The Best of Bob Dylan, Vol. 2 is a compilation album released in the U.K., New Zealand, Australia and Canada on November 28, 2000. It is the sequel to The Best of Bob Dylan, Vol. 1, released 3 years earlier. It was later released in Europe and Japan; although it has never been released in the United States.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bob Dylan except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Things Have Changed"5:10
2."A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall"6:50
3."It Ain't Me Babe"3:33
4."Subterranean Homesick Blues"2:19
5."Positively 4th Street"4:09
6."Highway 61 Revisited"3:27
7."Rainy Day Women #12 & 35"4:35
8."I Want You"3:06
9."I'll Be Your Baby Tonight"2:40
10."Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)"2:46
11."Simple Twist of Fate"4:18
12."Hurricane" (Bob Dylan / Jacques Levy)8:33
13."Changing of the Guards"7:04
14."License to Kill"3:33
15."Silvio" (Bob Dylan / Robert Hunter)3:07
16."Dignity"5:37
17."Not Dark Yet"6:27
18."Forever Young" (Japan only bonus track – 1973 demo version originally released on Biograph)2:01
Total length:79:15
Limited edition bonus disc
No.TitleLength
1."Highlands (live version)"11:19
2."Blowin' in the Wind (live version)"7:08
Total length:18:27 97:42

Both live songs were recorded on March 16, 2000, at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, Santa Cruz, California.

Chart performance

Chart (2000) Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[2] 75
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[3] 40
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[4] 8
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[5] 94

References

  1. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  2. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Bob Dylan – The Best Of Bob Dylan Volume 2" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts.
  3. ^ "Charts.nz – Bob Dylan – The Best Of Bob Dylan Volume 2". Hung Medien.
  4. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Bob Dylan – The Best Of Bob Dylan Volume 2". Hung Medien.
  5. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Bob Dylan – The Best Of Bob Dylan Volume 2". Hung Medien.


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