It seems near-blasphemous to whittle down Bob Dylan's career into a consumable trifle of greatest hits, even if it is three discs long. Every hardcore Dylanite will probably find his or her own individual bones to pick with the tracklisting (included below) for Dylan (due October 2), so in that spirit, here are some of mine:
-Only one track from Highway 61 Revisited?
-Nothing from New Morning, but forgettable tracks from Planet Waves and Blood on the Tracks?
-Why "Most Likely You'll Go Your Way" from Blonde on Blonde instead of "Visions of Johanna" or "Stuck in Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again"?
-General lack of minor but illuminating selections that would've distinguished this set from Greatest Hits 1, 2 and 3, songs such as "To Ramona," "I Threw It All Away," "The Man In Me" and much from The Basement Tapes
-No Traveling Wilburys???
Whew. Well, I guess we can all crow about it 'till the cows come home, or just go ahead and drop a load on all those Dylan SACD remasters that came out a few years back. A Mark Ronson remix of ''"Most Likely You'''ll Go Your Way (And I'''ll Go Mine)''" will be available on iTunes in conjunction with the anthology's release. There will also be a single disc version of Dylan; here's the full tracklists for both:
Tracklisting for Dylan (three-disc)
Disc one:
''"Song to Woody''"
''"Blowin''' in the Wind''"
''"Masters of War''"
''"Don'''t Think Twice, It'''s All Right''"
''"A Hard Rain'''s A-Gonna Fall''"
''"The Times They Are A-Changin'''''"
''"All I Really Want to Do''"
''"My Back Pages''"
''"It Ain'''t Me, Babe''"
''"Subterranean Homesick Blues''"
''"Mr. Tambourine Man''"
''"Maggie'''s Farm''"
''"Like a Rolling Stone''"
''"It'''s All Over Now, Baby Blue''"
''"Positively 4th Street''"
''"Rainy Day Women #12 & 35''³
''"Just Like a Woman''"
''"Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'''ll Go Mine)''"
''"All Along the Watchtower''"
Disc two:
''"You Ain'''t Goin''' Nowhere''"
''"Lay Lady Lay''"
''"If Not for You''"
''"I Shall Be Released''"
''"Knockin''' on Heaven'''s Door''"
''"On a Night Like This''"
''"Forever Young''"
''"Tangled Up in Blue''"
''"Simple Twist of Fate''"
''"Hurricane''"
''"Changing of the Guards''"
''"Gotta Serve Somebody''"
''"Precious Angel''"
''"The Groom'''s Still Waiting at the Altar''"
''"Jokerman''"
''"Dark Eyes''"
Disc three:
''"Blind Willie McTell''"
''"Brownsville Girl''"
''"Silvio''"
''"Ring Them Bells''"
''"Dignity''"
''"Everything Is Broken''"
''"Under the Red Sky''"
''"You'''re Gonna Quit Me''"
''"Blood in My Eyes''"
''"Not Dark Yet''"
''"Things Have Changed''"
''"Make You Feel My Love''"
''"High Water (For Charley Patton)''"
''"Po''' Boy''"
''"Someday Baby''"
''"When the Deal Goes Down''"
Tracklisting for Dylan (single disc):
''"Blowin''' in the Wind''"
''"The Times They Are A-Changin'''''"
''"Subterranean Homesick Blues''"
''"Mr. Tambourine Man''"
''"Like a Rolling Stone''"
''"Maggie'''s Farm''"
''"Positively 4th Street''"
''"Just Like a Woman''"
''"Rainy Day Women #12 & 35''³
''"All Along the Watchtower''"
''"Lay Lady Lay''"
''"Knockin''' on Heaven'''s Door''"
''"Tangled Up in Blue''"
''"Hurricane''"
''"Make You Feel My Love''"
''"Things Have Changed''"
''"Someday Baby''"
''"Forever Young''"
Deluxe Dylan: Tracklists Emerge For Career-Spanning Anthology