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The Essential Bob Dylan
Compilation album by Bob Dylan
Released	October 31, 2000
Recorded	July 1962-July 1999
Genre	Rock
Label	Columbia
Producer(s)	John H. Hammond Tom Wilson Bob Johnston Leon Russell Gordon Carroll Don DeVito Jerry Wexler Barry Beckett Bob Dylan Mark Knopfler Daniel Lanois
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Bob Dylan chronology
The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert (1998)	The Essential Bob Dylan (2000)	Love and Theft (2001)

The Essential Bob Dylan is a compilation by Bob Dylan, released as a double-CD set in 2000, part of Columbia Records' "The Essential" series. The Essential Bob Dylan - which spans from 1963's "Blowin' In The Wind" (taken from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan) to 1999's "Things Have Changed" (Dylan's Oscar-winning song from the motion picture, Wonder Boys) - is a popular entry point for newcomers to Bob Dylan's music or someone who feels the need/wants to have at least 1 Dylan compilation in their collection.

The Essential Bob Dylan has proven to be a solid seller in Dylan's catalog, reaching #67 in the US, and peaking at #9 in the UK.

1. "Blowin' in the Wind" – 2:48
2. "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" – 3:39
3. "The Times They Are A-Changin'" – 3:13
4. "It Ain't Me Babe" – 3:35
5. "Maggie's Farm" – 3:54
6. "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" – 4:16
7. "Mr. Tambourine Man" – 5:28
8. "Subterranean Homesick Blues" – 2:19
9. "Like a Rolling Stone" – 6:09
10. "Positively 4th Street" – 3:55
11. "Can You Please Crawl Out Of Your Window?" – 3:34 *
12. "I Want You" – 3:06 *
13. "Just Like a Woman" – 4:52
14. "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" – 4:36
15. "All Along the Watchtower" – 2:32
16. "Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)" – 2:20
17. "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" – 2:39

1. "Lay, Lady, Lay" – 3:18
2. "If Not For You" – 2:41
3. "I Shall Be Released" – 3:04
4. "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" – 2:46
5. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" – 2:32
6. "Forever Young" – 4:58
7. "Tangled Up in Blue" – 5:43
8. "Shelter from the Storm" – 5:03
9. "Hurricane."(Dylan/Levy) – 8:34
10. "Changing of the Guards" – 6:38 *
11. "Gotta Serve Somebody" – 5:25
12. "Blind Willie McTell" – 5:52 *
13. "Jokerman" – 6:17
14. "Tight Connection To My Heart (Has Anybody Seen My Love?)" – 5:26 *
15. "Silvio" (Dylan/Hunter) – 3:08
16. "Everything Is Broken" – 3:14
17. "Dignity" – 5:37 *
18. "Not Dark Yet" – 6:30
19. "Things Have Changed" – 5:08

1. "John Wesley Harding"
2. "I Threw It All Away"
3. "Wigwam (instrumental)"
4. "Watching the River Flow"
5. "George Jackson" - elsewhere only found on single or promo CD
6. "On a Night Like This"

* Songs appear on international release only. ** Songs appear on "Special limited edition" only.