Jump to content

Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
PrimeBOT (talk | contribs)
Bots
2,048,950 edits
 
(39 intermediate revisions by 32 users not shown)
Line 6: Line 6:
| alt = A profile photograph of Dylan with a deep blue background
| alt = A profile photograph of Dylan with a deep blue background
| released = {{Start date|1967|3|27}}
| released = {{Start date|1967|3|27}}
| genre = {{hlist|[[Folk rock]]|[[Contemporary folk music|folk]]}}
| recorded = July 9, 1962– March 10, 1966
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Folk rock]], [[Folk music|folk]]
| length = {{Duration|m=40|s=44}}
| length = {{Duration|m=40|s=44}}
| label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| producer = [[John H. Hammond]], [[Tom Wilson (producer)|Tom Wilson]], [[Bob Johnston]]
| producer = {{hlist|[[John H. Hammond]]|[[Tom Wilson (producer)|Tom Wilson]]|[[Bob Johnston]]}}
| prev_title = [[Blonde on Blonde]]
| prev_title = [[Blonde on Blonde]]
| prev_year = 1966
| prev_year = 1966
| next_title = [[John Wesley Harding (album)|John Wesley Harding]]
| next_title = [[John Wesley Harding]]
| next_year = 1967
| next_year = 1967
}}'''''Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits''''' is a 1967 compilation album of songs by the American singer-songwriter [[Bob Dylan]]. Released on March 27, 1967, by [[Columbia Records]], it was a stopgap between Dylan's studio albums ''[[Blonde on Blonde]]'' and ''[[John Wesley Harding]]'', during which time he had retreated from the public eye to recover from a [[Bob Dylan#Motorcycle accident and reclusion|motorcycle accident]].
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r6419|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url= http://rateyourmusic.com/collection/RollingStoneAlbumGuide/strm_a/bob+dylan/1 |title= RollingStoneAlbumGuide's music |publisher= rateyourmusic.com |accessdate=20 August 2013}}</ref>
}}


'''''Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits''''' is a 1967 compilation album of songs by American singer-songwriter [[Bob Dylan]]. Released on March 27, 1967 by [[Columbia Records]], in the non-productive period after [[Bob_Dylan#Motorcycle_accident_and_reclusion|Dylan's motorcycle accident]] in 1966, it was the first compilation album of material by Dylan. It contains every [[Top 40]] single Dylan had up to 1967, plus additional tracks, including songs not released as singles by Dylan. It peaked at {{thinspace|No.|10}} on the [[Billboard 200|pop album chart]] in the United States, and went to {{thinspace|No.|3}} on the album chart in the United Kingdom. Certified five times [[platinum album|platinum]] by the [[RIAA]], it is his best-selling album in the U.S.<ref>[https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database RIAA Gold and Platinum database retrieved 4 June 2012]</ref>
It was Dylan's first compilation, containing every [[Top 40]] single Dylan had up to 1967, plus additional album tracks which had become popular singles as recorded by other artists. It peaked at {{thinspace|No.|10}} on the [[Billboard 200|pop album chart]] in the United States, and went to {{thinspace|No.|3}} on the album chart in the United Kingdom. Certified five times [[platinum album|platinum]] by the [[RIAA]], it is his best-selling album in the U.S.<ref>[https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database RIAA Gold and Platinum database retrieved 4 June 2012]</ref>


==Content==
==Content==
{{ref improve|section|date=June 2020}}
{{more citations needed|section|date=June 2020}}
''Greatest Hits'' presented Dylan's first appearance on records after his praised ''[[Blonde on Blonde]]'' double-LP of May [[1966 in music|1966]] and [[Bob_Dylan#Motorcycle_accident_and_reclusion|his motorcycle accident of that summer]]. With no activity by Dylan since the end of his recent world tour, and no new recordings on the immediate horizon (the sessions that would in part be released in June 1975 as ''[[The Basement Tapes]]'' were still months away), Columbia wanted new product to continue to capitalize on Dylan's commercial appeal, so released ''Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits'', the label's first Dylan compilation.
''Greatest Hits'' presented Dylan's first appearance on record after his praised ''[[Blonde on Blonde]]'' double-LP of May [[1966 in music|1966]] and [[Bob Dylan#Motorcycle accident and reclusion|his motorcycle accident of that summer]]. With no activity by Dylan since the end of his recent world tour, and no new recordings on the immediate horizon (the sessions that would in part be released in June 1975 as ''[[The Basement Tapes]]'' were still months away), Columbia wanted new product to continue to capitalize on Dylan's commercial appeal, so released ''Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits'', the label's first Dylan compilation.


''Greatest Hits'' serves as Dylan's ''de facto'' singles collection for the 1960s. With the exception of "[[The Times They Are a-Changin' (song)|The Times They Are a-Changin']]", "[[It Ain't Me Babe]]", and "[[Mr. Tambourine Man]]", all tracks on this album were released as [[single (music)|45 rpm singles]] in the United States during that decade. It is worth noting that in 1963 "[[Blowin' in the Wind]]" became a No. 2 hit single for [[Peter, Paul and Mary]], and that in 1965 "Times" made it to No. 9 as a single release in the United Kingdom. In 1965 a truncated rock and roll version of "Mr. Tambourine Man" had been a No. 1 hit for [[The Byrds]] in the summer, and [[the Turtles]] took a [[folk-rock]] version of "It Ain't Me Babe" to No. 8. The remaining six tracks all made the ''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]'' [[Top 40]] in 1965 and 1966. "Positively 4th Street" was the only single of the collection not either later released on or taken off a long-playing album, having been recorded during the sessions for ''[[Highway 61 Revisited]]''.
''Greatest Hits'' serves as Dylan's ''de facto'' singles collection for the 1960s. With the exception of "[[The Times They Are a-Changin' (song)|The Times They Are a-Changin']]", "[[It Ain't Me Babe]]", and "[[Mr. Tambourine Man]]", all tracks on this album were released as [[single (music)|45 rpm singles]] in the United States during that decade. Several of the non-single tracks had been hit [[cover versions]] for other groups; in 1963 "[[Blowin' in the Wind]]" became a No. 2 hit single for [[Peter, Paul and Mary]], and in 1965 Dylan's original recording made it to No. 9 as a single release in the United Kingdom.


In summer 1965, [[The Byrds]] had a No. 1 hit with a truncated rock and roll version of "Mr. Tambourine Man", and [[the Turtles]] took a [[folk-rock]] version of "It Ain't Me Babe" to No. 8. "[[Just Like a Woman]]" had also been a No. 10 UK hit for [[Manfred Mann]]. The remaining six tracks all made the ''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]'' [[Top 40]] in 1965 and 1966. "[[Positively 4th Street]]" was the only single of the collection not released on a long-playing album, having been recorded during the sessions for ''[[Highway 61 Revisited]]''. Despite charting in both the US and UK, the 1965 standalone single "[[Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?]]" was not included in the compilation.
When this album was remastered for its 1999 issue on compact disc 30 years later, a slightly longer alternative mix of "Positively 4th Street" was substituted for the original single version. In 2003, this album was released along with Dylan's two other greatest hits compilations in one four-disc boxed set, as ''Greatest Hits Volumes I–III''.


When this album was remastered for its compact disc 1999 issue, a slightly longer alternative mix of "Positively 4th Street" was substituted for the original single version. In 2003, this album was released along with Dylan's two other greatest hits compilations in one four-disc boxed set, as ''Greatest Hits Volumes I–III''.
An audiophile version of the album was released in August 2012, mastered by [[Steve Hoffman (audio engineer)|Steve Hoffman]] for the Audio Fidelity label as a 24-kt gold-plated CD. This disc is a limited edition of 5,000 individually numbered copies.<ref>[http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/archive/index.php/t-287843-p-23.html Steve Hoffman Music Forums discussion thread]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Like the 1999 remaster, this CD contains a longer version of "Positively 4th Street.

An audiophile version of the album was released in August 2012, mastered by [[Steve Hoffman (audio engineer)|Steve Hoffman]] for the Audio Fidelity label as a 24-kt gold-plated CD. This disc is a limited edition of 5,000 individually numbered copies.<ref>[http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/archive/index.php/t-287843-p-23.html Steve Hoffman Music Forums discussion thread]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Like the 1999 remaster, this CD contains a longer version of "Positively 4th Street."{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r6419|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url= http://rateyourmusic.com/collection/RollingStoneAlbumGuide/strm_a/bob+dylan/1 |title= RollingStoneAlbumGuide's music |publisher= rateyourmusic.com |access-date=20 August 2013}}</ref>{{deprecated source|certain=y|date=November 2024}}
}}


==Artwork==
==Artwork==
{{ref improve|section|date=June 2020}}
{{more citations needed|section|date=June 2020}}
The cover photograph used on the cover of ''Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits'' was taken by [[Rowland Scherman]] at Dylan's November 28, 1965, concert in Washington, D.C. Bob Cato was the designer of the album cover, which won the 1967 [[Grammy]] award for "Best Album Cover, Photography". The original album package also included [[Milton Glaser]]'s now-familiar "psychedelic" poster<ref>{{cite web|title=Dylan Reproduction|url=https://www.miltonglaser.com/store/c:posters/824/dylan-reproduction-2008|publisher=Milton Glaser, Inc.}}</ref> depicting Dylan. A similar image taken at the [[Concert for Bangladesh]] in 1971 was selected for ''[[Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II]]'', a compilation Dylan had much more control over.{{citation needed|date=October 2010}} [[John Berg (art director)|John Berg]], senior art director at Columbia Records, recognized that a backlit image such as Scherman's would work because of Dylan's distinctive profile and hairstyle.{{citation needed|date=October 2010}} It was his design, as well as Scherman's photo, that won the Grammy.
The cover photograph used on the cover of ''Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits'' was taken by [[Rowland Scherman]] at Dylan's November 28, 1965, concert in Washington, D.C. Bob Cato was the designer of the album cover, which won the 1967 [[Grammy]] award for "Best Album Cover, Photography". The original album package also included [[Milton Glaser]]'s now-familiar "psychedelic" poster<ref>{{cite web|title=Dylan Reproduction|url=https://www.miltonglaser.com/store/c:posters/824/dylan-reproduction-2008|publisher=Milton Glaser, Inc.}}</ref> depicting Dylan. A similar image taken at the [[Concert for Bangladesh]] in 1971 was selected for ''[[Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II]]'', a compilation Dylan had much more control over.{{citation needed|date=October 2010}} [[John Berg (art director)|John Berg]], senior art director at Columbia Records, recognized that a backlit image such as Scherman's would work because of Dylan's distinctive profile and hairstyle.{{citation needed|date=October 2010}} It was his design, as well as Scherman's photo, that won the Grammy.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
===Original release===
All tracks were written by Bob Dylan and all releases were by Columbia Records. Chart positions are from [[Billboard Hot 100|Billboard ''Hot 100'']]. In most cases the LP featured album versions in place of singles if such were not identical to single mixes.

;Side one
{{tracklist
{{tracklist
|headline = Side one
|all_writing = Bob Dylan. Chart positions are from [[Billboard Hot 100|Billboard ''Hot 100'']]. In most cases the LP featured album versions in place of singles if such were not identical to the single mixes.
| extra_column = Single release
| extra_column = Single release
| title1 = [[Rainy Day Women ♯12 & 35]]
| title1 = [[Rainy Day Women ♯12 & 35|Rainy Day Women #12 & 35]]
| note1 = album ''[[Blonde on Blonde]]'', June 1966
| note1 = album ''[[Blonde on Blonde]]'', June 1966
| extra1 = single released March 1966; chart peak #2
| extra1 = single released March 1966; chart peak #2
Line 55: Line 55:
| extra2 = single released August 1963; did not chart
| extra2 = single released August 1963; did not chart
| length2 = 2:51
| length2 = 2:51
| title3 = [[The Times They Are a-Changin' (song)|The Times They Are a-Changin']]
| title3 = [[The Times They Are a-Changin' (song)|The Times They Are a-Changin{{'-}}]]
| note3 = album ''[[The Times They Are a-Changin' (Bob Dylan album)|The Times They Are A-Changin']]'', Jan 1964
| note3 = album ''[[The Times They Are a-Changin' (Bob Dylan album)|The Times They Are A-Changin']]'', Jan 1964
| extra3 = not released by Dylan as a single (in the U.S.)
| extra3 = UK-only single peaked at #9
| length3 = 3:16
| length3 = 3:16
| title4 = [[It Ain't Me Babe]]
| title4 = [[It Ain't Me Babe]]
Line 67: Line 67:
| extra5 = single released June 1965; chart peak #2
| extra5 = single released June 1965; chart peak #2
| length5 = 6:12
| length5 = 6:12
| total_length = 20:37
}}
}}


;Side two
{{tracklist
{{tracklist
| headline = Side two
| extra_column = Single release
| extra_column = Single release
| title1 = [[Mr. Tambourine Man]]
| title1 = [[Mr. Tambourine Man]]
Line 92: Line 93:
| extra5 = single released August 1966; chart peak #33
| extra5 = single released August 1966; chart peak #33
| length5 = 4:53
| length5 = 4:53
| total_length = 20:07
}}
}}


==Export editions==
===Great Britain and Ireland===
===Great Britain and Ireland===
The UK release of the album had a slightly different track listing. "[[Positively 4th Street]]" was omitted, but "[[She Belongs to Me]]", "[[It's All Over Now, Baby Blue]]", and "[[One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)]]" were added.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Great Rock Discography|author1=Strong, M.C. |author2=Peel, J. |name-list-style=amp |page=55|year=2002|publisher=The National Academies|isbn=978-1-84195-312-0}}</ref> In the UK, this album was followed up by ''Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits 2'', which repeated the ''[[Blonde on Blonde]]'' songs from the first ''Greatest Hits'' and also added "[[Absolutely Sweet Marie]]", "[[Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues]]", "[[Gates of Eden (song)|Gates of Eden]]", "[[Chimes of Freedom (song)|Chimes of Freedom]]", and several others.<ref name=humph>{{cite book|title=Bob Dylan|author=Humphries, P.|page=145|year=1995|isbn=0-7119-4868-2}}</ref> This album was different from the album called ''[[Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II]]'' in the US, which was released in 1971 and called ''More Bob Dylan Greatest Hits'' in the UK.
The UK release of the album was issued with no apostrophe in the title and its last two words in a secondary colour, suggesting a short-titled "Greatest Hits" marketing intention. Its front cover comprised a studio photo of Dylan holding a book of Renaissance paintings, and the album itself had a slightly different track listing. "[[Positively 4th Street]]" was omitted, but "[[She Belongs to Me]]", "[[It's All Over Now, Baby Blue]]", and "[[One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)]]" were added.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Great Rock Discography|author1=Strong, M.C. |author2=Peel, J. |name-list-style=amp |page=55|year=2002|publisher=The National Academies|isbn=978-1-84195-312-0}}</ref>
{{col-begin}} {{col-break}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| title1 = Blowin' in the Wind
| length1 = 2:51

| title2 = It Ain't Me Babe
| length2 = 3:38

| title3 = The Times They Are a-Changin{{'-}}
| length3 = 3:16

| title4 = Mr. Tambourine Man
| length4 = 5:31

| title5 = [[She Belongs to Me]]
| length5 = 2:50

| title6 = [[It's All Over Now, Baby Blue]]
| length6 = 4:12

| total_length = 22:18
}} {{col-break}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title1 = Subterranean Homesick Blues
| length1 = 2:22

| title2 = [[One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)]]
| length2 = 4:54

| title3 = Like A Rolling Stone
| length3 = 6:12

| title4 = Just Like a Woman
| length4 = 4:53

| title5 = Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
| length5 = 4:40

| title6 = I Want You
| length6 = 3:09

| total_length = 26:10
}} {{col-end}}

===Europe===
Released as ''Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits'', cover-subtitled "Nobody sings Dylan like Dylan" and with a front cover studio photo of Dylan that differed from the UK one, this version was compiled in 1966. Only half of its 12 songs were also on the U.S. release, and songs from ''Blonde on Blonde'' were omitted altogether.

{{col-begin}}
{{col-begin}}
{{col-break}}
{{col-break}}
{{Track listing
;Side one
| headline = Side one
# "Blowin' in the Wind"
| title1 = Blowin' in the Wind
# "It Ain't Me Babe"
| length1 = 2:51
# "The Times They Are a-Changin' "

# "Mr. Tambourine Man"
| title2 = [[Don't Think Twice, It's All Right]]
# "[[She Belongs to Me]]"
| length2 = 3:40
# "[[It's All Over Now, Baby Blue]]"

| title3 = [[Queen Jane Approximately]]
| length3 = 5:19

| title4 = [[Maggie's Farm]]
| length4 = 3:51

| title5 = Mr. Tambourine Man
| length5 = 5:31

| title6 = [[Bob Dylan's Blues]]
| length6 = 2:23

| total_length = 23:35
}}
{{col-break}}
{{col-break}}
{{Track listing
;Side two
| headline = Side two
# "Subterranean Homesick Blues"
| title1 = The Times They Are a-Changin{{'-}}
# "[[One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)]]"
| length1 = 3:16
# "Like A Rolling Stone"

# "Just Like a Woman"
| title2 = It Ain't Me Babe
# "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35"
| length2 = 3:38
# "I Want You"

| title3 = Subterranean Homesick Blues
| length3 = 2:22

| title4 = It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
| length4 = 4:12

| title5 = Like A Rolling Stone
| length5 = 6:12

| title6 = [[Highway 61 Revisited (song)|Highway 61 Revisited]]
| length6 = 3:30

| total_length = 23:10
}}
{{col-end}}
{{col-end}}

===UK & Europe follow-on (Greatest Hits 2)===

In the UK and Europe, the album was quickly followed up by ''Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits 2'' in 1967, which repeated the four ''[[Blonde on Blonde]]'' songs from the first UK ''Greatest Hits'' album and added three more (including "[[Absolutely Sweet Marie]]"), as well as five further pre-1966 album songs (including "[[Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues]]", "[[Gates of Eden (song)|Gates of Eden]]" and "[[Chimes of Freedom (song)|Chimes of Freedom]]").<ref name=humph>{{cite book|title=Bob Dylan|author=Humphries, P.|page=145|year=1995|publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=0-7119-4868-2}}</ref> This album was different from the later 1971 album that was called ''[[Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II]]'' in the US and called ''More Bob Dylan Greatest Hits'' in the UK.

;''Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits 2''
;''Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits 2''
{{col-begin}}
{{col-begin}}
{{col-break}}
{{col-break}}
{{Track listing
;Side one
| headline = Side one
# "I Want You"
| title1 = I Want You
# "One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)"
| length1 = 3:09
# "[[It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry]]"
# "[[Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues]]"
# "[[Masters of War]]"
# "[[Chimes of Freedom (song)|Chimes of Freedom]]"
{{col-break}}
;Side two
# "Just Like a Woman"
# "[[Obviously Five Believers]]"
# "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35"
# "[[Gates of Eden (song)|Gates of Eden]]"
# "[[Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat]]"
# "[[Absolutely Sweet Marie]]"
{{col-end}}


| title2 = One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)
===Europe===
| length2 = 4:54
''Subtitled "Nobody sings Dylan like Dylan", this version was compiled in 1966. Only half of the 12 songs are also on the U.S. release. Songs from ''Blonde on Blonde'' are missing altogether.''

{{col-begin}}
| title3 = [[It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry]]
{{col-break}}
| length3 = 3:25
;Side one

# "Blowin' in the Wind"
# "[[Don't Think Twice, It's All Right]]"
| title4 = [[Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues]]
| length4 = 5:31
# "[[Queen Jane Approximately]]"

# "[[Maggie's Farm]]"
| title5 = [[Masters of War]]
# "Mr. Tambourine Man"
| length5 = 4:34
# "[[Bob Dylan's Blues]]"

{{col-break}}
| title6 = [[Chimes of Freedom (song)|Chimes of Freedom]]
;Side two
| length6 = 7:10
# "The Times They Are a-Changin' "

# "It Ain't Me Babe"
| total_length = 28:43
# "Subterranean Homesick Blues"
}} {{col-break}}
# "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue"
{{Track listing
# "Like A Rolling Stone"
| headline = Side two
# "[[Highway 61 Revisited (song)|Highway 61 Revisited]]"
| title1 = Just Like a Woman
{{col-end}}
| length1 = 4:53

| title2 = [[Obviously Five Believers]]
| length2 = 3:36

| title3 = Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
| length3 = 4:40

| title4 = [[Gates of Eden (song)|Gates of Eden]]
| length4 = 5:40

| title5 = [[Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat]]
| length5 = 3:58

| title6 = [[Absolutely Sweet Marie]]
| length6 = 4:57

| total_length = 27:44
}} {{col-end}}


==Charts==
==Charts==
Line 163: Line 255:
! style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|Position
! style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|Position
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|1967
|rowspan="3"|1967
||[[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Bob Dylan – Chart history|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/293235/bob-dylan/chart?f=305|website=www.billboard.com|accessdate=July 18, 2017}}</ref>
||[[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Bob Dylan – Chart history|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/293235/bob-dylan/chart?f=305|website=www.billboard.com|access-date=July 18, 2017|archive-date=August 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814080019/https://www.billboard.com/artist/293235/bob-dylan/chart?f=305|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|10
||10
|-
||[[Productores de Música de España|Spanish Albums Chart]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Salaverri|first=Fernando|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|year=2005|isbn=84-8048-639-2|location=|pages=}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|6
|-
|-
||UK Top 75<ref>{{cite web|title=Official Chart History|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/28513/bob-dylan/|website=www.officialcharts.com|accessdate=July 18, 2017}}</ref>
||UK Top 75<ref>{{cite web|title=Official Chart History|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/28513/bob-dylan/|website=www.officialcharts.com|access-date=July 18, 2017}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|6
||6
|}
|}


==Certifications==
==Certifications==
{{certification Table Top}}
{{certification Table Top}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Canada|artist=Bob Dylan|title=Greatest Hits|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=1979|relyear=1967|accessdate=November 13, 2019}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Canada|artist=Bob Dylan|title=Greatest Hits|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=1979|relyear=1967|access-date=November 13, 2019}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Netherlands|artist=Bob Dylan|title=Greatest Hits|award=Platinum|certyear=1978|relyear=1967|accessdate=November 13, 2019}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=France|artist=Bob Dylan|title=Greatest Hits|award=Gold|number=2|certyear=1995|relyear=1967|source=infodisc|access-date=July 19, 2021}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United Kingdom|artist=Bob Dylan|title=Greatest Hits|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=2016|relyear=1967|accessdate=November 13, 2019}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Netherlands|artist=Bob Dylan|title=Greatest Hits|award=Platinum|certyear=1978|relyear=1967|access-date=November 13, 2019}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Bob Dylan|title=Greatest Hits|award=Platinum|number=5|certyear=2001|relyear=1967|accessdate=November 13, 2019}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United Kingdom|artist=Bob Dylan|title=Greatest Hits|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=2016|relyear=1967|access-date=November 13, 2019|id=2649-3101-2}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Bob Dylan|title=Greatest Hits|award=Platinum|number=5|certyear=2001|relyear=1967|access-date=November 13, 2019}}
{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true | streaming=true}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true}}


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
Line 186: Line 282:


{{Bob Dylan}}
{{Bob Dylan}}
{{Authority control}}


[[Category:1967 greatest hits albums]]
[[Category:1967 greatest hits albums]]

Latest revision as of 09:31, 11 December 2024

Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits
A profile photograph of Dylan with a deep blue background
Greatest hits album by
Bob Dylan
ReleasedMarch 27, 1967 (1967-03-27)
Genre
Length40:44
LabelColumbia
Producer
Bob Dylan chronology
Blonde on Blonde
(1966) 		Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits
(1967) 		John Wesley Harding
(1967)

Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits is a 1967 compilation album of songs by the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Released on March 27, 1967, by Columbia Records, it was a stopgap between Dylan's studio albums Blonde on Blonde and John Wesley Harding, during which time he had retreated from the public eye to recover from a motorcycle accident.

It was Dylan's first compilation, containing every Top 40 single Dylan had up to 1967, plus additional album tracks which had become popular singles as recorded by other artists. It peaked at No. 10 on the pop album chart in the United States, and went to No. 3 on the album chart in the United Kingdom. Certified five times platinum by the RIAA, it is his best-selling album in the U.S.[1]

Content

[edit]

Greatest Hits presented Dylan's first appearance on record after his praised Blonde on Blonde double-LP of May 1966 and his motorcycle accident of that summer. With no activity by Dylan since the end of his recent world tour, and no new recordings on the immediate horizon (the sessions that would in part be released in June 1975 as The Basement Tapes were still months away), Columbia wanted new product to continue to capitalize on Dylan's commercial appeal, so released Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, the label's first Dylan compilation.

Greatest Hits serves as Dylan's de facto singles collection for the 1960s. With the exception of "The Times They Are a-Changin'", "It Ain't Me Babe", and "Mr. Tambourine Man", all tracks on this album were released as 45 rpm singles in the United States during that decade. Several of the non-single tracks had been hit cover versions for other groups; in 1963 "Blowin' in the Wind" became a No. 2 hit single for Peter, Paul and Mary, and in 1965 Dylan's original recording made it to No. 9 as a single release in the United Kingdom.

In summer 1965, The Byrds had a No. 1 hit with a truncated rock and roll version of "Mr. Tambourine Man", and the Turtles took a folk-rock version of "It Ain't Me Babe" to No. 8. "Just Like a Woman" had also been a No. 10 UK hit for Manfred Mann. The remaining six tracks all made the Billboard Top 40 in 1965 and 1966. "Positively 4th Street" was the only single of the collection not released on a long-playing album, having been recorded during the sessions for Highway 61 Revisited. Despite charting in both the US and UK, the 1965 standalone single "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?" was not included in the compilation.

When this album was remastered for its compact disc 1999 issue, a slightly longer alternative mix of "Positively 4th Street" was substituted for the original single version. In 2003, this album was released along with Dylan's two other greatest hits compilations in one four-disc boxed set, as Greatest Hits Volumes I–III.

An audiophile version of the album was released in August 2012, mastered by Steve Hoffman for the Audio Fidelity label as a 24-kt gold-plated CD. This disc is a limited edition of 5,000 individually numbered copies.[2] Like the 1999 remaster, this CD contains a longer version of "Positively 4th Street."

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
Rolling Stone[5][deprecated source]

Artwork

[edit]

The cover photograph used on the cover of Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits was taken by Rowland Scherman at Dylan's November 28, 1965, concert in Washington, D.C. Bob Cato was the designer of the album cover, which won the 1967 Grammy award for "Best Album Cover, Photography". The original album package also included Milton Glaser's now-familiar "psychedelic" poster[6] depicting Dylan. A similar image taken at the Concert for Bangladesh in 1971 was selected for Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II, a compilation Dylan had much more control over.[citation needed] John Berg, senior art director at Columbia Records, recognized that a backlit image such as Scherman's would work because of Dylan's distinctive profile and hairstyle.[citation needed] It was his design, as well as Scherman's photo, that won the Grammy.

Track listing

[edit]

Original release

[edit]

All tracks are written by Bob Dylan. Chart positions are from Billboard Hot 100. In most cases the LP featured album versions in place of singles if such were not identical to the single mixes.

Side one
No.TitleSingle releaseLength
1."Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" (album Blonde on Blonde, June 1966)single released March 1966; chart peak #24:40
2."Blowin' in the Wind" (album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, May 1963)single released August 1963; did not chart2:51
3."The Times They Are a-Changin'" (album The Times They Are A-Changin', Jan 1964)UK-only single peaked at #93:16
4."It Ain't Me Babe" (album Another Side of Bob Dylan, Aug 1964)not released by Dylan as a single3:38
5."Like a Rolling Stone" (album Highway 61 Revisited, Aug 1965)single released June 1965; chart peak #26:12
Total length:20:37
Side two
No.TitleSingle releaseLength
1."Mr. Tambourine Man" (album, Bringing It All Back Home, March 1965)not released by Dylan as a single5:31
2."Subterranean Homesick Blues" (album, Bringing It All Back Home, March 1965)single released March 1965; chart peak #392:22
3."I Want You" (album Blonde on Blonde, June 1966)single released June 1966; chart peak #203:09
4."Positively 4th Street" (non-album single)single released September 1965; chart peak #74:12
5."Just Like a Woman" (album Blonde on Blonde, June 1966)single released August 1966; chart peak #334:53
Total length:20:07

Great Britain and Ireland

[edit]

The UK release of the album was issued with no apostrophe in the title and its last two words in a secondary colour, suggesting a short-titled "Greatest Hits" marketing intention. Its front cover comprised a studio photo of Dylan holding a book of Renaissance paintings, and the album itself had a slightly different track listing. "Positively 4th Street" was omitted, but "She Belongs to Me", "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue", and "One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)" were added.[7]

Europe

[edit]

Released as Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, cover-subtitled "Nobody sings Dylan like Dylan" and with a front cover studio photo of Dylan that differed from the UK one, this version was compiled in 1966. Only half of its 12 songs were also on the U.S. release, and songs from Blonde on Blonde were omitted altogether.

UK & Europe follow-on (Greatest Hits 2)

[edit]

In the UK and Europe, the album was quickly followed up by Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits 2 in 1967, which repeated the four Blonde on Blonde songs from the first UK Greatest Hits album and added three more (including "Absolutely Sweet Marie"), as well as five further pre-1966 album songs (including "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues", "Gates of Eden" and "Chimes of Freedom").[8] This album was different from the later 1971 album that was called Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II in the US and called More Bob Dylan Greatest Hits in the UK.

Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits 2

Charts

[edit]
Year Chart Position
1967 Billboard 200[9] 10
Spanish Albums Chart[10] 6
UK Top 75[11] 6

Certifications

[edit]
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[12] 2× Platinum 200,000^
France (SNEP)[13] 2× Gold 200,000*
Netherlands (NVPI)[14] Platinum 100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[15] 2× Platinum 600,000‡
United States (RIAA)[16] 5× Platinum 5,000,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ RIAA Gold and Platinum database retrieved 4 June 2012
  2. ^ Steve Hoffman Music Forums discussion thread[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ AllMusic review
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  5. ^ "RollingStoneAlbumGuide's music". rateyourmusic.com. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  6. ^ "Dylan Reproduction". Milton Glaser, Inc.
  7. ^ Strong, M.C. & Peel, J. (2002). The Great Rock Discography. The National Academies. p. 55. ISBN 978-1-84195-312-0.
  8. ^ Humphries, P. (1995). Bob Dylan. Omnibus Press. p. 145. ISBN 0-7119-4868-2.
  9. ^ "Bob Dylan – Chart history". www.billboard.com. Archived from the original on August 14, 2018. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  10. ^ Salaverri, Fernando (2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002. Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  11. ^ "Official Chart History". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  12. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Bob Dylan – Greatest Hits". Music Canada. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  13. ^ "French album certifications – Bob Dylan – Greatest Hits" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved July 19, 2021. Select BOB DYLAN and click OK. 
  14. ^ "Dutch album certifications – Bob Dylan – Greatest Hits" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Retrieved November 13, 2019. Enter Greatest Hits in the "Artiest of titel" box. Select 1978 in the drop-down menu saying "Alle jaargangen".
  15. ^ "British album certifications – Bob Dylan – Greatest Hits". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  16. ^ "American album certifications – Bob Dylan – Greatest Hits". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Bob_Dylan%27s_Greatest_Hits&oldid=1262421570"