Best Bob Dylan Albums, Ranked

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95 albums · 1962–2025 · average 79.0

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RankAlbumArtist		Year	★ Overall		Critics	Users
29	Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan	1965	89.5	83	100	88.9	86.1	91.8	88	89
31	Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan	1975	89.4	83.2	100	88.6	86.9	91.2	87	89
34	Blonde on Blonde - Bob Dylan	1966	89.4	82.8	100	88.5	86.3	91.8	88	88.2
65	Bringing It All Back Home - Bob Dylan	1965	88.4	81.6	100	86.9	85.9	90.8	86	87.8
190	The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan	1963	86.4	78.4	98	83.9	84.2	90.4	84	85.6
196	Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits - Bob Dylan	1967	86.3	85.2	100	88.3	82.9	87	81	80
882	Desire - Bob Dylan	1976	82.7	78.4	86	84.1	84.1	85.6	81	80
1111	Time Out of Mind - Bob Dylan	1997	82.1	76	88	80.6	81.4	89.2	79	80.4
1206	The Times They Are A-Changin' - Bob Dylan	1964	81.9	75.4	82	82.5	82.7	88.2	80	82.2
1767	John Wesley Harding - Bob Dylan	1967	80.7	74.6	95	78.5	75.5	85.2	78	78
2045	Another Side of Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan	1964	80.2	72.8	91	78	77.7	85.6	78	78
2799	Rough and Rowdy Ways - Bob Dylan	2020	78.8	70	89	74	77.2	89.2	76	76
2859	Nashville Skyline - Bob Dylan	1969	78.7	71	87	76.3	78.3	85	77	76
3239	Oh Mercy - Bob Dylan	1989	77.9	72.2	88	74.9	76.1	86.8	75	72
3426	"Love And Theft" - Bob Dylan	2001	77.4	72.8	85	74.3	72	86.8	77	74
3642	Modern Times - Bob Dylan	2006	76.9	70.8	86	76	74.8	84	75	72
4466	New Morning - Bob Dylan	1970	74.5	66.8	86	72	74.5	81.2	73	68
4485	Tempest - Bob Dylan	2012	74.4	68.8	84	72	71.1	82.2	73	70
4929	Infidels - Bob Dylan	1983	72.1	63.8	87	67.7	71.8	79.6	71	64
4957	Street-Legal - Bob Dylan	1978	71.9	68.4	75	71.7	75.7	78.6	72	62
5043	Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan	1962	71.3	61.8	78	64.6	64.6	90.4	72	68
5406	Slow Train Coming - Bob Dylan	1979	67.1	62.4	68	63.1	67.3	78.6	70	60
5588	Shot of Love - Bob Dylan	1981	57.2	55.2	49	51.6	60.5	75.4	61	48
–	The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 - Bob Dylan	1991	87.9	83.2	97	87.6	88.4	92.2	79	88
–	The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue - Bob Dylan	2002	87.9	83.8	95	88.6	91.8	91.8	80	84
–	The Essential Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan	2000	86.4	82.6	100	83.2	91.3	89.4	78	80
–	World Gone Wrong - Bob Dylan	1993	68.9	63.4	80	63.1	63.7	82.2	66	64
–	Good as I Been to You - Bob Dylan	1992	66.1	59.8	80	58.5	62.1	80.6	66	56
–	The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert - Bob Dylan	1998	88	83.8	97	84.4	–	91.6	83	88
–	The Real Royal Albert Hall 1966 Concert! - Bob Dylan	2016	86.3	82.4	95	84.6	87.5	91.2	77	–
–	The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964 (Concert at Philharmonic Hall) - Bob Dylan	2004	84.7	80.4	94	85.3	84.2	88	76	–
–	The Basement Tapes - Bob Dylan & The Band	1975	81.8	73.6	100	77.1	75.4	85.8	79	–
–	The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs: Rare and Unreleased (1989-2006) - Bob Dylan	2008	81.4	79	81	81	–	90.4	75	82
–	The Bootleg Series Vol. 10: Another Self Portrait (1969-1971) - Bob Dylan	2013	80.7	79.4	78	82.2	–	89.6	75	80
–	Before the Flood - Bob Dylan & The Band	1974	79.7	73.2	83	78.6	–	83.4	78	82
–	Shadow Kingdom - Bob Dylan	2023	75.1	–	82	70	72.3	89.2	73	64
–	Hard Rain - Bob Dylan	1976	69.6	71	50	79.3	–	78	71	68
–	Together Through Life - Bob Dylan	2009	68	–	75	61.7	61.7	80.8	69	60
–	Shadows in the Night - Bob Dylan	2015	67.5	–	81	63	64.9	74.8	67	54
–	Bob Dylan at Budokan - Bob Dylan	1978	66.6	–	40	74.2	78.2	80.2	69	58
–	Triplicate - Bob Dylan	2017	65.5	–	75	57.9	57.6	82.4	66	54
–	Real Live - Bob Dylan	1984	64.8	–	60	66.9	67.6	75.4	65	54
–	Fallen Angels - Bob Dylan	2016	64.4	–	74	58.4	58.6	77.6	66	52
–	Christmas in the Heart - Bob Dylan	2009	59.1	–	63	52	57.3	77.2	59	46
–	Empire Burlesque - Bob Dylan	1985	59.1	–	63	51.2	56.1	73	59	52
–	Saved - Bob Dylan	1980	53.1	–	48	45.9	54.9	72.6	57	40
–	Under the Red Sky - Bob Dylan	1990	52.4	–	43	43.3	49.3	73.8	57	48
–	Down in the Groove - Bob Dylan	1988	51.6	–	57	40.3	47.8	70.4	52	42
–	Dylan - Bob Dylan	1973	49.3	–	16	45.5	55	72.2	71	36
–	Knocked Out Loaded - Bob Dylan	1986	49.2	–	47	36.1	45.1	70	53	44
–	The Original Mono Recordings - Bob Dylan	2010	89.4	89	91	100	–	96.8	70	–
–	The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965-1966 - Bob Dylan	2015	88.4	–	93	89.6	–	93.6	78	88
–	The 1966 Live Recordings - Bob Dylan	2016	88.1	–	91	92.1	–	93.2	76	88
–	Biograph - Bob Dylan	1985	87.6	86.6	–	–	88.1	92.4	79	92
–	The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete - Bob Dylan & The Band	2014	85.2	80.4	93	81	–	92.4	79	–
–	The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings - Bob Dylan	2019	84.5	–	86	85.7	–	93.6	77	80
–	Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II - Bob Dylan	1971	83.8	83.6	–	–	87.5	84	78	86
–	Masterpieces - Bob Dylan	1978	83.6	81.8	90	80	–	89	77	–
–	No Direction Home: The Soundtrack - Bob Dylan	2005	82.8	78.2	86	83.9	–	87.8	–	78
–	Side Tracks - Bob Dylan	2013	82.2	81.4	–	76.7	88.3	91.4	73	–
–	The Bootleg Series Vol. 13: Trouble No More 1979-1981 - Bob Dylan	2017	81.9	–	81	75.1	–	89.4	78	86
–	Live at Carnegie Hall 1963 - Bob Dylan	2005	80.8	75.2	90	78.4	–	84.6	76	–
–	Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume 3 - Bob Dylan	1994	78.7	75.8	80	78.4	–	87.2	72	–
–	MTV Unplugged - Bob Dylan	1995	72.6	–	68	71.7	–	83.2	72	68
–	Self Portrait - Bob Dylan	1970	55.4	–	34	52.9	63.2	76.8	–	50
–	More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 - Bob Dylan	2018	88.3	–	89	88.8	–	93.2	82	–
–	The Bootleg Series Vol. 16: Springtime In New York (1980-1985) - Bob Dylan	2021	82.3	–	85	79.8	–	90.4	74	–
–	The Best of Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan	1997	80.6	79.8	–	87	–	83.6	72	–
–	Dylan - Bob Dylan	2007	74.6	82	53	89.2	–	–	–	74
–	Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid - Bob Dylan	1973	68	–	64	65.6	–	80.2	–	62
–	The Complete Album Collection Vol. One - Bob Dylan	2013	93	90.4	93	–	–	95.6	–	–
–	Positively 4th Street - Bob Dylan	1965	90.1	80	–	100	–	90.4	–	–
–	Ballad of a Thin Man / Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues - Bob Dylan	1966	89.1	82.4	–	95.8	–	89	–	–
–	The Basement Tapes Raw (The Bootleg Series Vol. 11) - Bob Dylan & The Band	2014	85.5	–	–	–	86	92.4	78	–
–	The Best of Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan	2005	84.5	–	–	93	–	86.4	–	74
–	The Best of Bob Dylan Volume 2 - Bob Dylan	2000	82.7	82	80	–	–	86.2	–	–
–	The Witmark Demos - Bob Dylan	2010	79.7	–	–	–	74	85	–	80
–	The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series 11 - Bob Dylan	2014	90.2	–	–	–	–	92.4	–	88
–	Greatest Hits - Bob Dylan	1967	85.4	83.8	–	–	–	87	–	–
–	The Gaslight Tapes - Bob Dylan	2001	84	–	–	–	–	92	–	76
–	Travelin' Thru: The Bootleg Series Vol. 15 1967–1969 - Bob Dylan Featuring Johnny Cash	2019	82	–	–	–	–	88	76	–
–	The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964 - Bob Dylan	2010	80	–	–	–	–	85	75	–
–	Bob Dylan: The Complete Album Collection Vol. 1 - Bob Dylan		96	–	–	–	–	–	–	96
–	The Bootleg Series Vol.14: More Blood, More Tracks - Bob Dylan	2018	88	–	–	–	–	–	–	88
–	The Bootleg Series Vol. 6 Live in 1964 - Bob Dylan	2004	84	–	–	–	–	–	–	84
–	Travelin' Thru,1967–1969:The Bootleg Series Vol.15 - Bob Dylan	2019	82	–	–	–	–	–	–	82
–	Bootleg Vol. 17: Fragments - Time Out of Mind - Bob Dylan	2023	80	–	–	–	–	–	–	80
–	Springtime in New York: The Bootleg Series Vol. 16 - Bob Dylan	2021	78	–	–	–	–	–	–	78
–	The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack - Bob Dylan	2005	76	–	–	–	–	–	76	–
–	The Minneapolis Party Tapes - Bob Dylan		76	–	–	–	–	–	–	76
–	Greatest Hits Volume 3 - Bob Dylan	1994	72	–	–	–	–	–	–	72
–	Through The Open Window: Bootleg Series Vol. 18 - Bob Dylan	2025	66	–	–	–	–	–	–	66
–	England Tour 1965 - Bob Dylan	1965	50	–	–	–	–	–	–	50
–	Masked and Anonymous - Bob Dylan	2005	48	–	–	–	–	–	–	48
–	The Joker: Early Years - Bob Dylan	2022	40	–	–	–	–	–	–	40

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