The Essential Bob Dylan
by Bob Dylan
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Bob Dylan bestography
The Essential Bob Dylan is ranked 60th best out of 81 albums by Bob Dylan on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Bob Dylan is Highway 61 Revisited which is ranked number 29 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 25,124.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Essential Bob Dylan track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
The Essential Bob Dylan rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 2000 | 62/100 | - |
| 2026 | glynspsa | Top 99 Music Albums of 2000 | 38/99 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 59 Music Albums of 2000 | 58/59 | 0 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 2701-2785 | 45/85 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 2000 | 60/100 | - |
| 2024 |  CharlieBarley | My Favourite Bob Dylan Albums In Order | 27/52 | - |
| 2023 |  TheDude85 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2000 | 25/100 | 4 |
| 2023 |  Xxnu99etxX | Bob Dylan discography ranked (WIP) | 7/12 | - |
| 2023 | Xxnu99etxX | Top 68 Music Albums of 2000 | 27/68 | 3 |
| 2022 | salvador | Favourite Compilations | 20/99 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 15 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 24 | |||
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The Essential Bob Dylan ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/26/2026 23:15 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,736 | 74/100 |
| ! | 04/21/2024 07:01 | Tuur | 955 | 67/100 |
| ! | 10/03/2023 08:47 | fabm0 | 7,009 | 58/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.8/100, a mean average of 75.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.2.
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Romanelli 02/05/2018 13:39 in The Romanelli Music Diary: The Milk Of Human Kindness Romanelli 10/02/2017 01:12 in What album are you listening to right now?The Essential Bob Dylan comments
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