Nashville Skyline (studio album) by Bob Dylan

Nashville Skyline by Bob Dylan
Year: 1969
Overall rank: 948th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 737 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1969 (28th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (104th)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (948th)
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Bob Dylan bestography

Nashville Skyline is ranked 11th best out of 78 albums by Bob Dylan on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Bob Dylan is Highway 61 Revisited which is ranked number 27 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 28,382.

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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 737 votes)
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06/23/2025 02:42 HoldenM  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,66583/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.7/100, a mean average of 75.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.5.

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90/100
From 06/23/2025 02:43
Look, you hear the concept for this album and you think it's a gambit, and then you hear Bob's voice and you're sure it can't work, but then it keeps going and it keeps working. This is so damn good.
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85/100
From 09/01/2024 13:16
Enjoyable album well worth a listen, not his most creative.
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80/100
From 02/28/2023 13:28
Criminally underrated..
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65/100
From 05/05/2022 08:50
Country Dylan is not my favorite one, but I can't hate on this album, because it is inoffensive and have nice highlights.
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75/100
From 01/24/2022 01:34
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Nashville Skyline es un paso aún más atrás que John Wesley Harding. Cada vez Bob Dylan regresa al nivel de su primer disco, y eso no es muy bueno que digamos. Este disco es muy corto, con canciones que no llegan a sobresalir. La versión de Girl from the North Country con Johnny Cash no se compara a la original.
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95/100
From 12/27/2021 18:50
Contribución de Dylan al inicio del country rock, con participación de Johnny Cash, y, como no podía ser de otra forma, una obra maestra.
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80/100
From 12/07/2020 09:33
A very nice listen. Not Dylan's masterpiece by far but a very good collection of country tunes. Nice to listen to on sunny road trips.
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From 10/25/2020 02:25
In my opinion, the best country/rock fusion of the late 60s. Even better than "Sweetheart of the Rodeo" and "Songs From The Big Pink." It is almost disconcerting to hear Bob Dylan's "country singer" voice, but not in a bad way. The quality of the songs is strong and varied and the musicianship is top notch. For my money, probably the most underrated Dylan album. Why it is never discussed as one of his finest albums is somewhat of a mystery to me.
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55/100
From 05/10/2020 19:25
Dylan goes Country. Some really nice songs, and Lay Lady Lay is gorgeous. But what's up with that affected voice? It's bizarre.
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85/100
From 11/06/2018 22:51
Bob having a good time!

Favorite tracks:

Lay Lady Lay
Girl From The North Country
Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You
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