Nashville Skyline
by Bob Dylan

Nashville Skyline by Bob Dylan
Year: 1969
Release date: 1969-04-09
Overall rank: 1,165th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 749 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1969 (29th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (103rd)
Award Best albums of all time (1,165th)

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Bob Dylan bestography

Nashville Skyline is ranked 9th best out of 80 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 18,617.

Bob Dylan album bestography « Higher ranked (869th)
Time Out Of Mind
This album (1,165th)
Nashville Skyline
Lower ranked (1,201st) »
Another Side Of Bob Dylan

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Nashville Skyline track list

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

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Nashville Skyline rankings

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Overall rank: 1,165th | 1960s rank: 103rd | 1969 rank: 29th
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2026tim0505Top 85 Music Albums of the 1960s36/85 -
2026sweetnessTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s80/100 -
2026 LiedzeitMost listened to Albums by BEA members 20258/100 -
2026 AAL2014Bob Dylan- So Far...11/24 -
2026 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 196948/1003
2026JohnnyoAlbums of the year 1969 by Ultimate Record Collector29/100 -
2026joathomeTop 49 Music Albums of 196913/494
2026 RockyRaccoonTop 100 Music Albums of 196927/1004
2026matterhornriderTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s100/100 -
2026Exist-en-cielTop 85 Music Albums of 196978/850
2026cicadelicTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s88/100 -
2026fabm0Platinum year 196914/37 -
2026 andy_hunterTop 46 Music Albums of the 1960s21/46 -
2026SiromynianTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s53/100 -
2026 sssvnnnTop 68 Music Albums of 196921/684
2026 baystateoftheartTop 80 Music Albums of 19696/805
2026LittleM1971Top 79 Music Albums of 196925/793
2026stevengnzTop 65 Music Albums of 196935/652
2026cobbo95Top 90 Greatest Music Albums60/9033
2026 TamthebamTop 100 Music Albums of 196968/1002
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 436
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 897
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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 749 votes)
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85/100
 
04/26/2026 18:13 JoshN125  Ratings distribution  14884/100
 
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04/21/2026 02:46 iannicolson  Ratings distribution  1,04375/100
 
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04/01/2026 14:23 TescoHomeCooking  Ratings distribution  34877/100
 
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03/29/2026 13:52 NowhereMan  Ratings distribution  1,43678/100
 
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03/16/2026 19:44 BoxFL  Ratings distribution  2,76751/100

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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.8/100, a mean average of 76.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.5.

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90/100
From 06/23/2025 02:43 | #309669
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 | #305085
Enjoyable album well worth a listen, not his most creative.
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80/100
From 02/28/2023 13:28 | #294550
Criminally underrated..
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Rating:  
65/100
From 05/05/2022 08:50 | #284962
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 | #279984
77

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 | #278093
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 | #262187
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 | #259748
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 | #251223
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 | #223988
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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