Rough And Rowdy Ways
by Bob Dylan

Rough And Rowdy Ways by Bob Dylan
Year: 2020
Release date: 2020-06-19
Overall rank: 1,510th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 304 votes)
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Award Top 20 albums of 2020 (13th)
Award Top 50 albums of the 2020s (48th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,510th)

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Bob Dylan bestography

Rough And Rowdy Ways is ranked 15th 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 27 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 26,289.

Bob Dylan album bestography « Higher ranked (1,421st)
Modern Times
This album (1,510th)
Rough And Rowdy Ways
Lower ranked (1,888th) »
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Overall rank: 1,510th | 2020s rank: 48th | 2020 rank: 13th
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Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 350
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 1,124
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76/100 (from 304 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.6/100, a mean average of 74.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.2.

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80/100
From 04/24/2026 06:19 | #314102
Rough and Rowdy Ways is the 39th studio album by Bob Dylan, released on June 19, 2020. It marked his first collection of original material in eight years and was met with widespread critical acclaim.
A poetic exploration of history, mortality, and American culture, A blend of Americana, folk, and "old-school" blues.
Murder Most Foul is a 17-minute odyssey about the JFK assassination.
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90/100
From 05/05/2022 17:41 | #284981
Album of the year, 2020
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85/100
From 09/24/2021 18:18 | #274142
It is shocking to me that Dylan can still make an album this good. Lyrically stunning. He's gonna make us lonesome when he goes...
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Rating:  
70/100
From 01/04/2021 17:04 | #263824
This is a much better album than I expected based on a recent performance I saw of him. His voice is surprisingly good and has more control than I thought he was capable of. His band is pretty solid though nothing really challenging is asked of them. There are a few blues jams but it's a sedated album for the most part. Which makes sense because Bob is an old ass man but doesn't make for the most fun album. He can't really sing so the only real risks that are taken are in the songwriting which makes for a lackluster album I think.
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Rating:  
75/100
From 09/12/2020 17:49 | #258115
Solid enough album but it's not the classic that it's being made out to be. Good enough to be in my top 50 albums of the year. I'm hoping that it grows on my more than it has so far.
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60/100
From 09/01/2020 00:59 | #257648
I like bob dylan...but this in the 10 best albuns of 2020?? Please??
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85/100
From 08/04/2020 12:31 | #256682
A very good album, my favorite tracks are "Black Rider" and "Murder Must Foul".
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55/100
From 07/21/2020 22:39 | #255959
It contains some good moments, great late career effort but it was definitively too long monotone contrary to the title "rough and rowdy ways". I know Dylan's voice isn't usually his greatest tool but it sounds awful on a couple of these songs. Best tracks: I contain multitude, black rider and Key West. Worst/longest track: murder most foul.
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85/100
From 07/10/2020 23:17 | #255397
Pretty good album, worse than Time Out of Mind up to Modern Times but a very relaxing and chill album to listen to.
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70/100
From 07/10/2020 05:05 | #255352
Sure, it often feels like Bob Dylan in his heyday, but then you just want to go listen to those older records. Still solid. Even middle-of-the-road or lesser Dylan is still quite good.
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