Rough And Rowdy Ways
by Bob Dylan
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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 26,592.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| 03/12/2026 10:48 | Exist-en-ciel | 8,019 | 70/100 | |
| 03/11/2026 11:26 | Pluto11 | 12,089 | 72/100 | |
| 02/26/2026 15:30 |  CA Dreamin | 742 | 70/100 | |
| 02/19/2026 22:21 | craab | 669 | 79/100 | |
| 02/18/2026 02:25 | adbrack1988 | 1,073 | 83/100 |
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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 16.3.
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pedro1976 05/05/2022 17:41 | #284981
Album of the year, 2020
jwammo12 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...
mdbaxter 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.
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.
I like bob dylan...but this in the 10 best albuns of 2020?? Please??
A very good album, my favorite tracks are "Black Rider" and "Murder Must Foul".
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.
Pretty good album, worse than Time Out of Mind up to Modern Times but a very relaxing and chill album to listen to.
HoldenM 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.
BozoTyrannus 06/30/2020 22:40 | #254853
Each individual track is so good that, aside from Crossing the Rubicon, you could fool someone into thinking this is a greatest hits compilation. Best Dylan album since Desire.
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