MTV Unplugged
by Bob Dylan
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Bob Dylan bestography
MTV Unplugged is ranked 45th 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 25,173.
(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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MTV Unplugged track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
MTV Unplugged rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 87 Music Albums of 1995 | 55/87 | 2 |
| 2026 |  21stCenturySchiz | Top 18 Music Albums of 1995 | 16/18 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 67 Music Albums of 1995 | 11/67 | 4 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1995 | 33/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1995 | 26/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | Rivera | Live | 35/36 | - |
| 2025 |  Liedzeit | Top 19 Music Albums of 1995 | 12/19 | 2 |
| 2025 |  andy_hunter | Top 73 Music Albums of the 1990s | 52/73 | 6 |
| 2025 | BlueNote | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 67/100 | 7 |
| 2025 | daCritic | Bob Dylan Ranked | 39/39 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 36 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 78 | |||
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MTV Unplugged ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/26/2026 23:14 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,736 | 74/100 |
| ! | 04/10/2026 03:35 | RetoK | 102 | 76/100 |
| ! | 03/27/2025 16:06 | Pienk | 741 | 80/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.9/100, a mean average of 70.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.1.
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MTV Unplugged forum mentions
pedro1976 02/06/2025 11:01 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Liedzeit 09/29/2019 14:17 in What album are you listening to right now?MTV Unplugged comments
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8 songs from the 60's; and 1 each from the 70's, 80's & 90's ~ an opportunity lost to showcase the complete Dylan. The songs are OK ~ nothing overly interesting or exciting. Only of interest to Dylan fans, I would suspect.
A bit on the safe side and Dylan's voice is of course, awful. I find the lesser known songs such as, shooting star, and, dignity, work best here rather than the more famous classic tracks. Still, it's okay, but hardly essential. Maybe both night's of the show will be available one day on the bootleg series.
Brandon8 TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/05/2015 04:44 | #130856
Good live album from the mid 90s. Dylan is in solid form and makes this a special performance.
This unplugged is just as good as Nirvana or Clapton or any other, maybe better. Unfortunately, I don't own many other Dylan albums (mostly just compilations) so can't offer my opinions on them. All his stuff is awesome though. I once met a very talented songwriter who hated listening to Dylan because "everything I think of he's already said it only 100x better", brilliant!
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