Oh Mercy
by Bob Dylan
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Bob Dylan bestography
Oh Mercy is ranked 13th 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 25,132.
(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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Oh Mercy track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Oh Mercy rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 19/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 93/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 83/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  NowhereMan | Top 13 Music Albums of 1989 | 2/13 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Robert Anton Wilson | Top 13 Music Albums of 1989 | 8/13 | 2 |
| 2026 | Tamthebam | Best Of The 80's Pt.3 (201-300) | 3/100 | - |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 39 Music Albums of 1989 | 35/39 | 1 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 27/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 41/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 2/100 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 276 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,393 | |||
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Oh Mercy ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 3 days ago | Siromynian | 1,773 | 74/100 |
| ! | 08/24/2026 22:59 | Untitled | 1,811 | 77/100 |
| ! | 08/13/2026 16:20 | Jakor | 5,550 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.1/100, a mean average of 74.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.
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Oh Mercy forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 13 hours ago in Chart of the day (#5456): By AMEIER
pedro1976 09/11/2026 16:00 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) BestEverAlbums 06/27/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5356): By marco17Oh Mercy comments
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Bob Dylan's return to form after the artistic and commercial disasters of knocked out loaded and down in the groove. The key to this success, aside from Dylan's songs, was Bono's urging to use Daniel Lanois as producer. It's a perfect marriage. Lanois' production brings an atmospheric soundscape to the album, much as what he did on U2's Joshua tree record. The opener, political world, sounds nothing like Dylan's done before. Best tracks are three songs that appear in the middle of the album. Ring them bells, the man in the long black coat, and my favourite, most of the time. Praise also to, what good am I?, and closing track, shooting star. This was Dylan's best album since, desire. Unfortunately, Bob would slip back into the drivel of the previous two albums with his next release, under the red sky, but as far as oh mercy is concerned, Dylan's best album of the 80's.
JulianR TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/25/2018 05:45 | #213583 | TOP COMMENT
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The first three are mediocre, and the last three are alright, but that middle stretch of four songs is spectacular. Something about Most Of The Time especially resonates with me so damn much.
85/100 (Very Good)
The 80s highlight from the man himself. From the pulsating Political World, through the beautiful Where Teardrops fall, Everything is Broken, Most of the Time and my favourite, What Good Am I?, this is a true classic of the period.
Probably Dylan's best album of the 80's. My 5 favorite songs: Everything is Broken (Kenny Wayne Shepard does a great cover of this song); Political World; Ring Them Bells; Disease of Conceit; Man in the Long Black Coat.
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/28/2015 03:50 | #132776 | TOP COMMENT
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Hailed as this modern comeback... Certainly better than the other stuff from the 80s, but not quite on par with Time Out of Mind and what came after.
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