Tempest
by Bob Dylan
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Bob Dylan bestography
Tempest is ranked 17th 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 25,169.
(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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Tempest track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Tempest rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  junodog4 | Top 20 Music Albums of 2012 | 18/20 | 1 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 60/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | paladisiac | 2010s 65rating (65.39-65), #001-100* | 18/35 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 22/100 | 16 |
| 2026 | platus | Top 41 Music Albums of 2012 | 9/41 | 4 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Q Magazine The 50 Best Albums Of 2012 | 16/49 | - |
| 2026 | DJStuart79 | Top 97 Music Albums of 2012 | 21/97 | 4 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 17/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 21 Music Albums of 2012 | 15/21 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Taka | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 19/100 | 16 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 195 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 699 | |||
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Tempest ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/12/2026 02:11 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,692 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/09/2026 15:57 | Leginlists | 3,842 | 83/100 |
| ! | 02/27/2026 23:24 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.8/100, a mean average of 71.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.1.
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Dylan's last album of original material up to 2016. Again, it's got a similar feel to all his recent records. It's got some good stuff on here, and some not so good. Best tracks are the lovely, soon after midnight, the angry, pay in blood, and the excellent, scarlet town. Thankfully, Dylan, keeps the album's twelve bars down to just two. Best of the two is, early Roman kings, narrow way, is just a little too long. Talking about length, the title track seems to go on forever. It's good, but it is way overlong. At least it's not as boring as the dreadful, tin Angel, dull, dull, dull. The rest is good, with a heartfelt tribute to John Lennon ending the album. Will this be Dylan's last album of original material? Only Dylan knows. Let's hope it isn't.
I love Bob, but this is just a much worse version of some territory he's already beaten. It doesn't matter if it's one of the best albums he's put out in years, it's still uninteresting.
eclab 01/02/2013 00:57 | #59715 | TOP COMMENT
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"Pay in Blood" is the standout track.
Love this album. I love the whole "Mod-Bob", cowboy bluesy Bob period best (97 to current). His 60's catalgoue is unparrlelled but his delivery, with the aged voice (croak-howl), just moves me. Anyhow fav tracks: Duesquesne Whistle, Soon After Midnight, Long and Wasted Years, Pay in Blood (but I do wished a better "take" was used for the finished product. The opening is just too rugged. I just love the title track 14min+ Titanic voyage "Tempest". Scarlet Town is also fantastic. Narrow Way is a barnburner but is few minutes too long imo. Early Roman Kings is solid. Tin Angel I can never quite make my mind up (back n forth with this one) & the John Lennon tribute song "Roll On John" I don't often listen to much. Was extremely happy with this effort from "The Picasso of Song"! MEZ
As usual Bob surrounds himself with Bluesy old pros who simply know how to play. Hildago is a personal favorite and always livens up the party. The topics are solid, the lyrics clever, the music is top notch. But Bob...maybe Santana has something with the "let someone else sing the songs" bit. I loved Bob's voice until about the mid 90's, then the tobacco and age simply caught up with it. It's a horse-croak that wouldn't be allowed in a home for the deaf. So prominent it simply takes me off kilter, killing the tunes. I love ya Bob but I'll dock ya heavy for that death prattle of a voice.
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