Modern Times
by Bob Dylan
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Bob Dylan bestography
Modern Times is ranked 15th 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 25,206.
(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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Modern Times track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Modern Times rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Liedzeit | Top 82 Music Albums of the 2000s | 59/82 | 6 |
| 2026 |  pedro1976 | Bob Dylan, my ranking | 13/18 | - |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 77 Music Albums of 2006 | 43/77 | 2 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 81 Music Albums of 2006 | 61/81 | 1 |
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 99/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | martintho | 100 best albums of the century | 44/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Robert Anton Wilson | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 29/100 | 14 |
| 2026 | Rivera | 901-1000 | 75/100 | - |
| 2026 |  HelsinkiSnorkel | Top 44 Music Albums of 2006 | 3/44 | 5 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 15/100 | 17 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 298 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,271 | |||
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Modern Times ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/05/2026 07:19 | Johnnyo | 9,814 | 77/100 |
| ! | 07/30/2026 02:24 | Gedi | 367 | 83/100 |
| ! | 07/20/2026 16:21 | duelek | 2,133 | 75/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.5/100, a mean average of 74.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.
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Forum mentions
pedro1976 5 days ago in What album are you listening to? (cont.) pedro1976 07/01/2026 08:22 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Modern Times comments
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VictorVale 11/10/2020 00:01 | #260500
A voz de Dylan está fantástica. O som soturno, preciso, me lembrou as ultimas de Cash!
llibnanoon 06/04/2020 14:14 | #252840
Meh (Edited)
rockinsteve 10/06/2018 04:57 | #222090 | TOP COMMENT
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I really like this album. Bob seems to be energized and having fun throughout the ten songs and the band is top notch and sound like they're having fun as well. Some of this really ROCKS, especially the opener "Thunder On The Mountain". It has a wonderful Chuck Berry like sound to it and is my favorite on the album. The blues "remakes" are also quite good as well. If you're a Dylan fan or just love good, solid rock and roll, pick this one up. You won't be disappointed!
JulianR 04/29/2018 00:11 | #213848
Ain't nothing modern about this album. The newest thing it presents is 60's blues rock, which I suppose does sound modern in comparison to the 40's pop ballads. That said, that doesn't make it bad. I just don't find anything particularly gripping about it.
75/100 (Above Average)
Sandrof1969 02/20/2018 19:30 | #208967
Un paio di grandi canzoni,"Nattie Moore" su tutte...
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