Idiot Wind (track)
by Bob Dylan
Year: 1975
From the album Blood On The Tracks (track #4)
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Idiot Wind appears on the following album(s) by Bob Dylan:
- Blood On The Tracks (track #4) (this album) (1975)
- The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 (track #42) (compilation) (1991)
- Hard Rain (track #9) (1976)
- Masterpieces (track #12) (compilation) (1978)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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90/100  | 10/27/2025 16:30 | Smith | | 84/100 |
20/100 | 09/21/2025 13:28 | gmessian | | 55/100 |
95/100 | 09/19/2025 20:37 | mattmaster | | 87/100 |
100/100 | 09/13/2025 16:18 |  Norshammar | | 91/100 |
95/100 | 09/04/2025 20:18 |  ExTeaSea | | 86/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 88.5/100, a mean average of 88.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.4.
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Bob Dylan at his second angriest after Hurricane. A joy to listen to.
poppmusic 10/14/2020 21:11
The lyricism may be brilliant, but I'm allowed to think there is absolutely nothing pleasant or even interesting about listening to the music of this.
JulianR 04/18/2018 05:04
The first ever diss track
This could be my favourite Dylan song
eclab 06/03/2012 22:12
Savage, scornful and brilliant. I'd hate to get Dylan angry.
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