Ballad In Plain D (track)
by Bob Dylan
Year: 1964
From the album Another Side Of Bob Dylan (track #10)
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Ballad In Plain D appears on the following album(s) by Bob Dylan:
- Another Side Of Bob Dylan (track #10) (this album) (1964)
- The Original Mono Recordings (track #46) (compilation) (2010)
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| ! | 12/20/2025 04:14 | Exist-en-ciel | 78,428 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/08/2025 09:13 | acematt51090 | 3,931 | 76/100 |
| ! | 08/22/2025 18:13 |  VictorVale | 43,180 | 88/100 |
| ! | 08/19/2025 19:19 | ShenBapiro | 6,173 | 77/100 |
| ! | 02/20/2025 19:24 | Johnnyo | 42,707 | 80/100 |
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A rareity in the Dylan cannon in so much that it's autobiographical. Dylan has probably sang about his life in numerous songs, but here it's in simple and straightforward language. As for the song itself, to be honest, it's rather boring and overlong. It's interesting lyrically, although I have absolutely no idea what a 'scrapegoat' is. An okay track.
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