It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry (track)
by Bob Dylan
Year: 2002
From the album The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue (track #16)
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It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry appears on the following album(s) by Bob Dylan:
- Highway 61 Revisited (track #3) (1965)
- The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack (track #19) (2005)
- The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue (track #16) (this album) (2002)
- The Original Mono Recordings (track #61) (compilation) (2010)
- Greatest Hits 2 (track #3) (compilation) (1967)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 08/24/2025 11:16 | brent13 | 11,041 | 85/100 |
| ! | 04/25/2023 05:50 | Fevernova | 34,272 | 82/100 |
| ! | 03/26/2023 21:18 | matterhornrider | 22,674 | 86/100 |
| ! | 05/01/2022 18:38 | LosWochos | 310,578 | 80/100 |
| ! | 03/19/2019 10:57 |  vengefulwill | 27,825 | 79/100 |
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