It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry (track)
by Bob Dylan
Year: 1965
From the album Highway 61 Revisited (track #3)
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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) (this album) (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) (2002)
- The Original Mono Recordings (track #61) (compilation) (2010)
- Greatest Hits 2 (track #3) (compilation) (1967)
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| 02/04/2026 22:55 |  LedZep | 5,095 | 88/100 | |
| 01/27/2026 18:32 | Robert_fripp | 823 | 86/100 | |
| 01/14/2026 04:00 | AbsurdCheesecake | 1,614 | 90/100 | |
| 12/15/2025 20:38 | Arnio | 173 | 64/100 | |
| 12/10/2025 19:50 | Exist-en-ciel | 80,688 | 70/100 |
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This might be Dylan’s most underrated track. It is an absolute beauty.
Nice little blues number :)
GandalfORiley345 05/07/2014 22:29 | #111110
Isn´t the greatest song from the album, but still being an awesome song
Relaxing :)
I only found this track to be decent.
Jasonconfused 12/29/2012 06:49 | #59261
I just love slow blues music like this. Harmonicas are always a plus for me.
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