Ballad Of A Thin Man (track)
by Bob Dylan
Year: 1965
From the album Highway 61 Revisited (track #5)
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Ballad Of A Thin Man appears on the following album(s) by Bob Dylan:
- Highway 61 Revisited (track #5) (this album) (1965)
- The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert (track #14) (1998)
- The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack (track #27) (2005)
- Bob Dylan At Budokan (track #4) (1978)
- Real Live (track #8) (1984)
- The Original Mono Recordings (track #63) (compilation) (2010)
- The Real Royal Albert Hall 1966 Concert (track #14) (2016)
- Masterpieces (track #27) (compilation) (1978)
- The 1966 Live Recordings (track #14) (compilation) (2016)
- The 1966 Live Recordings (track #30) (compilation) (2016)
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| ! | 46 hours ago | Siromynian | 17,668 | 71/100 |
| ! | 06/24/2026 16:07 | wizardalien | 9,648 | 62/100 |
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LukasAntoine00s 11/09/2019 04:11 | #244576
Feel so suicidal just like Dylan's Mr. Jones
Goliath 11/11/2018 15:08 | #224312
No harmonica, best track on the album.
Awesome, slow and dark. Love it :)
does anybody else think this is better than Like a Rolling Stone??
arthur237 07/28/2015 09:11 | #146615
Now you see this one-eyed midget
Shouting the word "NOW"
And you say, "For what reason ?"
And he says, "How ?"
And you say, "What does this mean ?"
And he screams back, "You're a cow
Give me some milk
Or else go home".
GandalfORiley345 05/07/2014 22:37 | #111117
This is man second favorite dylan song after LARS, this is a masterpiece
GREAT!
I got really interested when I heard "one-eyed midget."
eclab 01/07/2013 01:07 | #60477
Amazingly scathing.
Jasonconfused 12/29/2012 06:57 | #59263
The chord progression that lies underneath is nearly as powerful as the lyrics.
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