Isis (track)
by Bob Dylan
Isis appears on the following album(s) by Bob Dylan:
- Desire (track #2) (this album) (1976)
- The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue (track #6) (2002)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 06/10/2026 16:17 | Jantje | 968 | 76/100 |
| ! | 02/15/2026 05:21 | alexandermause | 17,953 | 85/100 |
| ! | 01/21/2026 19:27 | Robert_fripp | 899 | 86/100 |
| ! | 12/17/2025 01:02 |  Norshammar | 1,424 | 86/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2025 08:28 | Exist-en-ciel | 169,579 | 71/100 |
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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 86.3/100, a mean average of 86.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 9.1.
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Love this track. Great story in it but thumps along in a way that stays in your head.
Lyrically among Dylan’s most accomplished work and that’s saying something...
‘I came to a high place of darkness and light, the dividing line ran through the centre of town’
The story telling and couplets are way way above anything anyone else could even get close to
‘A man in the corner he poached me for a match, I knew right away he was not ordinary. He said are you looking for something easy to catch...
For any other artist I can think of this would be regarded as their masterpiece.
PsychologistHD 12/24/2014 03:05 | #130026
Allah?
MrRetardization 03/05/2013 21:13 | #67162
A song I can't listen to without singing along. One of Dylan's best vocal perfomances
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