Every Grain Of Sand (track)
by Bob Dylan
Year: 1981
From the album Shot Of Love (track #9)
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Every Grain Of Sand appears on the following album(s) by Bob Dylan:
- Biograph (track #20) (compilation) (1985)
- Shot Of Love (track #9) (this album) (1981)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 04/16/2026 17:35 |  AAL2014 | 41,969 | 76/100 |
| ! | 04/06/2026 05:35 | Exist-en-ciel | 172,029 | 71/100 |
| ! | 01/16/2025 19:50 | mjp11 | 10,348 | 84/100 |
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Daydreamer 07/03/2017 23:18 | #193628
Dylan at his very best. This is 10 levels above everything else on this album and possibly his best song of the 80's.
JohnCanning1976 05/29/2014 13:32 | #113193
One of Dylan's top 10 songs, easily. Just beautiful. Makes me cry every time I listen to it.
