Then a holding action while Dylan unloaded his head after his May 1966 motorcycle crash, now a nostalgia merit badge for boomers and a course in Dylan 101 for newcomers, Greatest Hits stands up remarkably well as a listening experience. Smartly programmed to ride all over any residual worries about acoustic-vs.-electric authenticity--in fact, blowing a raspberry in their face by opening with the Salvation-Army-band blast of "Rainy Day Women #12 and 35"--this best-of stacks smashes and protest anthems together in celebration of a pop star like no other before. --Rickey Wright
Track Listing
Blowin' In The Wind It Ain't Me Babe Times They Are A Changin' Mr Tambourine Man She Belongs To Me It's All Over Now Baby Blue Subterranean Homesick Blues One Of Us Must Know Like A Rolling Stone Just Like A Woman Rainy Day Women 12 And 35 I Want You