Masterpieces (Bob Dylan album)

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Masterpieces
A close-up of Dylan's face turned sideways and wearing a hat
Greatest hits album by
Bob Dylan
ReleasedMarch 12, 1978 (1978-03-12)
Recorded1962–1976
Genre
  • Folk rock
  • country
Length164:15
LabelCBS
Producer
Bob Dylan chronology
Hard Rain
(1976) 		Masterpieces
(1978) 		Street-Legal
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4.5/5 stars [1]

Masterpieces is a compilation album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on March 12, 1978 by CBS. The triple LP set was released in Japan, Australia and New Zealand in anticipation of his 1978 tour. Primarily a greatest hits collection spanning Dylan's career up to that point, the album features one previously unreleased track, a unique (1962) outtake version of "Mixed-Up Confusion". It also includes a live performance of "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" from Dylan's 1966 World Tour, which was first released as the B-side of his "I Want You" single in 1966. Masterpieces was reissued on CD in 1991 by Columbia (Cat. No. 4624489), but is no longer in print.

Track listing[]

All songs written by Bob Dylan, except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)FromLength
1."Knockin' on Heaven's Door" Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid2:30
2."Mr. Tambourine Man" Bringing It All Back Home5:29
3."Just Like a Woman" Blonde on Blonde4:56
4."I Shall Be Released" Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II3:05
5."Tears of Rage"Dylan, Richard ManuelThe Basement Tapes4:14
6."All Along the Watchtower" John Wesley Harding2:32
7."One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)" Desire3:47
Side two
No.TitleFromLength
1."Like a Rolling Stone" (Live at Isle of Wight Festival, 1969)Self Portrait5:17
2."Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)" (Live at Isle of Wight Festival, 1969)Self Portrait2:49
3."Tomorrow Is a Long Time" (Live at Town Hall 1963)Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II3:02
4."Lay, Lady, Lay" (Live 1976)Hard Rain5:00
5."Idiot Wind" (Live 1976)Hard Rain10:06
Side three
No.TitleWriter(s)FromLength
1."Mixed-Up Confusion" The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan session outtake2:30
2."Positively 4th Street" single 19653:56
3."Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?" single 19653:35
4."Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" (live version recorded at Odeon Theatre, Liverpool, England, May 14, 1966) B-side of 1966 "I Want You" single5:40
5."Spanish Is the Loving Tongue"TraditionalB-side of 1971 "Watching the River Flow" single3:38
6."George Jackson" "Big Band" version, single, 19715:38
7."Rita May"Dylan, Jacques Levysingle, 19763:13
Side four
No.TitleWriter(s)FromLength
1."Blowin' in the Wind" The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan2:47
2."A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan6:54
3."The Times They Are a-Changin'" The Times They Are a-Changin'3:16
4."Masters of War" The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan4:33
5."Hurricane"Dylan, LevyDesire8:36
Side five
No.TitleWriter(s)FromLength
1."Maggie's Farm" (Live 1976) Hard Rain5:30
2."Subterranean Homesick Blues" Bringing It All Back Home2:20
3."Ballad of a Thin Man" Highway 61 Revisited5:57
4."Mozambique"Dylan, LevyDesire3:01
5."This Wheel's on Fire"Rick Danko, DylanThe Basement Tapes3:52
6."I Want You" Blonde on Blonde3:09
7."Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" Blonde on Blonde4:38
Side six
No.TitleFromLength
1."Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan3:40
2."Song to Woody"Bob Dylan2:41
3."It Ain't Me Babe"Another Side of Bob Dylan3:35
4."Love Minus Zero/No Limit"Bringing It All Back Home2:50
5."I'll Be Your Baby Tonight"John Wesley Harding2:39
6."If Not for You"New Morning2:44
7."If You See Her, Say Hello"Blood on the Tracks4:48
8."Sara"Desire5:31

Certifications and sales[]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[2] 3× Platinum 210,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[3] Platinum 15,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References[]

  1. ^ Ruhlmann, William. Masterpieces at AllMusic
  2. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1996 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  3. ^ "New Zealand album certifications – Bob Dylan – Masterpieces". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
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