The Basement Tapes — Bob Dylan

A communal, dusty warmth that balances absurdist humor with moments of profound, weary wisdom.

Tracklist · 24 Tracks

Odds and Ends

1:47

Orange Juice Blues (Blues for Breakfast)

3:40

Million Dollar Bash

2:33

Yazoo Street Scandal

3:30

Goin’ to Acapulco

5:29

Katie’s Been Gone

2:46

Lo and Behold!

2:48

Bessie Smith

4:19

Clothes Line Saga

2:57

Apple Suckling Tree

2:49

Please, Mrs. Henry

2:34

Tears of Rage

4:12

Too Much of Nothing

3:04

Yea! Heavy and a Bottle of Bread

2:16

Ain’t No More Cane

3:58

Crash on the Levee (Down in the Flood)

2:05

Ruben Remus

3:16

Tiny Montgomery

2:47

You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere

2:43

Don’t Ya Tell Henry

3:14

Nothing Was Delivered

4:24

Open the Door, Homer

2:50

Long Distance Operator

3:40

This Wheel’s on Fire

3:50

Moments Worth Listening For

The weary, gospel-inflected organ swell that carries the weight of Tears of Rage.

A sudden, ragged three-part harmony that breaks through the tape hiss on I'm Not There.

The deadpan delivery of the surreal laundry-day narrative on Clothes Line Saga.

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Where This Album Departs

How does The Basement Tapes sound next to the rest of Bob Dylan's catalogue?

Raw+3.3σ

The vocals lean far further into raw than the rest of the catalogue.

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