Biograph (album)

Biograph
A red-tinted photograph of Dylan's face in profile
Box set by
Bob Dylan
ReleasedNovember 7, 1985 (1985-11-07)
RecordedNovember 1961 – August 1981
Genre
Length214:50
LabelColumbia
ProducerJeff Rosen
Bob Dylan chronology
Empire Burlesque
(1985) 		Biograph
(1985) 		Knocked Out Loaded
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
MusicHound[3]
Rolling Stone[4]
Uncut[5]

Biograph is a 53-track box set compilation spanning the career of American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on November 7, 1985, by Columbia Records. Consisting of 53 released and unreleased tracks from 1962 to 1981, the box set was released as a five-LP set, a three-cassette tape set, and a three-compact disc set. Biograph reached No. 33 on the Billboard 200 in the U.S. and has been certified platinum by the RIAA.[6]

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen. "Allmusic review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-02-07.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  3. ^ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide (2nd ed.). Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 371. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
  4. ^ "Biograph – Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2017-08-08. Retrieved 2017-08-24.
  5. ^ Carr, Martin (December 1997). "History". Uncut. No. 7. p. 86.
  6. ^ RIAA Gold & Platinum database retrieved 22 October 2012.