It's incredibly difficult trying to choose only ten songs for Dylan, it seems the only way is to boil them down to a canon of ten themes, sonic or lyrical.
So here we go, some ballads, some anthems, some carols; some despair, some hope. In no particular order:
Cry a While
I was 5th form when the album Love & Theft came out (it came out on 9/11). I had been brought up by a father who favoured the more acoustic albums: Blood on the Tracks, Desire, and strangely, the more apocryphal covers album Dylan and the 90s Good as I Been to You. As a teenager I predictably veered off towards all the louder albums, steeped in the belief that all the good stuff happened before I was born. But then Love and Theft came out. It was a teenage paradigm shift; realising that good new music is still possible. I was especially hooked on Cry a While not just for great lines like "I'm longin' for that sweet fat that sticks to your ribs" but also the rhythm change from straight to a shuffle chorus.