Gimme Back My Bullets

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Gimme Back My Bullets
GimmeBackMyBullets LynyrdSkynyrdalbum.jpg
Studio album by
Lynyrd Skynyrd
ReleasedFebruary 2, 1976
RecordedSeptember 7–9 (tracks 2, 4, 8) and November 28–30, 1975
Studio Record Plant, Los Angeles (tracks 2, 4, 8) and Capricorn Studios, Macon, Georgia
Genre
Length35:16
Label MCA
Producer Tom Dowd
Lynyrd Skynyrd chronology
Nuthin' Fancy
(1975)		Gimme Back My Bullets
(1976)		 One More from the Road
(1976)
Singles from Gimme Back My Bullets
  1. "Double Trouble"
    Released: February 2, 1976
  2. "Gimme Back My Bullets"
    Released: 1976
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Christgau's Record Guide B+ [2]
Rolling Stone (mixed) [3]

Gimme Back My Bullets is the fourth studio album by American Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, released on February 2, 1976. It reached number 20 on the U.S. albums chart and was certified gold on January 20, 1981, by the RIAA. [4]

Contents

The album was originally titled Ain't No Dowd About It, in tribute to the producer, Tom Dowd, whom the band idolized.[ citation needed ]

Critical reception

Record World said the title track had "a sinewy, guitar-heavy number sound the group is most comfortable with," and said that "the beat is reminiscent of Bad Company and rocks with a stormy aggression." [5]

Robert Christgau, who gave the album a positive review, stated: "Ronnie Van Zant may intend those bullets for 'pencil pushers' (which means not only me but you, I'll bet) but that's no reason to shoot him down. In fact, it's just the opposite—his attraction has always been the way he gets his unreconstructed say. Unfortunately, the music could use some Yankee calculation—from Al Kooper of Forest Hills, who I figure was good for two hooks per album, and Ed King of New Jersey, the guitarist turned born-againer whose guitar fills carried a lot more zing than three doodooing Honnicutts." [6]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Gimme Back My Bullets"
3:28
2."Every Mother's Son"
4:56
3."Trust"
  • Collins
  • Rossington
  • Van Zant
4:25
4."I Got the Same Old Blues" J. J. Cale 4:08
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Double Trouble"
  • Collins
  • Van Zant
2:49
2."Roll Gypsy Roll"
  • Collins
  • Rossington
  • Van Zant
2:50
3."Searching"
  • Collins
  • Van Zant
3:17
4."Cry for the Bad Man"
  • Collins
  • Rossington
  • Van Zant
4:48
5."All I Can Do Is Write About It"
  • Collins
  • Van Zant
4:16
1999 CD reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
10."Gimme Back My Bullets" (Live at the Winterland in San Francisco, CA, March 7, 1976)
  • Rossington
  • Van Zant
4:18
11."Cry for the Bad Man" (Live at the Winterland in San Francisco, CA, March 7, 1976)
  • Collins
  • Rossington
  • Van Zant
5:35
2006 CD deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
10."Double Trouble" (Live at the Capitol Theatre in Cardiff, Wales, November 4, 1975)
  • Collins
  • Van Zant
3:13
11."I Got the Same Old Blues" (Live at the Capitol Theatre in Cardiff, Wales, November 4, 1975)Cale4:13
12."Gimme Back My Bullets" (Live at the Winterland in San Francisco, CA, March 7, 1976)
  • Rossington
  • Van Zant
4:18
13."Cry for the Bad Man" (Live at the Winterland in San Francisco, CA, March 7, 1976)
  • Collins
  • Rossington
  • Van Zant
5:35
14."All I Can Do Is Write About It" (Acoustic Version)
  • Collins
  • Van Zant
4:24
15."Double Trouble" (Alternate Version)
  • Collins
  • Van Zant
2:51
2006 deluxe edition bonus DVD
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Double Trouble"
  • Collins
  • Van Zant
 
2."I Ain't the One"
  • Rossington
  • Van Zant
 
3."Call Me the Breeze"Cale 
4."I Got the Same Old Blues"Cale 
5."Every Mother's Son"
 
6."Sweet Home Alabama"
 
7."Free Bird"
  • Collins
  • Van Zant
 

Personnel

Lynyrd Skynyrd
Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (1976)Peak
position
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [7] 73
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [8] 20
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [9] 50
UK Albums (OCC) [10] 34
US Billboard 200 [11] 20

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [4] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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  4. 1 2 "American album certifications – Lynyrd Skynyrd – Gimmie Me Back My Bullets". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved December 25, 2021.
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