Gimme Back My Bullets | ||||
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Released | February 2, 1976 | |||
Recorded | Sep. 7–9 (tracks 2, 4, 8) and Nov. 28–30, 1975 | |||
Studio | Record Plant, Los Angeles (tracks 2, 4, 8) and Capricorn Studios, Macon, Georgia | |||
Genre | Southern rock, hard rock | |||
Length | 35:16 | |||
Label | MCA | |||
Producer | Tom Dowd | |||
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Singles from Gimme Back My Bullets | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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]
The album was originally titled Ain't No Dowd About It, in tribute to the producer Tom Dowd, whom the band idolized.[ citation needed ]
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]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Gimme Back My Bullets" | 3:28 | |
2. | "Every Mother's Son" |
| 4:56 |
3. | "Trust" |
| 4:25 |
4. | "I Got the Same Old Blues" | J. J. Cale | 4:08 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Double Trouble" |
| 2:49 |
2. | "Roll Gypsy Roll" |
| 2:50 |
3. | "Searching" |
| 3:17 |
4. | "Cry for the Bad Man" |
| 4:48 |
5. | "All I Can Do Is Write About It" |
| 4:16 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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10. | "Gimme Back My Bullets" (Live at the Winterland in San Francisco, CA, March 7, 1976) |
| 4:18 |
11. | "Cry for the Bad Man" (Live at the Winterland in San Francisco, CA, March 7, 1976) |
| 5:35 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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10. | "Double Trouble" (Live at the Capitol Theatre in Cardiff, Wales, November 4, 1975) |
| 3:13 |
11. | "I Got the Same Old Blues" (Live at the Capitol Theatre in Cardiff, Wales, November 4, 1975) | Cale | 4:13 |
12. | "Gimme Back My Bullets" (Live at the Winterland in San Francisco, CA, March 7, 1976) |
| 4:18 |
13. | "Cry for the Bad Man" (Live at the Winterland in San Francisco, CA, March 7, 1976) |
| 5:35 |
14. | "All I Can Do Is Write About It" (Acoustic Version) |
| 4:24 |
15. | "Double Trouble" (Alternate Version) |
| 2:51 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Double Trouble" |
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2. | "I Ain't the One" |
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3. | "Call Me the Breeze" | Cale | |
4. | "I Got the Same Old Blues" | Cale | |
5. | "Every Mother's Son" |
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6. | "Sweet Home Alabama" |
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7. | "Free Bird" |
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Chart (1976) | Peak position |
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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 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA) [4] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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