Knocked Out Loaded
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| Studio album by Bob Dylan | ||
| Released | July 14, 1986 | |
| Recorded | Spring 1986 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 36:11 | |
| Label | Columbia Records | |
| Producer(s) | unlisted | |
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| Bob Dylan chronology | ||
| Biograph (1985) |
Knocked Out Loaded (1986) |
Down in the Groove (1988) |
Knocked Out Loaded is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's 24th studio album, released by Columbia Records in 1986.
The album was poorly received upon release, and is still considered by some critics to be one of Dylan's least-engaging efforts. One song, however - the 11-minute epic "Brownsville Girl", co-written by Sam Shepard - is often considered among his best work.
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[edit] Composition
It includes three cover songs, three collaborations with other songwriters, and only two solo compositions by Dylan himself. Most of the album was recorded in the spring of 1986 (several tracks built on instrumental tracks from 1985 sessions), but one track, "Got My Mind Made Up," was reportedly recorded during a one-day break in the Dylan/Tom Petty "True Confessions" tour in June.
[edit] Reception
The album earned mostly negative reactions, with only a rewritten version of an outtake ("New Danville Girl") recorded during the Empire Burlesque sessions, Robert Christgau praised "Brownsville Girl" as "one of the greatest and most ridiculous of [Dylan's] great ridiculous epics. Doesn't matter who came up with such lines as 'She said even the swap meets around here are getting corrupt' and 'I didn't know whether to duck or run, so I ran' - they're classic Dylan."
The album as a whole was universally panned, as was its followup, Down in the Groove. "Knocked Out Loaded is ultimately a depressing affair," wrote Anthony DeCurtis in his review published in Rolling Stone Magazine, "because its slipshod, patchwork nature suggests that Dylan released this LP not because he had anything in particular to say, but to cash in on his 1986 tour. Even worse, it suggests Dylan's utter lack of artistic direction." However, in recent years the album has been rediscovered and is considered by some fans as among Dylan's most fascinating efforts.
Sales for Knocked Out Loaded were considered poor, as it peaked at #53 on U.S. charts and #35 in the UK.
Dylan has virtually never played songs from this LP in concert; "Driftin Too Far From Shore", with 14 performances (all but one in 1988), is the most frequently heard. Four songs remain unplayed, while the other three have together been aired only five times.
[edit] Outtakes
The following songs were recorded during the Knocked Out Loaded sessions. None of the tracks are circulating. The tracks without writer credits may or may not be original Dylan compositions.
- "The Beautiful Life"
- "Come Back Baby, One More Time"
- "I Need Your Love"
- "Lonely Avenue"
- "So Good"
- "Too Late, She’s Gone" (Tim Davis/ Ricky Clinton Ryan)
- "Unchain My Heart" (James Freddy/Agnes Jones)
- "Wild & Wicked World" (J. D. Miller/George Sherry)
- "Without Love" (Clyde McPhatter?)
- "You’ll Never Walk Alone" (Richard Rodgers/ Oscar Hammerstein II)
[edit] Track listing
- "You Wanna Ramble" (Little Junior Parker) – 3:14
- "They Killed Him" (Kris Kristofferson) – 4:00
- "Driftin' Too Far From Shore" (Bob Dylan) – 3:39
- "Precious Memories" (Trad. Arr. Bob Dylan) – 3:13
- "Maybe Someday" (Bob Dylan) – 3:17
- "Brownsville Girl" (Bob Dylan/Sam Shepard) – 11:00
- "Got My Mind Made Up" (Bob Dylan/Tom Petty) – 2:53
- "Under Your Spell" (Bob Dylan/Carole Bayer Sager) – 4:55
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