Gimme Back My Bullets

Gimme Back My Bullets
Studio album by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Released	February 2, 1976
Recorded	Sep. 7-9, 1975 at the Record Plant, Los Angeles (tracks 2,4,8) and Nov. 28-30, 1975 at Capricorn Studios, Macon, Georgia
Genre	Southern rock
Length	34:57
Label	MCA
Producer	Tom Dowd
Lynyrd Skynyrd chronology
Nuthin' Fancy (1975) Gimme Back My Bullets (1976) Street Survivors (1977)
Singles from Gimme Back My Bullets
"Double Trouble" Released: February 2, 1976 "Gimme Back My Bullets" Released: 1976

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	B+[2]
Rolling Stone	(mixed)[3]

Gimme Back My Bullets is Lynyrd Skynyrd's fourth studio album. It was released on February 2, 1976. It reached # 20 on the U.S. albums chart. The album was certified Gold on 1/20/1981 by the RIAA.

The album was originally titled Ain't No Dowd About It, in tribute to the producer Tom Dowd, whom the band idolized. It remains the only studio album by the precrash lineup to have not yet reached platinum or higher in the United States. However, it did include the hits "Gimme Back My Bullets", "Searching", "Double Trouble", and "Cry for the Bad Man". Dinosaur Jr. frontman J Mascis covered the song "Every Mother's Son" on his 1996 solo album, Martin + Me.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Gimme Back My Bullets" (Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant) – 3:28
2. "Every Mother's Son" (Allen Collins, Van Zant) – 4:56
3. "Trust" (Collins, Rossington, Van Zant) – 4:25
4. "(I Got the) Same Old Blues" (J.J. Cale) – 4:08

Side two

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

10. "Gimme Back My Bullets" (Live-3/7/1976 at the Winterland in San Francisco, CA) (Rossington, Van Zant) – 4:18
11. "Cry for the Bad Man" (Live-3/7/1976 at the Winterand in San Francisco, CA) (Collins, Rossington, Van Zant) – 5:35

• Tracks 10-11 are previously unreleased.

2006 CD Deluxe Edition bonus tracks

10. "Double Trouble" (Live-11/4/1975 at the Capitol Theatre in Cardiff, Wales) (Collins, Van Zant) - 3:13
11. "(I Got the) Same Old Blues" (Live-11/4/1975 at the Capitol Theatre in Cardiff, Wales) (Cale) - 4:13
12. "Gimme Back My Bullets" (Live-3/7/1976 at the Winterland in San Francisco, CA) (Rossington, Van Zant) – 4:18
13. "Cry for the Bad Man" (Live-3/7/1976 at the Winterland in San Francisco) (Collins, Rossington, Van Zant) – 5:35
14. "All I Can Do Is Write About It" (Acoustic) (Collins, Van Zant) - 4:24
15. "Double Trouble" (Alternate) (Collins, Van Zant) - 2:51

• Tracks 10 and 14 originally released on the Lynyrd Skynyrd (Box Set) (1991)
• Track 15 originally released on Skynyrd's Innyrds (1989)
• Track 11 is previously unreleased

2006 Deluxe Edition bonus DVD

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" (Collins, Van Zant)
6. "Sweet Home Alabama" (Ed King, Rossington, Van Zant)
7. "Free Bird" (Collins, Van Zant)

• All tracks recorded live for "The Old Grey Whistle Test" on BBC television on November 11, 1975.

Personnel

Lynyrd Skynyrd

• Ronnie Van Zant – lead vocals, lyrics
• Allen Collins – guitars
• Gary Rossington – guitars
• Billy Powell – keyboards
• Leon Wilkeson – bass, background vocals
• Artimus Pyle – drums, percussion

Additional personnel

• The Honkettes - background vocals (5,8)
• Lee Freeman - harp (4)
• Barry Lee Harwood - dobro, mandolin (9)

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2011). "Gimme Back My Bullets - Lynyrd Skynyrd | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
2. Christgau, Robert (2011). "Robert Christgau: CG: Lynyrd Skynyrd". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
3. McGee, David (2011). "Lynyrd Skynyrd: Gimme Back My Bullets : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". web.archive.org. Archived from the original on February 14, 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2011.