Gimme Back My Bullets Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd , released on February 2, 1976. Produced by Tom Dowd , it reached number 20 on the U.S. albums chart and was certified gold on January 20, 1981, by the RIAA .[ 4]
Gimme Back My Bullets Released February 2, 1976 Recorded September 7–9 (tracks 2, 4, 8) and November 28–30, 1975 Studio Record Plant , Los Angeles (tracks 2, 4, 8) and Capricorn Studios, Macon, GeorgiaGenre
Length 35 :16 Label MCA Producer Tom Dowd
"Double Trouble " "Gimme Back My Bullets"
Record World 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]
Side one Title Writer(s) 1. "Gimme Back My Bullets" 3:28 2. "Every Mother's Son" 4:56 3. "Trust"
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Van Zant 4:25 4. "I Got the Same Old Blues" J. J. Cale 4:08
Side two Title Writer(s) 1. "Double Trouble " 2:49 2. "Roll Gypsy Roll"
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Van Zant 2:50 3. "Searching" 3:17 4. "Cry for the Bad Man"
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Van Zant 4:48 5. "All I Can Do Is Write About It" 4:16
Sides one and two were combined as tracks 1–9 on CD reissues. 1999 CD reissue bonus tracks Title Writer(s) 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)
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Van Zant 5:35
Tracks 10 and 11 are previously unreleased 2006 CD deluxe edition bonus tracks Title Writer(s) 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)
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Van Zant 5:35 14. "All I Can Do Is Write About It" (Acoustic Version) 4:24 15. "Double Trouble" (Alternate Version) 2:51
Lynyrd Skynyrd Additional personnel The Honeycuts – background vocals ("Double Trouble", "Cry for the Bad Man")
The Honkettes – background vocals (on bonus live tracks)
Lee Freeman – harp ("I Got the Same Old Blues")
Barry Lee Harwood – dobro, mandolin ("All I Can Do Is Write About It")
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