Knocked Out Loaded

by Bob Dylan

Overview

It's easy to dismiss Knocked Out Loaded out of hand, considering it an extension of the slick professionalism of Empire Burlesque, only not written completely by Dylan. He collaborates with everyone from Tom Petty to Sam Shepard, relying on recordings cut at various times in the mid-'80s, which makes its scattershot effect perhaps not so surprising. Still, that scattershot approach has its charms, especially when it results in winding epics like the Shepard collaboration "Brownsville Girl." But even with songs as good and interesting as that, the record follows too many detours to be consistently compelling, and some of those detours wind down roads that are indisputably dead ends. By 1986, such uneven records weren't entirely unexpected by Dylan, but that didn't make them any less frustrating. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	03/01/2008
Label:	Columbia
UPC:	0886972484020
Rank:	65002

Tracks

1. You Wanna Ramble
2. They Killed Him
3. Driftin' Too Far From Shore
4. Precious Memories
5. Maybe Someday
6. Brownsville Girl
7. Got My Mind Made Up
8. Under Your Spell

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Bob Dylan   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Harmonica,Keyboards
Don Heffington   Guest Artist,Drums
Clem Burke   Guest Artist,Drums
T-Bone Burnett   Guest Artist,Guitar
Al Kooper   Guest Artist,Keyboards
Ron Wood   Guest Artist,Guitar
Keysha Gwin   Vocals (Background),Vocals
Jack Sherman   Guitar
Dewey B. Jones II   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Vito San Filippo   Bass
Angel Newell   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Elesecia Wright   Vocals (Background)
Larry Myers   Mandolin
Annette May Thomas   Vocals (Background)
Damien Turnbough   Vocals (Background)
Maia Smith   Vocals
Larry Mayhand   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Crystal Pounds   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Mike Berment   Drums (Steel)
Tiffany Wright   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Daina Smith   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Majason Bracey   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Stan Lynch   Drums
Steve Madaio   Trumpet
Ira Ingber   Guitar
Vince Melamed   Keyboards
Peggi Blu   Vocals (Background)
Howie Epstein   Bass
Queen Esther Marrow   Vocals (Background)
Mike Campbell   Guitar
Dave Stewart   Guitar
John Paris   Bass
Tom Petty   Guitar,Guest Artist
Raymond Lee Pounds   Drums
James Jamerson, Jr.   Bass
Benmont Tench   Keyboards
Phil Jones   Congas
Anton Fig   Drums
John McKenzie   Bass
Al Perkins   Guitar (Steel)
Carolyn Dennis   Vocals (Background)
Chyna Wright   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Larry Meyers   Mandolin
Milton Gabriel   Drums (Steel)
Carl Sealove   Bass
Madelyn Quebec   Vocals (Background)
Patrick Seymour   Keyboards
April Hendrix-Haberlan   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Lara Firestone   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Herbert Newell   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Steve Douglas   Saxophone
Muffy Hendrix   Vocals (Background)
Bryan Parris   Drums (Steel)
Medena Smith   Vocals,Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Judy Feltus   Engineer
Britt Bacon   Engineer
Bob Dylan   Composer
Don Smith   Engineer
Junior Parker   Composer
Tom Petty   Composer
George Tutko   Engineer
Donald Smith   Engineer
Kris Kristofferson   Composer
Carole Bayer Sager   Composer
Sam Shepard   Composer
Herman Parker Jr.   Composer