Gimme Back My Bullets

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.

The album was originally titled Ain't No Dowd About It, in tribute to the producer, Tom Dowd, whom the band idolized.

Critical reception
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."

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."

Track listing

 * Sides one and two were combined as tracks 1–9 on CD reissues.


 * Tracks 10 and 11 are previously unreleased


 * 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


 * 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
 * Gary Rossington – guitars
 * Allen Collins – guitars
 * Leon Wilkeson – bass, background vocals
 * Artimus Pyle – drums, percussion
 * Billy Powell – keyboards


 * 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")