Bob Dylan - Shot of Love
List Price:
Our Price: $5.97
You Save: $4.01 (40%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $3.01 (click here)
Category: Music CD
See more new music releases
Buy this Music CD at online store in your country
Canadian Music Store
Canadian Music Store
Music CD Cover
Artist: Bob DylanEdition: Music CD
Published: 1981
CD Release Date: 1990-05-29
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- Shot Of Love
- Heart Of Mine
- Property Of Jesus
- Lenny Bruce
- Watered-Down Love
- The Groom's Still Waiting At The Alter
- Dead Man, Dead Man
- In The Summertime
- Trouble
- Every Grain Of Sand
Free Music Notes for Shot of Love
Free Music Review: FIRE AND FURY
Hit: 4 Stars
BOB IS AN ARTIST, HE HAS NO PLACE TO FALL. Bob described this album as his most explosive yet, and his fans, wide eyed looked at each other--what? That was in 1981, but let me get it straight for you my way. I was surprised this album was so good. I plugged it in the stereo and wanted to quickly go through the rest of the songs because I already heard my favorite song, The Groom's Still Waiting at the Alter, on another album. First of all, this is hardly a gospel album. Oh well, perhaps just a little bit but far from Slow Train Coming. This might make some of you happy. Next, some of the songs are OUTSTANDING AND INDEED EXPLOSIVE. Shot of Love, The Groom's Still Waiting at the Alter, Dead Man, Dead Man, and ESPECIALLY Trouble are out of this world. The music backing on Trouble is very good. Play it a few times and listen to it carefully because Bob's singing is really good in this one (as in many other songs I guess). Really understand that Bob is an OUTSTANDING SINGER as well as a poet & composer because it took me a while for this to REALLY sink in. I think he should have been knighted for his vocals alone. Going back to the album, here's the catch: The sound is not as clear, "polished," or sophisticated as Oh Mercy or Slow Train Coming. Did the studio have only ONE mic and put it in the wrong place? Sometimes Bob doesn't come in too clear, and the great guitar playing in the background remains in the background. Why? They should have been experts at this studio recording stuff by now. This is not the fault of the producer. According to what I read, Bob can really try the patience of saints as Daniel Lanois smashed a very expensive guitar while producing Oh Mercy (on purpose!). Thank God the result of the album was SPECTACULAR, thanks to his perseverance and patience. This album left me a little frustrated because if there was a knob on my stereo to fix all this, I would have. I needed to absorb the total experience of the songs with Bob's singing and the great guitar playing that remains in the background (sometimes). "Trouble" was clearer than some other songs. However, I had to turn up the stereo volume two notches. Especially with The Groom's Still Waiting at the Alter, Bob sings this song to perfection, and I only wish that Bob's voice would be more upfront and, (in this song alone) that Michael Bloomfield or someone just as good (but really who would be that good) would have done some fancy guitar playing in it as the sound could have been uped a notch in sophistication. They should have shot the background singer because she screeches some minor vocals into the mic. With these minor frustrations, I still think some of these songs are outstanding, and I was indeed very surprised.
THE GROOM'S STILL WAITING AT THE ALTER:
Ah, Bob really belts out this rockin' R&B lament (or better yet) WAIL of an abandoned man (him) by his woman in this song done in total Dylan style with such fire and fury and fervor that this song seems more of a triumphant Olympic Gold Medal win than a dumped man, thus accumulating another TROPHY to his collection of women who dumped him. Who else but Bob could create such an apocalyptic theme & attach it to an ordinary ending of a relationship--where cities burn, phones are out of order, and where nuns and soldiers are killed in some sort of final battle--from which he exists triumphant (as I see it). West of Jordan, East of the Rock of Gibralter you can almost hear the sizzlin' and cracklin' of the high flames and the ghostly howl of the wind as the stage B U R N S in the intense heat and blaze of this "massacre of the innocent." Where is his woman now and what is she up to? Bob has some theories . . . Bob is just fine. He has no place to fall.
With regard to Biblical themes: Those who have not yet heard or fully appreciated "When the Ship Comes In" should listen to it. This song is really tops for me. I think the best version is in Bootleg Series 7. (It's also in his early album The Times They Are A-Changin' & Bootleg Series 1-3) I gave this song in this album to a couple of undercover animal rights agents/photographers. I hope it gives them courage to keep up the fight.
My favorite songs last around 4 minutes more or less. I would have liked them to last longer because Dylan fans are spoiled rotten since they are used to Dylan songs lasting 5-6 minutes (on the average).
You have GOT to hear my second favorite which is Trouble--really.
You SHOULD BUY this album. It would be a mistake not getting it. I liked this album a little more than Planet Waves which I think should be part of a collection, but both don't measure up to Oh Mercy.
I didn't care too much for his softer songs on this one. Bob does a lot of his best work when he's "on fire" (RIGHT?), but I DO love many of his gentler songs just as well as other fans--Highlands, Lay Lady Lay, Knockin' on Heaven's Door, Sara, Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands, and MANY more.
(The Groom's Still Waiting at the Alter made me want to dance around the house, arms waving freely to the music in celebration of past ex's. Thank God you're all gone!)
Shot of Love Poster
Out of print tin the U.S.! 1981 album from Mr. Dylan featuring musical backing from Ron Wood, Danny Kortchmar, Steve Douglas, Benmont Tench, Jim Keltner, Donald 'Duck' Dunn and others. 11 tracks. Sony.Folk Music CDs
Music Genres
Top music charts in Best Albums of 1981
Bob Dylan - Shot of LoveRelease date: 1990-05-29; Published: 1981; Music CD
Best price: $6.53
Price in other shops:
The Fall - SlatesRelease date: 2004-12-28; Music CD
Best price: $8.74
Price in other shops:
Blue ?yster Cult - Fire of Unknown OriginRelease date: 1990-10-25; Music CD
Best price: $6.69
Price in other shops:
Sparks - Whomp That SuckerRelease date: 1998-11-17; Music CD
Best price: $5.74
Price in other shops:
Glenn Branca - The AscensionRelease date: 2003-06-17; Music CD
Best price: $10.05
Price in other shops:
Black Sabbath - The Mob RulesRelease date: 1990-10-25; Music CD
Best price: $6.94
Price in other shops:
Rush - Moving PicturesRelease date: 1997-06-03; Music CD
Best price: $4.84
Price in other shops:
The Who - Face DancesWHO; Release date: 1997-06-03; Music CD
Best price: $6.16
Price in other shops:
Japan - Tin DrumRelease date: 2007-04-24; Music CD
Best price: $7.84
Price in other shops:
Siouxsie and the Banshees - JujuRelease date: 1992-08-25; Music CD
Best price: $6.19
Price in other shops:
Top Rated Albums
Bob Dylan - Street LegalRelease date: 2004-06-01; Music CD
Best price: $7.31
Price in other shops:
Bob Dylan - Good as I Been to YouRelease date: 1992-11-03; Music CD
Best price: $6.49
Price in other shops:
Bob Dylan - Under The Red SkyRelease date: 2008-04-01; Music CD
Best price: $4.02
Price in other shops:
Bob Dylan - World Gone WrongRelease date: 1993-10-26; Music CD
Best price: $9.46
Price in other shops:
Bob Dylan - InfidelsRelease date: 2004-06-01; Music CD
Best price: $7.29
Price in other shops:
Bob Dylan - Down In The GrooveRelease date: 2008-04-01; Music CD
Best price: $3.95
Price in other shops:
Bob Dylan - Empire BurlesqueRelease date: 2008-02-01; Music CD
Best price: $4.68
Price in other shops:
Bob Dylan - Knocked Out LoadedRelease date: 2008-03-01; Music CD
Best price: $3.93
Price in other shops:
Bob Dylan - Slow Train ComingRelease date: 2004-06-01; Music CD
Best price: $6.82
Price in other shops:
Bob Dylan - SavedRelease date: 2008-02-01; Music CD
Best price: $4.82
Price in other shops: