Click on this link to go to the main Bob Dylan page or get Knocked Out Loaded ... Knock it Off Overall Album Score: 5.0 out of 10 I like 80s pop music. I like Bob Dylan. I tried my hardest to like Infidels and Empire Burlesque. I tolerated the fact that Bob Dylan had succumb to the sirens of 80s pop and made a few albums like that. And I actually rather enjoyed Infidels and Empire Burlesque! They're totally uncharacteristic of Bob Dylan ... and I would venture to say that they aren't even anything that you need bother getting from him. Even if you're a fan. I'M TELLING YOU THAT I STOMACHED THOSE ALBUMS! BUT WHEN BOB DYLAN TRIES TO PULL OFF DRECK LIKE THIS, I HAVE A REALLY HARD TIME NOT VOMITTING!!!!! OHHHHHHHHH, WHAT AN AWFUL, AWFUL ALBUM KNOCKED OUT LOADED IS! I'VE SEEN BANDS LIKE "KISS" PULL OFF MORE SINCERE MOMENTS IN THEIR ALBUMS THAN THIS! I AM JUST SO, SO ANGRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *huff, huff, huff* Whew! I was just glad to get that out of my system. If you are a Bob Dylan fan, and you know what's good for you, NEVER listen to this album. You might very well regret it. Every song on here except for two, maybe, is a complete and utter disaster. This one not only would waste your money, but waste your time as well. You're better spending those entities on women! Like you should be! Freaking loser! Overall Album Score: 5.0 out of 10 (This is embarrassing. I'm embarrassed for Bob Dylan.) Average Song Score: 5.6 (Bob Dylan is really turning into a regular crap-head! He's in a rut, and someone needs to help him out of it! Please!!!!) Album Tilt: 5.0 (Poo.) Artist Rating: 4.5 (This is even worse of an artistic disaster than Saved was! At least that one had a purpose of some sort. This is just a bunch of random 80s crap.) Track Reviews Knocked Out Loaded 5/10 Really, man! What's the point of listening to Bob Dylan if it's gonna be boring, stupid old 80s pop music? I usually *like* boring stupid old 80s pop music, but, really ... Bob should quit. I won't pretend that this song is *terrible* or anything ... the derivative riff is kinda cool, I guess. That drum is mixed way too loudly. And this isn't Bob Dylan. It's one of his undersingers. That's the only explanation I can give. I'm disappointed in you, Bobby. (Okay, Bob Dylan didn't write this song, but that didn't mean he had to sing it.) They Killed Him 2/10 This is another uncharacteristically stupid song. I was almost relieved to find out that Kris Kristofferson actually wrote this one ... this really STUPID song ... and now I have a strong anti-Kristofferson bias! This might just be singularly Bob Dylan's worst song on the planet. ... Icky! (I mean, what does this song protest? Assassinations? Morons!!) Driftin' Too Far From Shore 6/10 Was Bobby aching for an 80s pop radio classic or something? Didn't he realize that no one cared about Bob Dylan in 1986? At any rate, this song would never have worked. Its melody isn't nearly catchy enough. The loud drums really ruin most of the effect this song might have had. It's not mind-bendingly awful, but it is a complete mess. Precious Memories 7/10 Well, this is the first time in the album where I don't feel that the song has been utterly beat to death with that rabid drum machine. I haven't even been complaining about the female back-up singers in these songs. But they're here ... and they're still awful. It's a nice steel drum, though! The songs, still a mess, but at least I can find a little joy out of the steel drums. Maybe Someday 5/10 Maybe someday, old folksters trying out 80s music for size for the third time wouldn't sound so danged washed up. David Bowie didn't even let that happen to him! What's Bob's excuse? Brownsville Girl 5/10 A collaboration with Sam Shepard? Is this the same guy who I hate in ever single movie I've seen him in (except for The Right Stuff?). It is! (He's a playwright as well, but I haven't seen any of his plays, so I cannot pass judgement over them! ... But judging on his acting and now his music career, his plays probably suck, too.) And why on earth Bob Dylan (my hero) let Sam Shepard (bad actor) co-write an 11-minute song with him is beyond me! This song is pointless and boring! It would have worked perfectly well at 5 minutes (and that would be stretching it), but they just had to drag this one out for another six minutes. I guess that's better than writing a whole 'nother song. Got My Mind Made Up 8/10 Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... Oh! Hey! "Brownsville Girl" finally ended! Hey! This song isn't half-bad, either. The drums aren't attacking the whole song to death ... there's some nice solo-instrumental work from somebody on some instrument ... and, best of all, this is under three minutes, so it doesn't waste your time more than necessary! This is the best song off this album by default. Under Your Spell 6.5/10 This might have been a regular Madonna song ... but Bob Dylan is singing it, so it doesn't exactly work. The melody here is much better than what Madonna was able to pull off at the non-hit-machine points of her albums ... but that doesn't mean "Under Your Spell" is good. It just means that it's better than Madonna. (Those female back-up voices here are particularly atrocious, though. I really don't see what Bob sees in them. They're rarely ever not-atrocious.) Get knocked out about your opinions of this album and then e-mail them to me here! indianroad337@yahoo.com (pete) received Dec. 29, 2004 This is not Bob's worst album. But it sure aint even close to being one of his best. I give it 2 stars out of 5. The best thing about this album is the cover art. I love it. Tom Petty helping out on a song or 2 helps out quite nice. Although it is basically a lackluster 80's album. Bob probably had a time limit on his big contract with Columbia Records, therefore rushing this piece out.

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