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.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You Wanna RambleJunior Parker | Bob Dylan | Play | 03:17 | 7 MB | 21 MB |
| 2 | They Killed HimKris Kristofferson | Bob Dylan | Play | 04:03 | 9 MB | 25 MB |
| 3 | Precious Memories | Bob Dylan | Play | 03:15 | 7 MB | 20 MB |
| 4 | Maybe SomedayBob Dylan | Bob Dylan | Play | 03:19 | 7 MB | 21 MB |
| 5 | Brownsville GirlBob Dylan, Sam Shepard | Bob Dylan | Play | 11:03 | 25 MB | 70 MB |
| 6 | Under Your SpellBob Dylan, Carole Bayer Sager | Bob Dylan | Play | 03:56 | 9 MB | 23 MB |
| 7 | Driftin' too far from the shore | Bob Dylan | Play | 03:42 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 8 | Got my mind made up | Bob Dylan | Play | 02:55 | 6 MB | 20 MB |
| 35 mins | 81 MB | |||||
| 35 mins | 227 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Britt Bacon | Engineer |
| 2 | Mike Berment | Drums (Steel) |
| 3 | Peggi Blu | Vocals (Background) |
| 4 | Majason Bracey | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 5 | Clem Burke | Drums, Guest Artist |
| 6 | T-Bone Burnett | Guest Artist, Guitar |
| 7 | Mike Campbell | Guitar |
| 8 | Carolyn Dennis | Vocals (Background) |
| 9 | Steve Douglas | Saxophone |
| 10 | Bob Dylan | Composer, Guitar, Harmonica, Keyboards, Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 11 | Howie Epstein | Bass |
| 12 | Judy Feltus | Engineer |
| 13 | Anton Fig | Drums |
| 14 | Lara Firestone | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 15 | Milton Gabriel | Drums (Steel) |
| 16 | Keysha Gwin | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 17 | Don Heffington | Drums, Guest Artist |
| 18 | Muffy Hendrix | Vocals (Background) |
| 19 | April Hendrix-Haberlan | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 20 | Ira Ingber | Guitar |
| 21 | James Jamerson, Jr. | Bass |
| 22 | Dewey B. Jones II | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 23 | Phil Jones | Congas |
| 24 | Al Kooper | Guest Artist, Keyboards |
| 25 | Kris Kristofferson | Composer |
| 26 | Stan Lynch | Drums |
| 27 | Steve Madaio | Trumpet |
| 28 | Queen Esther Marrow | Vocals (Background) |
| 29 | Larry Mayhand | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 30 | John McKenzie | Bass |
| 31 | Vince Melamed | Keyboards |
| 32 | Larry Meyers | Mandolin |
| 33 | Larry Myers | Mandolin |
| 34 | Angel Newell | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 35 | Herbert Newell | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 36 | John Paris | Bass |
| 37 | Junior Parker | Composer |
| 38 | Bryan Parris | Drums (Steel) |
| 39 | Al Perkins | Guitar (Steel) |
| 40 | Tom Petty | Composer, Guest Artist, Guitar |
| 41 | Crystal Pounds | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 42 | Raymond Lee Pounds | Drums |
| 43 | Madelyn Quebec | Vocals (Background) |
| 44 | Carole Bayer Sager | Composer |
| 45 | Vito San Filippo | Bass |
| 46 | Carl Sealove | Bass |
| 47 | Patrick Seymour | Keyboards |
| 48 | Sam Shepard | Composer |
| 49 | Jack Sherman | Guitar |
| 50 | Daina Smith | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 51 | Don Smith | Engineer |
| 52 | Donald Smith | Engineer |
| 53 | Maia Smith | Vocals |
| 54 | Medena Smith | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 55 | Dave Stewart | Guitar |
| 56 | Benmont Tench | Keyboards |
| 57 | Annette May Thomas | Vocals (Background) |
| 58 | Damien Turnbough | Vocals (Background) |
| 59 | George Tutko | Engineer |
| 60 | Ron Wood | Guest Artist, Guitar |
| 61 | Chyna Wright | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 62 | Elesecia Wright | Vocals (Background) |
| 63 | Tiffany Wright | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |