Love and Theft (Bob Dylan album) - Quiz
  • 1. Which Japanese writer's book did Bob Dylan's 'Love and Theft' lyrics allegedly draw similarities from?
A) Junichi Saga
B) Haruki Murakami
C) Yasunari Kawabata
D) Ryu Murakami
  • 2. What is the title of Junichi Saga's book that was compared to 'Love and Theft'?
A) Confessions of a Yakuza
B) The Samurai's Tale
C) Tokyo Underworld
D) The Yakuza
  • 3. Who translated Junichi Saga's book into English?
A) John Bester
B) Eugene Volokh
C) Philip Gabriel
D) Jay Rubin
  • 4. What is the nature of Junichi Saga's reaction to the similarities between his book and 'Love and Theft'?
A) He was indifferent and ignored the issue.
B) He felt angry and sued Dylan.
C) He felt honored rather than abused.
D) He demanded a public apology.
  • 5. Which critic defended Bob Dylan by stating that all pop music is 'love and theft'?
A) Robert Christgau
B) Rolling Stone
C) NME
D) Pitchfork
  • 6. Which instrument did Larry Campbell play on 'Love and Theft'?
A) Saxophone
B) Trombone
C) Trumpet
D) Banjo
  • 7. Who was responsible for engineering the album 'Love and Theft'?
A) Larry Campbell
B) Bob Dylan
C) Chris Shaw
D) Augie Meyers
  • 8. Which track from 'Love and Theft' contains the line 'I'm not quite as cool or forgiving as I sound'?
A) Sugar Baby
B) Honest With Me
C) Floater
D) Mississippi
  • 9. What role did Bob Dylan have in the production of 'Love and Theft'?
A) Record production
B) Mastering
C) Album cover design
D) Sound mixing
  • 10. Which instrument did Augie Meyers play on 'Love and Theft'?
A) Accordion
B) Drums
C) Violin
D) Guitar
  • 11. Who played the upright bass on 'Love and Theft'?
A) Charlie Sexton
B) Tony Garnier
C) Larry Campbell
D) Augie Meyers
  • 12. What instrument did Clay Meyers play on 'Love and Theft'?
A) Piano
B) Mandolin
C) Hammond B3 organ
D) Bongos
  • 13. Which of the following is NOT a song title from 'Love and Theft'?
A) Sugar Baby
B) High Water (For Charley Patton)
C) Mississippi
D) Lonesome Day Blues
  • 14. Who played the drums on 'Love and Theft'?
A) Charlie Sexton
B) Larry Campbell
C) Augie Meyers
D) David Kemper
  • 15. Which instrument did Charlie Sexton play on 'Love and Theft'?
A) Guitar
B) Banjo
C) Drums
D) Accordion
  • 16. What is the role of Bob Dylan in 'Love and Theft'?
A) Drums, bass guitar
B) Vocals, guitar, piano, record production
C) Album cover design
D) Sound engineering
  • 17. Who directed the 30-second commercial featuring the song 'Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum' from the album 'Love and Theft'?
A) Kinka Usher
B) Eddie Gorodetsky
C) Kevin Mazur
D) David Gahr
  • 18. Which magazine ranked 'Love and Theft' as the No. 1 Album of the Decade in 2009?
A) Newsweek
B) The Village Voice
C) Glide Magazine
D) Rolling Stone
  • 19. What Grammy Award did 'Love and Theft' win?
A) Best Contemporary Folk Album
B) Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
C) Album of the Year
D) Record of the Year
  • 20. Who took the album's cover photograph of Dylan?
A) Kinka Usher
B) Kevin Mazur
C) David Gahr
D) Geoff Gans
  • 21. Which publication referred to 'Love and Theft' as Bob Dylan's immortality album?
A) USA Today
B) The Village Voice
C) Rolling Stone
D) Los Angeles Times
  • 22. Who was the magician featured in the commercial for 'Love and Theft'?
A) David Blaine
B) Penn Jillette
C) David Copperfield
D) Ricky Jay
  • 23. Which publication's critic, Jake Cole, referred to 'Love and Theft' as Dylan's most eclectic work in 2021?
A) The Village Voice
B) USA Today
C) Rolling Stone
D) Spectrum Culture
  • 24. In which year was 'Love and Theft' ranked seventh in Far Out magazine's list of Bob Dylan's 10 greatest albums?
A) 2019
B) 2018
C) 2020
D) 2017
  • 25. Who was the actress featured in the commercial for 'Love and Theft'?
A) Scarlett Johansson
B) Francine York
C) Meryl Streep
D) Julia Roberts
  • 26. Who was the writer from Dharma & Greg interviewed in the press conference for 'Love and Theft'?
A) Jon Pollack
B) Eddie Gorodetsky
C) David E. Kelley
D) Peter Tolan
  • 27. Which song from 'Love and Theft' was nominated for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance?
A) High Water (For Charley Patton)
B) Summer Days
C) Lonesome Day Blues
D) Honest with Me
  • 28. Which publication ranked 'Love and Theft' as the second best album of its decade?
A) Newsweek
B) USA Today
C) The Village Voice
D) Rolling Stone
  • 29. Which critic referred to 'Love and Theft' as Dylan's most eclectic work?
A) Mikal Gilmore
B) Edna Gundersen
C) Jake Cole
D) Robert Christgau
  • 30. What was the setting for the commercial featuring 'Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum'?
A) A concert stage
B) A tense poker game
C) A road trip
D) A recording studio
  • 31. Which publication's critic characterized 'Love and Theft' as an attic-sweeping of songs and themes?
A) Ultimate Classic Rock
B) The Village Voice
C) USA Today
D) Rolling Stone
  • 32. Which publication's critic referred to 'Love and Theft' as Dylan's greatest album?
A) The Village Voice
B) Rolling Stone
C) USA Today
D) The New York Times
  • 33. Which album inspired the title of Bob Dylan's 'Love and Theft'?
A) Love & Theft: Blackface Minstrelsy and the American Working Class by Eric Lott
B) Fables of the Reconstruction by R.E.M.
C) The Globe Sessions by Sheryl Crow
D) The Anthology of American Folk Music by Harry Everett Smith
  • 34. Which publication featured Greg Kot's comparison of 'Love and Theft' to R.E.M.'s 'Fables of the Reconstruction'?
A) Chicago Tribune
B) The New York Times
C) Rolling Stone
D) The Guardian
  • 35. Which song on 'Love and Theft' was later covered by Sheryl Crow?
A) Mississippi
B) Floater
C) High Water (for Charley Patton)
D) Sugar Baby
  • 36. Which band made 'Mississippi' a mainstay of their tours?
A) The Rolling Stones
B) The Dixie Chicks
C) U2
D) R.E.M.
  • 37. Which critic noted Dylan's singing style on 'Love and Theft' as shifting between humble and ironic?
A) Mikal Gilmore
B) Greg Kot
C) Robert Christgau
D) Tim Riley
  • 38. What does the song 'High Water (for Charley Patton)' symbolize?
A) The rise of rock and roll music.
B) The economic struggles of the American working class.
C) The personal life of Bob Dylan.
D) The South's racial history and cultural richness.
  • 39. Which song on 'Love and Theft' is described as having a 'reluctant soft-shoe charm'?
A) 'Floater'
B) 'Mississippi'
C) 'Sugar Baby'
D) 'Po' Boy'
  • 40. What themes did Bob Dylan summarize for 'Love and Theft' in an interview with Mikal Gilmore?
A) Romantic relationships and personal struggles.
B) The influence of blues and country music.
C) Business, politics and war, and maybe love interest on the side.
D) The history of American folk music.
  • 41. On what date was 'Love and Theft' released?
A) May 2001
B) September 11, 2001
C) September 11, 1999
D) September 16, 2003
  • 42. Which record label released 'Love and Theft'?
A) Columbia Records
B) Sony Music
C) Warner Bros. Records
D) Universal Music Group
  • 43. What was the highest chart position 'Love and Theft' achieved on the Billboard 200?
A) No. 5
B) No. 10
C) No. 1
D) No. 15
  • 44. Which country gave 'Love and Theft' its first No. 1 album for Bob Dylan?
A) United States
B) Sweden
C) United Kingdom
D) Norway
  • 45. Who was added to Bob Dylan's touring band for the 'Love and Theft' sessions?
A) Larry Campbell
B) David Kemper
C) Augie Meyers
D) Chris Shaw
  • 46. What was the name of the song that gave Dylan his first Oscar?
A) Highway 61 Revisited
B) Po' Boy
C) Things Have Changed
D) Love and Theft
  • 47. How many days did it take to record the twelve songs on 'Love and Theft'?
A) 6 days
B) 12 days
C) 15 days
D) 30 days
  • 48. Which style of music heavily influenced 'Love and Theft'?
A) Rock
B) Jazz
C) Blues
D) Early Americana
  • 49. In what year was 'Love and Theft' remixed into 5.1 surround sound?
A) 2001
B) 2005
C) 2000
D) 2003
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