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