Shot of Love

This article is about the Bob Dylan album. For the AC/DC song, see The Razors Edge (AC/DC album). For the Lakeside album, see Lakeside (band).

Shot of Love
Studio album by
Bob Dylan
ReleasedAugust 12, 1981 (1981-08-12)
RecordedMarch–May 1981
Genre
Length44:27
LabelColumbia
Producer
Bob Dylan chronology
Saved
(1980) 		Shot of Love
(1981) 		Infidels
(1983)

Shot of Love is the twenty-first studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on August 12, 1981, by Columbia Records. It is considered to be Dylan's last of a trilogy of Christian albums.

At the time of its release, Shot of Love received mixed reviews; Paul Nelson of Rolling Stone criticized the album, though he did single out the last track, "Every Grain of Sand", as a standout. Shot of Love, while reaching UK No. 6, selling more than 60,000 copies, continued Dylan's US commercial decline, reaching No. 33 and selling around 200,000 copies, during a brief chart stay. Bono of Irish band U2 described Shot of Love as one of his favorites, particularly due to Dylan's singing ability.

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