Buckets of Rain

E111595

"Buckets of Rain" is a gentle, acoustic folk song by Bob Dylan, noted for its bittersweet, understated reflection on love and resilience and serving as the closing track on his acclaimed album *Blood on the Tracks*.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Buckets of Rain canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work
song
album Blood on the Tracks
artist Bob Dylan
associatedWithEra Bob Dylan
surface form: 1970s Bob Dylan
belongsToDiscographyOf Bob Dylan
composer Bob Dylan
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception noted for emotional subtlety
widely praised for its simplicity
genre acoustic folk
folk
hasCanonicalStatusIn Bob Dylan’s late-career live repertoire (occasional performances)
hasInfluenceOn singer-songwriter genre interpretations of love songs
hasTheme bittersweet reflection
heartbreak
love
resilience
hasTitle Buckets of Rain self-link
includedIn Blood on the Tracks track listing
Bob Dylan song catalog
instrumentation acoustic guitar
isClosingTrackOf Blood on the Tracks
language English
lyricalCharacteristic direct address to a lover
economical lyrics
wry humor
lyricist Bob Dylan
mood melancholic
tender
wistful
musicalStyle minimalist arrangement
understated
narrativePerspective first person
oftenDescribedAs gentle acoustic folk song
oftenHighlightedFor contrast with the darker songs on Blood on the Tracks
partOf Blood on the Tracks
performer Bob Dylan
positionInTrackList closing track
recordedBy Bob Dylan
recordLabel Columbia Records
tempo slow to mid-tempo
trackNumberOnBloodOnTheTracks 10
vocalStyle conversational
intimate
workOf Bob Dylan

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Blood on the Tracks hasPart Buckets of Rain
Sara Dylan inspiredWork Buckets of Rain
Buckets of Rain hasTitle Buckets of Rain self-link