Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark
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Free Music Review: The Best Band Going Right Now!
Hit: 5 Stars
If you are new to these guys, welcome to real rock! Just buy it...you won't be disappointed. I know I wasn't!Free Music Review: A fair to middlin' cd
Hit: 4 Stars
This is a good cd; well written lyrics and basic good solid instrumentals.
The only criticism I may have is probably with the Amazon.com marketing people that made this cd appear more rock n roll than country, or country alternative.
I absolutely love "Self-destructive Zones," "That Man I Shot," and "You and Your Chrystal Meth." They have a good, hard rocking edge with solid lyrics that remind me a lot of Allman Brothers Band or Molly Hatchet.
The other songs, "Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife," "The Purgatory Line," "The Righteous Path," and "3 Dimes Down," Are decent country rock songs that sound real smooth. They aren't as hard hitting as the first three songs I described, but have a better more robust sound than these slower songs such as, "Sorry Huston," "Bob," or "Checkout Time in Vegas."
These are definitely more country than rock. I generally don't care for that particular sound, but it's not altogether bad.
I think "Bob" and "Lisa's Birthday" are, in my opinion country parodies. They come across as sounding country, but the lyrics are hysterical.
"Perfect Timing," "Goode's Field Road" and "The Monument Valley," are very good mellow ballads that really speaks volumes about basic living in this crazy messed up world.
I must say though, that for a country rock cd, it really has a wide range of songs to pick and choose from. If one prefers something with a heavy beat and grinding guitar riffs, than the first three songs I picked would be good options. If one prefers something mellower, than "The Home Front" or "The Monument Valley are excellent choices too."
Free Music Review: Satisfying and enjoyable, even in its meanderings
Hit: 4 Stars
A charming aspect of "southern rock" is its colloquial nature: stories are told, the dialects are upheld, words are slurred, and adherence to any other long standing tradition, besides the pairing of a Budweiser and spewing cliches, remains frowned upon. Maybe it is my brief stay in the South or a nostalgia for a lifestyle I never experienced (and generally forgotten), but the Drive-By Truckers are a worthy immersion into a genre that has been augmented and miscategorized for years.
I don't have a history of reviewing within this genre, so I won't pretend to be that authoritative voice. That being said, the tracks by Mike Cooley incorporate a rough, unpolished and inspired sound that implant themselves in your mind. "3 Dimes Down" and its weaving, shifting guitar lines harken to the golden age of southern rock and the sprawling wonderment of American life. Patterson Hood remains at his strongest at the moments of introspection, with the quieter songs like "The Opening Act" and "Two Daughters..." being among his more enjoyable. That being said, the record feels about 5 songs too long for me. While attempting to keep the traditional double LP format alive, I feel it would strengthen the "album" if tracks such as "You and Your Crystal Meth" were kept from it.
While I can't consider this record "classic" or "essential," I do think it has its marketplace and is important in the year of 2008. It will probably find its way onto my (and others) top 10 or top 20 lists this year not by following criteria of inventive, imaginative, or even immediate. Instead, it is by clear song writing, thorough vision, and exploring the juxtapositions of American living and dreaming in all of its rollicking tracks. This four star review is not given for flaws on the record, it is an assessment of its strengths and ability to appeal to even those who swear off the genre. Highly recommended.
Free Music Review: What a sensation!
Hit: 5 Stars
Just listen loudly and it feels like heaven. What a simple but beautiful music experience. Pure southern rock from the 21st century: not old, not new, but just this is it! Looking forward to see Drive-By Truckers in the Netherlands, Amsterdam on the 12th of august. Be there!Free Music Review: Another incredible album...but not their best
Hit: 4 Stars
DBT just seem incapable of releasing a bad album. You know, with such an emphasis nowadays on hit singles and stuff, it is so refreshing to see a band that still pays attention to crafting an actual album - you know, one you can listen to the whole way through. In my opinion, every album the Truckers' have released since "Southern Rock Opera" have been amazing, with Decoration Day & The Dirty South being the pinnacle of these guys' career so far (but I do really love "A Blessing and a Curse", which has most of my favorite Jason Isbell songs). I have a lot of respect for all the members of this band, but for me, it's all about Patterson Hood. I find his songs to usually always be my favorite of any of the DBT albums, and here he doesn't dissapoint. Essentially the first 5 or so songs of his rank up with anything the man has ever done. Lyrically, he just gets better and better. Mike Cooley was always kind of "heh" to me, and I find his voice to just be not that listenable. Shonna Tucker's songs are pleasant but sort of generically-sung and written.