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| Artist: Drive-by Truckers
Label: New West Records
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Rating:  44 reviews
Sales Rank: 2464
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 5 x 0.2
MPN: 6135
UPC: 607396613526
EAN: 0607396613526
ASIN: B000ZKRFDA
Release Date: January 22, 2008
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 Man! January 25, 2008
Robert E. Fiveash (Norfolk, VA)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Came to DBT's somewhat late in the game (first show was on The Dirty South tour) and, like a lot of folks, was pretty amazed by the SRO-Decoration Day-Dirty South run. Blessing was short, not cohesive, and just kind of seemed thrown together - although it was still a whole lot better than most music put out that year. But the album gave me the feeling that Jason was saving his best songs for his solo album.
Brighter, however, is a surprisingly wonderful return to the quality we've come to expect from the Truckers. More mellow than the last few? Yes, but Neff's pedal steel is mesmerizing and Shonna's 3 contributions are damn good. And Patterson and Cooley are in true form, squashing any fears that Jason's departure would leave a big hole.
No filler in this batch. Every tune stands on its own against the best the Truckers have ever put out.
An Absolute Classic January 26, 2008
The Gavs (Illinois)
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
Ever since their critical breakout Southern Rock Opera The mainstream press has always wanted to compare The Drive By Truckers with Lynyrd Skynyrd. I suppose some of this is the band's fault, by making a song cycle out of Skynyrd the comparisons were inevitable. The thing is the band that I've always thought they should be compared with (if being compared at all) is The Replacements, albeit with two exceptions. The first being southern accents and the southern lore behind them, and the second being the fact that DBT has always had multiple songwriters pulling the whole thing together. It all starts with Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley though despite some fantastic songs by former guitarist Jason Isbell over his three album run and now, on Brighter Than Creation's Dark, three excellent songs by his ex-wife, bassist Shonna Tucker. Cooley has always been less prolific than Hood, until now. On BTCD Cooley contributes 7 stellar tracks ranging from the straight up country of "Lisa's Birthday" to the rocking Exile on Main Street inspired "Three Dimes Down". HIs finest contribution to this album, however, might be "Perfect Timing" about a man coming to terms with himself. The line "I used to hate the fool in me but only in the morning now I tolerate him all day long" is absolutely brilliant but will probably have it's greatest impact on those of us who saw the age of 30 a long time ago. Hood mines similar territory here with his excellent "The Righteous Path" but takes a less philosophical and more everyman approach.
The real strength of BTCD is it's musical diversity. It can go from hauntingly beautiful and sad, "Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife" to whimiscal and profound in "Bob" and then go ahead and rock out with Tucker's "Homfield Advantage" and the previously mentioned "Three Dimes Down" and "The Righteous Path". 19 songs is a heck of alot for one album but this one wouldn't be as good if even one track were removed. As I mentioned Shonna Tucker is a revelation on this album, both for her own excellent three songs and the delightful harmonies she provides on Hood's tracks. I'd also be remiss if I didn't point out the contributions form always steady drummer Brad "EZB" Morgan, Guitarist/Pedal Steel player John Neff, and the legenday Muscle Shoals organist Spooner Oldham. Neff's picking is subtle when it needs to be and upfront when that's required more than making up for the loss of Jason Isbell. Oldham's organ lines are nothing short of magic giving DBT an entirely new element to the soundscape (although he did also appear on "When the Pin Hits the Shell").
In the end all you need to know is that this album is an instant classic, possibly the best ever by an already stellar band. If you liked them before it's nearly a foregone coonclusion that you'll like this record. If you're new to DBT pick it up, you just might like what you hear.
 It bored me too February 7, 2008
C. MCINTIRE (Chicago)
4 out of 9 found this review helpful
This album is not for me. One reasonably boring song after another. No edge like some of the other albums. No snarly riffs. Story telling a little bland. No variety in the songs. Southern Rock Opera, Dirty South, and Decoration Day are the way to go and may have set the bar too high. You can't tell me that they didn't loose a step when Jason Isbell left. I'm still a big Cooley fan but this entire album is very ho-hum(and I really wanted to like it). Bummer. She's a snoozer.
Great Album January 22, 2008
Timothy Lewis (Ottawa, Canada)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a great DBT album! If it's not their best, it's pretty darn close. The reviews of this album labelled it "too long" with too much "filler".
I've listen to this album twice today already and I can't find any song that I wouldn't have on it. I always thought that having Jason in the band prevented Cooley from having more songs on the album. I'm glad this problem was rectified....
Keep it up Boys!
Album of the Year January 24, 2008
Frank Roberts (New York, NY)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
This album is definitely not boring. It is the most diverse and exciting Truckers record ever. You are not going to find better songwriting than on this album. Favorites are Righteous Path, Ghost to Most, Checkout time in Vegas, I'm Sorry Huston and Goode's. This is my fav Truckers record of all time. Sure to be album of the year in many end of year polls. I hope this propels the band to the stature they truly deserve. Best American Band.
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