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| Artist: Drive-by Truckers
Label: New West Records
List Price: $18.98
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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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 A New Era for a Talented Band February 10, 2008
Rick D. Moore (Delavan, WI USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
2007 was a busy year for a band that didn't release an album. First off, after providing solid song writing and vocals for the past three albums, guitarist Jason Isbell departed for a solo career. That prompted last year's underrated Sirens of the Ditch. Then came a temporary marriage made in Heaven as the Truckers' provided the bulk of the music and a good chunk of the inspiration for Bettye LaVette's outstanding The Scene of the Crime - one of 2007's finest. As a band that typically produces albums at a pace second only to Ryan Adams, it was no surprise that they had yet another one in the works. Indeed, Brighter Than Creation's Dark is not only one of their finer albums, it may be their finest. Isbell's departure opened the door long-time DBT support man John Neff to add his steel guitar to the mix. Master keyboardist Spooner Oldham contributes a little Muscle Shoals-sound to the mix. Perhaps the finest addition are the vocals of bassist Shonna Tucker. I don't know why the band waited so long to let her near a microphone, but the results on "Houston" and "Purgatory" are quite remarkable. Not that Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley stand idle. Even with nineteen songs, there's no filler to be found on this deep-fried tour of the wrong-ends of the South. Musically, they're still Alt-Country that owes more to Cash than Skynyrd, but instead of being in the bed of a beater pick-up speeding over the dusty backroads of the Dirty South as seemed the pace on previous albums, this one slows down to take in more of the sights - dismal and dour they may be. Hood starts things off nicely with the exquisite "Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife." From there Cooley leaps in with both feet for the rousing "3 Dimes Down" - shamelessly borrowing the line "Come back baby, rock and roll never forgets." Other standouts include the Man in Black inspired "Lisa's Birthday," "The Purgatory Line" with Oldham's subtle Fender Rhodes accompanying Tucker's tender vocals, and the searing "The Righteous Path." The Iraq War inspires two of the albums most heartfelt tracks with Hood's "That Man I Shot" and "The Home Front." Nothing overly political or sermonizing in either song. Instead both songs lift the veil beyond rhetoric to touch on the the pain and loss this war brings to both those in it and to their loved ones. If "Brighter Than Creation's Dark" represents a new path for this talented band, then I only hope there are many more trips down this wonderful road.
Another winner from America's best band February 16, 2008
Mike Villano (Van Nuys, CA United States)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
After the disappointing "A Blessing and A Curse" two years ago, DBT have returned with a fantastic disc. To the reviewers here who've given it poor reviews, I say give it a few spins. It's a dense record that took me about three listens to get it, and I've been raving about them since "Southern Rock Opera" in 2002. Like everyone else, I was worried that Jason's departure would be problematic, but the former Mrs. Isbell's contributions add a nice female touch to the band's sound.
I still think "The Dirty South" was their finest moment - and this is a band that has had a host of fine moments - but this is a great addition to their stellar catalog. As another reviewer here says, this is tomorrow's classic rock today.
Best of both worlds January 23, 2008
Robert M. Groves (South of Nowhere)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This DBT album is by far the most diverse of them all. While SRO was the most imaginative to date, dirty south showed a countrier side, and decoration day and blessing were "rock" albums. BTCD shows imagination, great guitar work, and a multi-faceted multi-layer apraoch to music only DBT is capible of. Long live Rock.
Angst, Soul and Good Old Fashioned Rock and Roll February 4, 2008
C. Batty (Austin)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I did not miss Jason Isbell as much as I thought that I would. There are places where Shonna's vocals get a bit lost in the music instead of cutting through like Adele Bethel's do, but that is as much a flaw of arranging and production as it is a flaw of hers. However, her song writing is excellent and stands next to anything that Patterson writes (particularly Home Field Advantage and Purgatory Line. Mike Cooley is a pure gem and "Lisa's Birthday" ranks as one of the best country songs of the last 12 months. This is a album that is as dark and bleak as it is beautiful. The DBTs still stand as one of the few bands willing to just write a simple song that cuts all the BS and just tells simple songs about rural, working class America--stories and songs that reveal a side of Americana that most music seems to want to hide. And that is what makes the DBTs the perfect rock band, its just simple rock and roll--no hype, no image, no pretense.
 NOT MY TYPE February 23, 2008
Kevin M. Skiba (Alpena, MI)
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
This was the first cd I have every heard completely by this band and I am not impressed. Friends have said good things, but this CD totally tanks! My expectations were much higher for this CD. Don't waste your money!
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