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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Average album from world's greatest band Sometimes the popular opinion is just correct. Jason Isbell's departure from DBT means the band has lost one-third of its quality. Shonna Tucker, for all her fine musicianly qualities, just doesn't fill his very large shoes (especially live - Isbell had a lot of stage presence; Shonna really doesn't). The first DBT album since Isbell's departure is, therefore, about two-thirds as good as The Dirty South, and about one-third longer than it needed to be. I haven't been so disappointed in a band's new album... more info
More Tales From The Home Front Stories. That's what we have here and that's what matters.
(Allied of course to a set of damned fine tunes and performances). There is an affectionate authenticity at the heart of these
down-home observations of southern small-town American life. Sometimes it's all in the detail : Bob the loner with more dogs than friends : "Bob takes care of his Momma,
She's the only one he let's call him Robert....". ('Bob'). and again..... : The love of a woman... more info
A curate's egg of an album, although not without some charm A long and diverse album that sees DBT moving back to its more alt. country, as a result of Jason's departure, Shonna's raised profile and Mike's increased vocal and song-writing presence on the tracks. In a sense that is a slight disappointment, as I felt they were building up a following and getting a more cross-over rock audience than previously. I'd long given up on them going down the southern rock route of their 'Opera' days, but I thought with 'Dirty South' and 'Blessing' they were creating a balance... more info
Still on the righteous path This is the Drive-by Truckers eighth album and the first after the departure of Jason Isbell. It is long but that is a DBT characteristic, the previous album A Blessing and a Curse was uncharacteristically short. The previous reviewer has been unlucky I've seen the band three times in the UK and they should be here later this year. So what about this album? Needless to say I like it, with the addition of pedal steel player John Neff to replace Jason the sound is far more countryish than previous albums... more info
