Track Listing
1. Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife
2. 3 Dimes Down
3. Righteous Path, The
4. I'm Sorry Huston
5. Perfect Timing
6. Daddy Needs a Drink
7. Self Destructive Zones
8. Bob
9. Home Field Advantage
10. Opening Act, The
11. Lisa's Birthday
12. That Man I Shot
13. Purgatory Line, The
14. Home Front, The
15. Checkout Time in Vegas
16. You and Your Crystal Meth
17. Goode's Field Road
18. Ghost to Most, A
19. Monument Valley, The
| Details | | Playing Time: | 75 min. | | Producer: | David Barbe | | Distributor: | RED Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel: Mike Cooley (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo, harmonica); Patterson Hood (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano); Shonna Tucker (vocals); John Neff (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, lap steel guitar, E-bow); David Barbe (guitar, loops); Scott Danbom (fiddle); Spooner Oldham (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Wurlitzer organ); Brad Morgan (drums, tambourine).
Audio Mixer: David Barbe.
Recording information: Chase Park Transduction, Athens, GA (06/2007-09/2007).
Photographer: Jason Thrasher.
After relentless touring and recording since 2001; and the unexpected departure of original member Jason Isbell in 2006, the Drive-By Truckers were supposed to take a breather and take stock, but instead regrouped (with long-time touring guitarist John Neff promoted to full-fledged member), and quickly delivered their best record. With 19 songs clocking in at 75 minutes, BRIGHTER THAN CREATION'S DARK is a modern roots-rock masterpiece. The band's three ace songwriters--guitarist Paterson Hood, guitarist Mike Cooley, and bassist Shonna Tucker--all contribute affecting takes on love, loss, addiction, violence, regret, and want in a gripping Southern gothic morality play.
Musically, the band is on fire with an expansive sonic palette that finds the wrenching roadhouse ballad "Lisa's Birthday" sequenced next to the distortion-blasted stomper "The Man I Shot." Legendary songwriter and session man--and sometime DBT touring partner--Spooner Oldham provides guest support throughout the record. As tightly written and performed as vintage Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, BRIGHTER THAN CREATION'S DARK belongs in the stereos of all fans of the lost art of American rock & roll.
Editorial Reviews
4 stars out of 5 -- [T]hey let the songwriting speak for itself and it sings loud and clear.
Rolling Stone
BRIGHTER is one fo the more tightly-focused, energized DBT records to date.
Harp
3.5 stars out of 5 -- BRIGHTER is unique for its air of quiet resignation about misery....The weary midtempo arrangement embody the album's crushing hopelessness, tempered only by John Neff's elegant pedal steel.
Blender
Ranked #13 in Mojo's The 50 Best Albums Of 2008 -- [A]n epic of jagged, Crazy Horse Americana.
Mojo
4 stars out of 5 -- [A]n album that's stylistically their most wide-ranging....There's more Americana this time than there is Allmans and ZZ Top -- ranging from straightforward country to electric country-blues.
Mojo
3 stars out of 5 -- It sounds fascinating and its sprawling mix of styles, vocalists and inspirations is not without its passion or humour.
Q
[A] largely satisfying album. It brings back some of the twang and front-porchiness of the past...
No Depression
5 stars out of 5 -- This is a stunning album, bristling with astute and funny words, glorious tunes and delivered in performances all the more impressive for sounding so utterly effortless...
Uncut
[BRIGHTER] throbs with pedal steel and creamy keys played by veteran R&B session guy Spooner Oldham. -- Grade: B+
Entertainment Weekly
3 stars out of 5 -- Hood's own songs tell wrenching tales of the underclass, hitching his stricken voice to country shuffles and jagged Neil Young grooves.
Spin
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