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Brighter Than Creation's Dark (CD)

By: Drive-By Truckers (Artist)

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DISC 1 for Brighter Than Creation's Dark (CD) Album By Drive-By Truckers (Artist)
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
19   Monument Valley
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (p.66) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]hey let the songwriting speak for itself and it sings loud and clear."
Spin (p.92) - 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."
Entertainment Weekly (p.69) - "[BRIGHTER] throbs with pedal steel and creamy keys played by veteran R&B session guy Spooner Oldham." -- Grade: B+
Uncut (p.80) - 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..."
No Depression (p.68) - "[A] largely satisfying album. It brings back some of the twang and front-porchiness of the past..."
Q (Magazine) (p.103) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "It sounds fascinating and its sprawling mix of styles, vocalists and inspirations is not without its passion or humour."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.100) - 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 (Publisher) (p.72) - Ranked #13 in Mojo's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2008" -- "[A]n epic of jagged, Crazy Horse Americana."
Blender (Magazine) (p.98) - 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."
Harp (magazine) (p.92) - "BRIGHTER is one fo the more tightly-focused, energized DBT records to date."

Title Note

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.

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5 out of 5 stars Bright and Brilliant, February 1, 2008
By Nick
The songwriting is impeccable on this album and Brive-By truckers sing it loud and clear.

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