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- Summary: The debut on ATO Records leans more toward rock than the last studio release for the Athens, Georgia, band.
- Record Label: ATO
- Genre(s): Rock, Alt-Country
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Birthday Boy | |
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Which one's the birthday boy? She said I ain't got all night What'd your mama name you? You can call me what you like Every skinny mystery gotta make... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 20 out of 24
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Mixed: 4 out of 24
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Negative: 0 out of 24
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UncutThe Big To-Do, it's pleasing to report, rocks as hard and loud as anything they've previously done. [Apr 2010, p.78]
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The Big To-Do is a subtle but genuine step forward from 2008's Brighter Than Creation's Dark, but while that album dug deep into the darker undercurrents of its songs, The Big To-Do resembles Bruce Springsteen's The River in that its stories of folks under punishing circumstances are married to music that tries to find some sort of grace and honor in the struggle without dulling the lyrical impact.
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While The Big To-Do won’t be known for its gambles, its stellar collection of memorable rockers make it a great addition to the band’s already impressive catalog.
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The Big To-Do suffers from the opposite problem, with its workmanlike consistency belying its lack of truly astonishing highs.
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The old comedy adage goes that if it bends, it's funny, but if it breaks, it's not. Tell that to Drive-By Truckers, who break everything in sight yet still strike tragicomic gold every time. The Big To-Do, their eighth full-length, features another cast of walking-dead survivors struggling with their vices in a Faulknerian landscape of rocked-up desperation.
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The rest is more of what fans have come to expect: entertaining stories told with heart and Southern rock brawn. For them, each DBT release is a Big To-Do.
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Q MagazineThe Big To-Do is the familiar mix of big guitars and off-kilter storytelling. [Apr 2010, p.120]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 2
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Mixed: 1 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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Jul 15, 2011
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May 13, 2011
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