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The Dirty South is more consistent and cohesive song-for-song, its wide scope more public than personal.
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Comparing The Dirty South to the last two Truckers’ records is like arguing over the merits of the first two Godfather movies. Either way you win.
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These are songs riddled with illiteracy, cancer, unemployment, crime and consequence, fashioned by the brutal pen of one of the most promising American songwriters of the last decade.
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SpinBoth sucks the air out of Dixie legend and revives it. [Sep 2004, p.122]
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A pleasure to examine at close range.
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Class warfare meets gangsta-rock.
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South undeniably positions the group as a hard-rocking roots act, and further as one of today's most assured rock bands, period.
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The band has never sounded stronger on record as they do here.
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The Drive-By Truckers are the best, smartest, and most soulful hard rock band to emerge in a very long time.
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MojoDisplay[s] a lurid intelligence that seeks to explore an alternate American history. [Oct 2004, p.102]
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UncutLyrically, it's riveting, tapping into a unique Southern storytelling tradition. [Nov 2004, p.118]
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BlenderThese rough, bitter, ruminative songs are slower, longer and wordier than those on Decoration Day. [Sep 2004, p.139]
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Although this could get tired eventually, the Truckers haven't run out of stories yet, and their acute awareness of themselves and their forebears suggests they'll know when to say when.
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Even though the production is slicker, The Dirty South is still packed with painful, well-illustrated southern gothic sagas.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 36 out of 39
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Mixed: 1 out of 39
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Negative: 2 out of 39
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DaveNov 15, 2004
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BeccaJSep 3, 2004Very solid album from start to finish.
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ChaunceyJSep 2, 2004