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Universal acclaim- based on 39 Ratings
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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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ChaunceyJSep 2, 2004The most diverse rock from the South or anywhere right now. Go see them live to truly understand thier significance. Every song is different and they will evoke your every emotion. Highlights Carl Perkins Caddilac Daddy's Cup Never gonna change Godamn lonely love
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MeganG.Sep 24, 2007The Drive By Truckers are one of the best bands out! I love every song.
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CodySSep 2, 2004This band just keeps getting stronger & stronger with each new release and they are developing an incredible canon of work and they rock hard and with great songs that feature great guitars, melodies and awesome lyrics.
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BeccaJSep 3, 2004Very solid album from start to finish.
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FredBFeb 9, 2006It doesn't get much better than this. All three guitar players are genius. The kind of stuff the government should distribute to heal the masses.
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AndyVSep 11, 2004Can't stop listening to it.
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CodyDFeb 18, 2007One of the best Trucker CDs. I could listen to this all day and night.
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jeffFeb 19, 2005The Truckers may very well be the best all-around rock band putting out music today.
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DaveNov 15, 2004This is a great CD, certainly one of the best of 2004. There is not a bad song in this recording in my opinion. Some of the standouts include Danko/Manuel, Where The Devil Don't Stay, Lookout Mountain and Carl Perkins' Cadillac
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2-LaneBlacktopSep 1, 2004Different from "Southern Rock Opera" and "Decoration Day," but it forms a perfect trilogy with those two earlier albums. DBT are still on a roll.
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hullsSep 5, 2004a notch below 'decoration day' but grows stronger with each listen. still, dbts are the best rock band in america, southern or otherwise.
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JoeBOct 9, 2004
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markfAug 31, 2004
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AWSep 7, 2004More rocking than decoration day. Some of the best songwriters around, especially Isbell. 1 point off for Patterson Hood singing two songs in that weird falsetto--sounds just awful.
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RonMJan 26, 2005once you put her on the floor one time, there ain't no turnin back.
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[Anonymous]Mar 20, 2005Like all my favorite music, I had to listen to it several times, then it set it's hook good and deep. Turn it up to 10 and rip off the knob. Best enjoyed with your favorite beverage on ice.
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TimKMar 30, 2005
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travrSep 22, 2005easy listen and rocking out just the way i like it
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davidwDec 15, 2004This is definitely my favorite DBT disc. The production sound so much more profession and the songs have more depth to them. i see this as an album that elevates them to a new level. You really need to see them live to get the full effect on how good the songs on this album are.
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BenTJan 26, 2005Haven't heard a bad DBT CD yet and this is no exception..Southern Rock Opera is still my favorite.....there is no other sound out there like the music these guys give us, include the lyrics and it's nothing short of genius.
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HeinApr 30, 2006The best Southern Rock since Lynyrd Skynyrd
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NeilDSep 21, 2004Another solid outing by these alabama outlaws. It seems that Cooley and Isobel are now equals to Hood's songwriting. Or is it just Patterson is running out of ideas? Great record nonetheless...
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tristramcSep 8, 2004I really like these guys. Along with decoration day, the dirty south is strong where southern rock always has been...that is telling stories and being immediately relatable. My Morning Jacket is the best of the new alt-country bunch but these guys are right there and i can't wait to see both a the Austin City Limits Festival.
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Awards & Rankings
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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.