This 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.

Very solid album from start to finish.

This 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

Different from "Southern Rock Opera" and "Decoration Day," but it forms a perfect trilogy with those two earlier albums. DBT are still on a roll.

The best Southern Rock since Lynyrd Skynyrd

The Drive By Truckers are one of the best bands out! I love every song.

Another 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...

a notch below 'decoration day' but grows stronger with each listen. still, dbts are the best rock band in america, southern or otherwise.

I 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.

It 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.

Almost a sequal to Decoration Day, this album boasts strong songs from Hood, Cooley and Isbell. Initially, I didn't like it as much as Decoration Day, but it has grown on me with each listen. I got to see DBT in concert a couple of weeks ago, and they were great. The songs have taken new life for me after seeing them live. One note about the concert: I was surprised to see how big of a role Jason Isbell plays in the band's live show. He plays a wicked slide guitar.… Expand

Once again, Stylus doesn't have a clue. No, it's not their fault; you can just fill in the blank. This album isn't quite as hard as the last couple. It's also not as "new", so they must be "losing" something (besides band members.) That's a pile of Alabama horse pucky. This thing doesn't feel the need to overwhelm or entertain you, although it does do that. It just wants to be as "honest' as a Southern rock band can be, and trust me, I've heard them all, and this is super-honest. I'm actually in awe of the songs the lower-end "reviewers" probably dis. There's about four songs which sound like the second coming of Woody Guthrie, politics and protest all in place, which push this album even higher than the last two, which I would also have given 9s. Come on, let's get some perspective on life and music. They CAN be a reflection on each other. They don't just have to be a drunkin' good time (actually this qualifies as that too!) This thing works on every concievable level, except maybe BS.… Expand

Can't stop listening to it.

More 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.

once you put her on the floor one time, there ain't no turnin back.

Like 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.

I think after repeated listening over the last four months, I like it better than Decoration Day... Isbell has really come on with ' Manuel/Danko' and 'Goddamn Lonely Love', and Cooley's 'Carl Perkin's Cadillac' is my new favorite song while Patterson Hood is still chucking punch-in-the-guts rock and roll that hits you full steam and makes you believe you're listening to the best rock to come down the road in some time... awesome… Expand

easy listen and rocking out just the way i like it

One of the best Trucker CDs. I could listen to this all day and night.

This 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.

Haven'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.