Dierks Bentley - Modern Day Drifter
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Track List: Modern Day Drifter
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Album Details: Modern Day Drifter
- Release Date:
- 05/10/2005
- Label:
- Liberty
- UPC:
- 724386647504
User Reviews: Modern Day Drifter
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Mondern Day Drifter
, May 27, 2006Reviewer: jameswdy2 - See all jameswdy2's reviews -
Creating quite a country buzz
, July 1, 2005Reviewer:
Joe Ross - See all Joe Ross's reviews Pros: Emotionally-charged vocals
Cons: INteresting mix of acoustic & electric instrumentation
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Pro Reviews: Modern Day Drifter
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews There's little question that Dierks Bentley has good taste, as well as a burning desire to be part of the tradition of rough, rugged, and sensitive hard country singers. In particular, he styles himself after Merle and Waylon, two influences that were apparent on his eponymous 2003 debut but come to the forefront on his 2005 followup, Modern Day Drifter. Even the title of the record signals Bentley's intention to be a ramblin' man for the 2000s, and the music consciously echoes not just the past, but ramblin' man classics the first single, "Lot of Leavin' Left to Do," is styled after Waylon's "This Time" and "Good Man Like Me" deliberately mimics Hank Snow's "I'm Movin' On." This isn't a drag on the record if anything slows it down, it's the occasional tootasteful ballad, as well as such cloying, product placementfilled stabs at contemporary country as "Cab of My Truck" because Bentley has a nice, strong country croon and delivers this straightahead neotraditionalist sound pleasantly and earnestly. He doesn't have much flair, though, as either a singer or writer. Instead of being a true ramblin' man and forging his own direction, he follows the path that Merle and Waylon created, never stamping it with much of his own personality. This makes for some good music, of course, but it's a bit of a mixed blessing that Bentley is at his best when he's following the blueprint of his heroes to a T. Next time around, maybe he can draw inspiration from the spirit of his idols and put his own unmistakable personal stamp on his music instead of just crafting his record to sound like something they might have recorded. [Modern Day Drifter was released in two editions a standard CD and a deluxe edition. The deluxe edition contains two bonus tracks on the CD a duet with Cody Canada on "Domestic, Light and Cold," which sounds nearly identical to the one on the main album, and a nice, light acoustic number called "She Won't Choose Me" and a bonus DVD containing a good 30minute documentary where Bentley talks about all the songs on the record, the video for "Lot of Leavin' Left to Do," plus the making of the video; it also contains three songs "Lot of Leavin' Left to Do," "Come a Little Closer," and "Settle for a Slowdown" from the album in 5.1 sound, a halfmeasure that's more irritating than having no songs at all in 5.1, since you wind up wondering why the whole album wasn't included in surround mixes.] - Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide |
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Dierks Bentley Biography
Growing up in a nonmusical family in Phoenix, AZ, country singer Dierks Bentley got his country music education on his own, listening to recordings. A love of the music had him move to Nashville at the age of 19, but he quickly grew discouraged by la...Full Dierks Bentley Biography
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Pros: Excellent Album
Cons: non that i know of
Even Better than the first Album Really Showing the True Country Roots. Traditional Country You Bet ya. Well worth adding to the collection.