Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark

180-gram gatefold double LP on limited edition clear and black splatter vinyl!

New West Records began releasing music in 1998 and one of the labels earliest successes came in the form of their partnership with the Drive-By Truckers and the music that this historic band would create. With more than 1 million records sold across the New West — DBT catalog it is safe to say that there is a solid and ever growing fanbase for this culturally impactful band. New West is proud to celebrate more than 15 years worth of music and releases by FINALLY releasing the Drive-By Trucker back catalog on color vinyl.

Better Than Creation's Dark is a Southern gothic rock n' roll masterpiece with 19 songs adding up to more than 75 minutes of pure rock n roll. The band continues its notorious 3-guitar attack with the promotion of longtime sidekick John Neff to full member. Patterson Hood contributes nine songs to the album (The Righteous Path, Daddy Needs A Drink), seven songs from Mike Cooley (A Ghost To Most, Lisa's Birthday) and three songs from Shonna Tucker (The Purgatory Line). This it the first time Shonna has written the songs for a DBT album. All this is enhanced with musical contributions from he legendary Spooner Oldham.

As Patterson Hood says about the songs on the album, Stylistically, they run the gamut from old-timey sounding country to a heavy R&B influence. Some songs that are quieter than any we've ever recorded and some that rock harder than anything we've ever done. In the end it's still all Rock and Roll (which is why that will always be the description of choice to us when describing our music in stylistic terms).

Drive-By Truckers are one of the most unique recording artists and live bands in popular music today. The Truckers write about people, places and situations like no one else, and have build an amazing worldwide audience in the process.

 

 

Side A

1. Two Daughters And A Beautiful Wife

2. 3 Dimes Down

3. The Righteous Path

4. I'm Sorry Huston

5. Perfect Timing

Side B

1. Daddy Needs A Drink

2. Self Destructive Zones

3. Bob

4. Home Field Advantage

5. The Opening Act

Side C

1. Lisa's Birthday

2. That Man I Shot

3. The Purgatory Line

4. The Home Front

5. Checkout Time In Vegas

Side D

1. You And Your Crystal Meth

2. Goode's Field Road

3. Ghost To Most

4. Monument Valley

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