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Decoration Day
ReleaseProduct
Decoration Day
Artist
Drive-By Truckers
Label
New West Records
Catalogue Number
NW6047AD
Release Date
October 1, 2015

They earned wide acclaim with the double-disc Southern Rock Opera, a sprawling concept album about Lynyrd Skynyrd. Their three-guitar lineup and greasy look signify big, dumb rock in the minds of many, but their songwriting is relentlessly whip-smart. And what may be their greatest song, "The Living Bubba," is an ode to a righteous, hard-rocking redneck felled by AIDS. No, the Drive-By Truckers never do anything by the book, so it's no surprise that with Decoration Day, the band's first release for indie New West Records, Patterson Hood and his mates take another rewarding left turn. The album boasts a handful of crowd-pleasing, party-starting cuts, like the brash, cranky rocker "Hell No, I Ain't Happy" and the Stones ringer "Marry Me." Yet more common are moments of startling beauty (the steel solos on "The Deeper In" and "Loaded Gun in the Closet" and the jangling guitars, rolling melodies, and soulful fiddle breaks of "Heathens" and "My Sweet Annette") and heavy doses of recrimination and regret, as in the back-to-back suicide tunes "When the Pin Hits the Shell" and "Do It Yourself."

Digital Tracklist

  1. 1 The Deeper In 3:16 Buy

    The Deeper In

  2. 2 Sinkhole 3:28 Buy

    Sinkhole

  3. 3 Hell No, I Ain't Happy 4:39 Buy

    Hell No, I Ain't Happy

  4. 4 Marry Me 5:42 Buy

    Marry Me

  5. 5 My Sweet Annette 3:51 Buy

    My Sweet Annette

  6. 6 Outfit 4:06 Buy

    Outfit

  7. 7 Heathens 4:48 Buy

    Heathens

  8. 8 Sounds Better in the Song 4:09 Buy

    Sounds Better in the Song

  9. 9 (Something's Got to) Give Pretty Soon 3:39 Buy

    (Something's Got to) Give Pretty Soon

  10. 10 Your Daddy Hates Me 6:40 Buy

    Your Daddy Hates Me

  11. 11 Careless 2:08 Buy

    Careless

  12. 12 When the Pin Hits the Shell 4:10 Buy

    When the Pin Hits the Shell

  13. 13 Do It Yourself 3:20 Buy

    Do It Yourself

  14. 14 Decoration Day 5:48 Buy

    Decoration Day

  15. 15 Loaded Gun in the Closet 5:14 Buy

    Loaded Gun in the Closet

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