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Modern Day Drifter Studio album by Dierks Bentley Released May 10, 2005 Genre Country Length 42:53 Label Capitol Nashville Producer Brett Beavers Dierks Bentley chronology Dierks Bentley
(2003)Modern Day Drifter
(2005)Long Trip Alone
(2006)Singles from Modern Day Drifter - "Lot of Leavin' Left to Do"
Released: January 11, 2005 - "Come a Little Closer"
Released: July 18, 2005 - "Settle for a Slowdown"
Released: January 24, 2006
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1]
Modern Day Drifter is the second album of country music singer Dierks Bentley. It was released May 10, 2005. His second album for Capitol Records Nashville, it produced three singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts: the #3 "Lot of Leavin' Left to Do", and the Number One hits "Come a Little Closer" and "Settle for a Slowdown". The album sold 1.3 million copies.[2]
Contents
Track listing
No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Lot of Leavin' Left to Do" Deric Ruttan, Brett Beavers, Dierks Bentley 4:32 2. "Come a Little Closer" B. Beavers, Bentley 4:41 3. "Cab of My Truck" B. Beavers, Mark Nesler, Bentley 3:39 4. "Settle for a Slowdown" B. Beavers, Tony Martin, Bentley 3:43 5. "Domestic, Light and Cold" B. Beavers, Bentley 4:00 6. "Good Things Happen" Jamie Hartford 3:45 7. "Down on Easy Street" B. Beavers, Steve Bogard, Bentley 3:30 8. "So So Long" B. Beavers, Jim Beavers, Bentley 3:24 9. "Modern Day Drifter" John Scott Sherrill, Wyatt Easterling 4:10 10. "Good Man Like Me" (featuring the Del McCoury Band) Del McCoury 3:07 11. "Gonna Get There Someday" B. Beavers, Ruttan, Bentley 4:14 Chart performance
Album
Chart (2005) Peak
positionU.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 1 U.S. Billboard 200 6 Singles
Year Single Peak positions US Country US 2005 "Lot of Leavin' Left to Do" 3 47 "Come a Little Closer" 1 31 2006 "Settle for a Slowdown" 1 42 Certifications
Region Certification Canada (Music Canada)[3] Gold United States (RIAA)[4] Platinum Personnel
- Steve Brewster – drums
- Jimmy Carter – bass guitar
- J.T. Corenflos – electric guitar, Danelectro
- Aubrey Haynie – fiddle
- Lona Heins – background vocals
- Wes Hightower – background vocals
- Rod Janzen – electric guitar
- Randy Kohrs – Dobro
- Alison Krauss – background vocals
- Gary Morse – Sho-Bud pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar
- Michelle Poe – background vocals
- Steve Sheehan – acoustic guitar
- Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin
- Russell Terrell – background vocals
Del McCoury Band (on Track 10)
- Mike Bub – upright bass
- Jason Carter – fiddle
- Del McCoury – acoustic guitar, background vocals
- Rob McCoury – banjo
- Ronnie McCoury – mandolin, background vocals
Preceded by
Delicious Surprise by Jo Dee MessinaTop Country Albums number-one album
May 28, 2005Succeeded by
Honkytonk University by Toby KeithReferences
- ^ Allmusic - review
- ^ Paul Cashmere (13 January 2007). "Undercover News: EMI Share Price Drops On Restructure Announcement". undercover.fm. http://www.undercover.fm/news/1275-emi-share-price-drops-on-restructure-announcement. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
- ^ "Canadian album certifications – Dierks Bentley – Modern Day Drifter". Music Canada. http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=Modern+Day+Drifter&sa=Dierks+Bentley&smt=0.
- ^ "American album certifications – Dierks Bentley – Modern Day Drifter". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Modern+Day+Drifter%22. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
Studio albums Don't Leave Me in Love · Dierks Bentley · Modern Day Drifter · Long Trip Alone · Feel That Fire · Up on the Ridge · HomeCompilation albums Singles "What Was I Thinkin'" · "My Last Name" · "How Am I Doin'" · "Lot of Leavin' Left to Do" · "Come a Little Closer" · "Settle for a Slowdown" · "Every Mile a Memory" · "Long Trip Alone" · "Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)" · "Trying to Stop Your Leaving" · "Feel That Fire" · "Sideways" · "I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes" · "Up on the Ridge" · "Draw Me a Map" · "Am I the Only One" · "Home"Related articles Categories:- Albums certified gold by the Canadian Recording Industry Association
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