Drive-By Truckers - English Oceans (CD)

Details: Deluxe two CD + DVD edition includes bonus live CD plus live DVD. 2014 release from the Roots Rock/Americana act. English Oceans, the band's 12th release, is an elegantly balanced and deeply engaged effort that finds the group refreshed and firing on all cylinders. 'It can go from this chainsaw Rock 'n' Roll to this very delicate, pretty-sounding stuff,' says Mike Cooley. English Oceans was recorded over 13 sessions at Chase Park Transduction Studios in Athens, GA with their longtime producer, David Barbe. Cooley fans will be happy that he brought six new songs to the sessions and this record marks the first time that Cooley sings a song penned by Patterson Hood on 'Til He's Dead or Rises.' the album was recorded with a compact, retooled lineup. Jay Gonzalez, who joined the band in 2008 as keyboardist, has added guitar to his duties, while bassist Matt Patton was drafted from the Tuscaloosa group the Dexateens. 'It's a very tasteful group, and when it needs to be it can be a very big, powerful, over-the-top band, too, and it can go from one to the other seamlessly,' says Hood.

Tracklist:

1. Shit Shots Count
2. When He's Gone
3. Primer Coat
4. Pauline Hawkins
5. Made Up of English Oceans
6. The Part of Him
7. Hearing Jimmy Loud
8. Til He's Dead or Rises
9. Hanging on
10. Natural Light
11. When Walter Went Crazy
12. First Air of Autumn
13. Grand Canyon
14. First Air of Autumn
15. Grand Canyon
16. Made Up English Oceans
17. The Part of Him
18. Feb 14
19. Panties in Your Purse
20. Dead Drunk and Naked
21. Shit Shots Count
22. Black Ice Vérité Introduction (DVD)
23. Primer Coat (DVD)
24. The Part of Him (DVD)
25. Shit Shots Count (DVD)
26. When He's Gone (DVD)
27. Hearing Jimmy Loud (DVD)
28. Pauline Hawkins (DVD)
29. Made Up English Oceans (DVD)
30. Hanging on (DVD)
31. Till He's Dead or Rises (DVD)
32. Natural Light (DVD)
33. When Walter Went Crazy (DVD)
34. First Air of Autumn (DVD)
35. Grand Canyon (DVD)