Drive You Home Again is an album by American singer/songwriter Chris Smither, released in 1999.
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| Released | May 16, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | December 2–17, 1998 | |||
| Genre | Blues, folk | |||
| Length | 46:17 | |||
| Label | HighTone | |||
| Producer | Stephen Bruton | |||
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Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau | A− [2] |
| Tom Hull | B[3] |
| Rolling Stone | [4] |
Writing for Allmusic, critic Jeff Burger wrote of the album "Smither's gravelly, instantly recognizable voice is a perfect fit for his pensive, sharply honed lyrics and his blues and folk-based music... Like Nick Drake and the Van Morrison of Astral Weeks days, Smither makes you feel as if you're in a dream. You may not want to wake up for a while."[1] Music critic Robert Christgau wrote "...you'd never suspect he was a moral philosopher. But in fact he is that even rarer thing, a moral philosopher with good values, and here his songwriting takes over a career marked by killer covers... he thinks on his butt while keeping the beat with his foot. He's worth attending even if you think blues are history."[2]
Track listing
editAll songs by Chris Smither unless otherwise noted.
- "Drive You Home Again" – 5:28
- "Tell Me Why You Love Me" – 3:55
- "No Love Today" – 4:57
- "Hey, Hey, Hey" – 4:04
- "Get a Better One" – 5:22
- "Hold On II " – 3:24
- "So Long" – 4:48
- "Duncan & Brady" (Traditional)– 3:52
- "Steel Guitar" (Danny O'Keefe) – 3:38
- "Don't Make Promises" (Tim Hardin) – 3:25
- "Rattlesnake Preacher" (Eric Von Schmidt) – 3:24
Personnel
edit- Chris Smither – vocals, guitar
- Joel Jose Guzman - Accordion, keyboards, melodica
- John Mills - saxophone
- Marty Muse - pedal steel guitar
- Chris Maresh - bass
- Mickey Raphael - harmonica
- Raul Rodriguez - tuba
- Brannen Temple - drums, percussion
- Malford Milligan - background vocals
Production
edit- Produced by Stephen Bruton
- Mixed by Chet Himes
- Engineered by Jay Hudson
- Mastered by Jerry Tubb
References
edit- ^ a b Burger, Jeff. "Drive You Home Again > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
- ^ a b Christgau, Robert. "Drive You Home Again > Review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
- ^ Tom Hull. "Grade List: chris smither". Tom Hull - on the web. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
- ^ "Drive You Home Again > Review". Rolling Stone.