The Big To-Do

by Drive-By Truckers

The Big To-Do cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 16 March 2010
  • Label: ATO
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 53:55
  • Community rating: 3.49/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Kendell Smith, Tarsame Singh Jarnail, Tom Lowry, Stereo Nation

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The prolific Athens, Georgia band offers a more direct, rock-oriented collection of character-driven vignettes. With Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley splitting primary songwriting duties, 'The Big To-Do' examines working-class struggles, crime, and rural eccentricities.

Genres

Descriptors: conscious, crime, alcohol

Tracklist

  1. Daddy Learned to Fly (4:44)
  2. The Fourth Night of My Drinking (4:47)
  3. Birthday Boy (3:37)
  4. Drag the Lake Charlie (3:17)
  5. The Wig He Made Her Wear (5:47)
  6. You Got Another (5:17)
  7. This Fucking Job (5:00)
  8. Get Downtown (3:13)
  9. After the Scene Dies (4:08)
  10. (It's Gonna Be) I Told You So (2:02)
  11. Santa Fe (3:28)
  12. The Flying Wallendas (5:15)
  13. Eyes Like Glue (3:15)

Credits

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