go go boots reviews

[bovine knievel]

Have I mentioned Patterson owns this record?

Interesting... I agree 100%. kinda feels like an extension of Murdering Oscar (Patterson's contributions, of course)

[BostonREB]

As of right this particular moment, my top five:

1. Mercy Buckets
2. Everybody Needs Love
3. Used To Be A Cop
4. I Do Believe (just wish they hadn't put the Patterson solo intro in it)
5. Where's Eddie

I can't believe that there is no Cooley on the list. But that's today and I can't see Cartoon Gold or Pulaski staying off the list for long.

[dee dee]

1. Mercy Buckets
2. The Fireplace Poker
3. Ray's Automatic Weapon
4. Everybody Needs Love
5. Cartoon Gold

[mwh]

This might be my first DBT album ever where Cooley doesn't make my top 5.

As for Dancin' Rickey, I'd rank it behind You've Got Another and Purgatory Line at the very least.

100% agree with both of these statements. Patterson fills all 5 top slots from this record on my list and those are the best 2 Shonna songs imo.

[Smitty]

It is a comment on the public and not Cooley or the band that both “Pulaski” and “Weakest Man” sound to me like country chart hits waiting to happen for some mainstream country singer (I don’t know enough about that scene to say who the likely candidates might be).

Unfortunately (for the most part) I am pretty knowledgeable about that scene, and you'd have been right saying they would've been hits if it were 30+ years ago - those tracks are way too traditional for the country charts.

[shuffle]

1. Mercy Buckets
2. The Fireplace Poker
3. Used To Be A Cop
4. Everybody Needs Love
5. I Do Believe

[Maluca3]

Mercy Buckets
Ray's Automatic Weapon
Used to Be A Cop
Love
Eddie

[RevMatt]

1) Go Go Boots
2) Pulaski
3) Mercy Buckets
4) Used To Be A Cop
5) Everybody Needs Love

[cortez the killer]

Have I mentioned Patterson owns this record?

Interesting... I agree 100%. kinda feels like an extension of Murdering Oscar (Patterson's contributions, of course)

Particularly on "Thanksgiving Filter" which induces the same sinister grin I get when "Belvedere" comes on.

[Crustyharp]

Eff Rolling Stone. No soul.

Here's my take for Jambands.com:

http://www.jambands.com/reviews/cds/2011/02/15/drive-by-truckers-go-go-boots

[Flying Rabbit]

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15125-go-go-boots/

a respectable 7.7

*snip*

[beantownbubba]

Any bets on a Pitchfork score?

I'll set the over/under at 5.6

So the over's an easy winner. Hope the house can cover all the bets

Rabbit, the rule is to link to reviews & such, not reprint them - legal stuff.

Interesting take on the "diabetes" line in "Dancing Ricky" and I thought an interesting notion of recalling the "ramshackle vibe of the first 2 albums."

The words seem a lot more positive than the numbers, tho i'm not overly familiar w/ pitchfork's system.

Dont know how one can review GGB w/out mentioning "Mercy Buckets."

Shonna seems like the biggest winner in the "review sweepstakes" so far

[Jack Flash]

I usually like Deusner's reviews more than most of his co-workers', and he's done most of the Truckers reviews in recent years and done an OK job, but this one is terrible. At least he liked it and gave it a good score.

[rlipps]

This isn't exactly a review, but I didn't want to start a brand new thread, so here's a Prefix interview with Patterson

http://www.prefixmag.com/features/drive ... iew/48927/

[Flying Rabbit]

Rabbit, the rule is to link to reviews & such, not reprint them - legal stuff.

Rules, dude. Rules.

Yeah, I kinda was holding my breath for the Pf score, because like it or not, they hold a lot more sway on the internet than people like to admit. A 7.7 is pretty respectable, and while their reviews tend to not be reviews but rather ramblings, its still cool to see them do well on there. Heck, that bump in score from TBTD's review might bring some people out.

Btw, BTB you were mentioning about not being too familiar with Pf's scoring. Basically it is like wine scores--if an album gets a 90+ its gonna be a big seller with the "indie" crowd. One thing I found though, the "Best New Music" tag doesn't necessarily mean its going to be on their end of the year list of best music. Which is odd.

[Jack Flash]

Honestly 7.7 is a great score for a band like the Truckers on Pitchfork. They very rarely give good scores to Americana-leaning acts and the high 7's are pretty much the upper threshold for that kind of music for them. The 8.4 they slapped on The Dirty South is probably the highest score they've ever given to an act like DBT (though naturally it still didn't get a best new music tab, even though virtually every album they review that scores in that range does).

[beantownbubba]

In the world of obsessiveness we all inhabit, breaking scores down into tenths of a point seems remarkably, excessively obsessive. Sort of gives me the creeps, imagining someone sitting in a dark room deciding whether "x" is a 7.4 or a 7.5, and if the last one was a 7.0, is this one a whole half a point better or only 4 tenths of a point better...

Looked at another, perhaps more rational, way, it implies a level of sophistication and precision which just doesn't exist, at least not in the unsophisticated, imprecise world in which i live.

[cortez the killer]

My guess is Pitchfork has a systematic formula, rivaling the NFL's QB rating system, with which they come up with the final album score. With any review, I always prefer reading what the reviewer has to say than simply looking at the number, but I also like the fact that there is a number component to the overall review. I know there exists debate/discussion as to how one can rank or place a numeric value on a piece or work of art, but I have no problem with how someone like Pitchfork goes about reviewing an album. I often have deep philosophical differences with the conclusions they arrive at and the incredibly arrogant manner in which their reviews are presented, but that's a whole different issue that falls under the broad umbrella of "hipster douchebags."

[beantownbubba]

Oh yeah, i agree 100%: Want to read the words and prefer them when it comes to trying to gain any kind of understanding or guidance, but like having the number, too; it's often very handy. As i said the incredibly fine distinctions implicit in a rating scale divided into tenths of a point (when they're already using a 10 point scale when most publications use a 4 or 5 point scale) just seems more than a little over the top. But I guess it sort of fits w/ their reputation for being arrogant hipster douchebags.

Edit: Forgot to say, i really like the analogy to the NFL QB ratings: images of supercomputers crunching data late into the night to come up w/ the exactly right score

[Gator McKlusky]

This isn't exactly a review, but I didn't want to start a brand new thread, so here's a Prefix interview with Patterson

http://www.prefixmag.com/features/drive ... iew/48927/

I think our record Blessing and a Curse seems to polarize the fans the most, but I’m not sure if I want it back. It’s got a couple of our best moments on it, but also a couple of our worst. I’m real proud of “A World of Hurt,” but I’d pull the title cut of the album. No one will ever hear us play that hasn’t already heard us play it.

I've seen them play it! Nyah Nyah Nyah!

[mwh]

I also like the QB rating analogy. To make it completely analogous Pitchfork would need to set the max at some random point like 13.2 and tell no one how to calculate it.

[sactochris]

This isn't exactly a review, but I didn't want to start a brand new thread, so here's a Prefix interview with Patterson

http://www.prefixmag.com/features/drive ... iew/48927/

I think our record Blessing and a Curse seems to polarize the fans the most, but I’m not sure if I want it back. It’s got a couple of our best moments on it, but also a couple of our worst. I’m real proud of “A World of Hurt,” but I’d pull the title cut of the album. No one will ever hear us play that hasn’t already heard us play it.

I've seen them play it! Nyah Nyah Nyah!

I heard them soundcheck it in June of 2006 when they were out on the road with the Black Crowes.

[mcjagger]

Another great album...the two Hinton covers are probably my favorite songs and Mercy Buckets is a great original.

Anyone know where I can get the two bonus tracks from the i-tunes deluxe version? thanks

[GivenToVisions]

I always thought the title track of ABAAC was a huge clunker, too. I'm also a huge fan of the TV show "The Shield," and Shane (played by Walton Goggins who of course also has the DBT connection via his work with Ray McKinnon) is twice shown listening to DBT in the show- once in his car playing "18 Wheels of Love," and later near the tragic finale playing "A Blessing and a Curse" at home. Maybe they liked the lyrics for the situation that he was in at that point, but I always wondered how the producers landed on that track when there are 50-60 other ones that are much better.

[Iowan]

It's well documented that I love ABAAC more than most, but I hope "Aftermath USA" doesn't fall into the "never getting played again" category. That song never seems to get played, and it fucking rocks. Not sure why anyone wouldn't like it. Patterson wrote a killer boogie that has filthy ass guitars all over it.

[sactochris]

It's well documented that I love ABAAC more than most, but I hope "Aftermath USA" doesn't fall into the "never getting played again" category. That song never seems to get played, and it fucking rocks. Not sure why anyone wouldn't like it. Patterson wrote a killer boogie that has filthy ass guitars all over it.

Aftermath was the song that got me hooked on the band.

[Iowan]

It's well documented that I love ABAAC more than most, but I hope "Aftermath USA" doesn't fall into the "never getting played again" category. That song never seems to get played, and it fucking rocks. Not sure why anyone wouldn't like it. Patterson wrote a killer boogie that has filthy ass guitars all over it.

Aftermath was the song that got me hooked on the band.

Same here. I really dug the first 3 tracks instantly, but I remember saying out loud "holy mother of fuck" during Aftermath. God I love that song.

You can hear my buddy and I chanting for it on boots from the 2007 Iowa City show. To no avail.

[Iowan]

repeat

[Clams]

This isn't exactly a review, but I didn't want to start a brand new thread, so here's a Prefix interview with Patterson

http://www.prefixmag.com/features/drive ... iew/48927/

Really good interview. I like how he digs under the surface.

[Smitty]

this could've already been posted - I apologize if it was

The general layout of songs on Go-Go Boots merits repeat listening as the album’s strongest material is reserved for its second half. The only major gripe of the album is Shonna Tucker’s vocals, usually reserved for the band’s best material, are underutilized. But that doesn’t keep Go-Go Boots from being a worthy purchase. With Hood’s songwriting remaining this solid and the band comfortably settling into a great groove, Go-Go Boots could have been four years in the waiting and still would not have disappointed.

http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/136 ... -go-boots/