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. Released on September 29, 2009 on Vintage Earth records, it was the band's first studio album in 12 years. Three of the album's songs, "Midwestern Blues," "Pre-Approved, Pre-Denied" and "This Town" had previously appeared on

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solo albums (released in 1994, 2009 and 2000, respectively). The vinyl version of the album was split into three sides, with the fourth side featuring three bonus tracks: "Take Me Out," "In The Drift Of Time," and a cover of the Beatles "Let It Be."

Reception

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notes a few issues, such as "some stumbling social commentary and a regrettable album cover" but finds the album also "both a welcome return as well as a return to form for Drivin' N' Cryin'". At times, "the album reverberates with an energy that the group hasn't mustered since 1991's ''

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states that Kinney's voice is "starting to show its age ... but for a band that was formed in 1985 and has been off the radar for over a decade, Drivin' n' Cryin' sound admirably vital and committed."

Track list

References

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