Track Listing

1. Every Mile A Memory
2. Can't Live It Down
3. Long Trip Alone
4. That Don't Make It Easy Loving Me
5. Soon As You Can
6. Trying To Stop You Leaving
7. Hope For Me Yet
8. The Heaven I'm Headed To
9. Free And Easy Down The Road I Go
10. Band Of Brothers
11. Prodigal Son's Prayer

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5967 in Music
• Released on: 2006-10-17
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced

Amazon.com
In the wake of 2005's Modern Day Drifter, Dierks Bentley has maintained fierce career momentum, earning awards, packing concerts, and joining the Grand Ole Opry in the space of just over a year. As before, he continues to flawlessly integrate straight-ahead, unforced vocals into a riproaring sound, underpinned this time by the solid, appealing mainstream acoustic bluegrass of touring partners the Grascals. The opening track, "Every Mile a Memory," defines the album's direction, buttressed by the witty "That Don't Make It Easy Loving Me." He projects clarity and desperation on "Trying to Stop Your Leaving," enhanced by an understated, yet appropriately tense arrangement. "Band of Brothers" celebrates the quintessential travails of musicians playing the low end of the honky-tonk circuit, while his all-inclusive, courageous views on "The Heaven I'm Headed To" may not please hardcore red-staters. The perpetual debate pitting country modernists against traditionalists often reaches the same levels of intensity as in current politics. Long Trip Alone demonstrates the smartest solution: quality modern country of the moment that simultaneously honors its past. --Rich Kienzle

Album Description
Dierks Bentley has maintained fierce career momentum, earning awards, packing concerts, and joining the Grand Ole Opry in the space of just over a year. As before, he continues to flawlessly integrate straight-ahead, unforced vocals into a riproaring sound, underpinned this time by the solid, appealing mainstream acoustic bluegrass of touring partners the Grascals. The opening track, "Every Mile a Memory," defines the album's direction, buttressed by the witty "That Don't Make It Easy Loving Me." He projects clarity and desperation on "Trying to Stop Your Leaving," enhanced by an understated, yet appropriately tense arrangement. "Band of Brothers" celebrates the quintessential travails of musicians playing the low end of the honky-tonk circuit, while his all-inclusive, courageous views on "The Heaven I'm Headed To" may not please hardcore red-staters. The perpetual debate pitting country modernists against traditionalists often reaches the same levels of intensity as in current politics. Long Trip Alone Limited Edition, demonstrates the smartest solution: quality modern country of the moment that simultaneously honors its past.

Customer Reviews

Dierks at his Best!
I loved this cd! This is Dierks at his best and this is great country music!

The thing I love best about Dierks and this cd are the lyrics; whenever I am listening to "Long Trip Alone", I feel like I can relate to the lyrics and "adapt" them to my life. Whether I want to "rest beneath your smile" or I "might be making me a reputation of going my own"; I can really "feel" Dierks on the cd lyrically. "Hope For Me Yet" and "As Soon As You Can" are my favorite songs on "Long Trip Alone."

I highly recommend that everyone add this to their country music cd collection.

An Epic Country Album : Dierks is the Future
As a long time country music fan, its always amazed me that the truly CLASSIC country albums are almost always released by the female country artists. There are a few Judds albums that will blow you away even in this day and age, which is more than I can say for some of the more generic Randy Travis and George Strait albums.

Which is why the last few years have been especially surprising to me, because its given me my two most favorite male country albums of all time. Seriously. The first is Josh Turner's impeccable "Everything is Fine" (which is the quintessential country album from every single angle - that album is FLAWLESS), and this album - "Long Trip Alone" by Dierks Bentley.

On the surface, Dierks Bentley is a record companys' dream because the product sells itself so well with minimal advertising. Now in his thirties, Dierks embodies what I consider the true essence of a male country recording artist. Josh Turner is better in terms of musicianship, but Dierks has that *it* factor - and even though his voice isn't quite as crafter as Turner's, his music is certainly just as addictive.

I got into this album purely by accident, listening to the ubiquitous lead single "Every Mile a Memory". I remember liking the album as a whole when I first got it a few months ago, but recently I sat down to the CD with the lyrics open - and the entire project just 'opened up' for me. The lyrics are its' high-point. I believe country music songs always have a story to tell, and this album has that quality in spades. What is also really interesting is that every song here could have been a single - which of course is a rare thing.

Highlights include "Free and Easy", and "Hope for me Yet". Unlike many other country albums, this album really comes to life towards the END Of the CD, and the last three songs are perhaps the best Bentley-trio ever committed to disc. They are simply spellbinding. The greatest song here, however, is the gospel-tinged "Prodigal Son's Prayer", which has easily gone on to become one of my favorite country songs period. Everything about this track just WORKS, and if you're looking for a new country track to get addicted to, this is the perfect candidate.

"Long Trip Alone" is that rare thing - a perfectly flawless country album. Other than the aforementioned Josh Turner album, I can't think of one male country music album with such a magnetic quality. Dierks is clearly the most interesting male country singer to me (Dolly Parton is my favorite female crooner). Get this today - it really is quite something.

Great county/rock/blugrass sound
I enjoy this CD because each song has a different sound, and all are unique to Dierks. He has a way a way of singing country music that balances his trademark twang with a little rocker and a little bluegrass.

My favorite tracks include: Prodigal Son, Free and Easy, & Long Trip Alone

If you ever get a chance to watch Dierk's live concert on CMT...do it! He performs most of the songs on this album and a few from earlier ones. This show convinced me that I needed this cd in my collection and I'm so glad that I got it!