Dark & Dirty Mile

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Dark & Dirty Mile
Jason Boland & The Stragglers - Dark & Dirty Mile album art.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 14, 2013
Genre Red Dirt, Texas Country
Length45:16
Label Proud Souls Entertainment/Thirty Tigers
Jason Boland & The Stragglers chronology
Rancho Alto
(2011)
Dark & Dirty Mile
(2013)

Dark & Dirty Mile is the seventh studio album (ninth overall) by Red Dirt/Texas Country band Jason Boland & The Stragglers. It was released on May 14, 2013. Shooter Jennings co-produced the album with the band. [1]

Contents

The title track was a top five single on the Texas Music chart in May 2013. [1]

Track listing

  1. "Dark and Dirty Mile" (Jason Boland, Stoney LaRue) - 4:09
  2. "Electric Bill" (Boland, Boland) - 3:15
  3. "Lucky I Guess" (Boland) - 5:07
  4. "The Only One" (Boland) - 3:58
  5. "They Took It Away" (Randy Crouch) - 3:31
  6. "Ludlow" (Boland) - 4:07
  7. "Nine Times Out of Ten" (Boland) - 3:43
  8. "Blue Diamond" (Bob Childers, Brad Piccolo) - 3:42
  9. "Green Screen" (Boland) - 3:19
  10. "Spend All Your Time" (Boland) - 4:59
  11. "See You When I See You" (Boland) - 5:23

Personnel

The Stragglers

Additional musicians

Chart performance

Chart (2013)Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [2] 25
US Billboard 200 [3] 89
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [4] 18

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References

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