Drag It Up

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Drag It Up
Old 97s-Drag It Up.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 27, 2004
RecordedSoil of the South Productions, San Diego CA and Dreamland Studios, Woodstock NY
Genre Country rock, alternative country
Length48:19
Label New West Records [1]
Producer Mark Neill [2]
Old 97's chronology
Satellite Rides
(2001)
Drag It Up
(2004)
Alive & Wired
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Robert Christgau Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Pitchfork 7/10 [6]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]

Drag It Up is a studio album by American country/rock band Old 97's, released in 2004 (see 2004 in music). [8] [9] The album's title comes from the fourth track, "Smokers."

Contents

The album peaked at #120 on the Billboard 200. [10]

Critical reception

No Depression wrote that "at least half the record is subdued in tone and tempo. If the overall result isn’t quite as rawk, well, the sound suits the songs, and that makes all the difference." [11] The Hartford Courant wrote that "the songwriting is only fair, and the murky songs sound like they were recorded in a tin shed during a heavy downpour." [12] The Cleveland Scene called the album "joyous alt-country." [13]

Track listing

All tracks by Rhett Miller, Ken Bethea, Murry Hammond and Philip Peeples.

  1. "Won't Be Home" - 4:48
  2. "Moonlight" - 3:40
  3. "Borrowed Bride" - 2:08
  4. "Smokers" (vocals by Murry Hammond) - 3:52
  5. "Coahuila" (vocals by Ken Bethea) - 2:27
  6. "Blinding Sheets Of Rain" - 3:20
  7. "Valium Waltz" - 4:39
  8. "In The Satellite Rides A Star" (vocals by Murry Hammond) - 4:40
  9. "The New Kid" - 3:41
  10. "Bloomington" - 3:27
  11. "Adelaide" - 3:29
  12. "Friends Forever" - 3:08
  13. "No Mother" - 4:59

Personnel

Old 97's

Additional Musicians

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