Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance

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Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 11, 2012 (2012-09-11)
Genre Rock
Length44:37
Label ATO
Producer Patterson Hood, David Barbe
Patterson Hood chronology
Murdering Oscar (And Other Love Songs)
(2009)
Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance
(2012)
Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams
(2025)

Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance is the third solo album by Drive-By Truckers frontman Patterson Hood, released on September 11, 2012 on ATO Records.

Contents

Background and recording

Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance is based on a novel Hood started writing but never finished. The novel was based on a very difficult time in Hood's life in the early 1990s. Hood wrote the novel while on the road touring in support of The Big To-Do . [1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 77/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]
American Songwriter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The A.V. Club B+ [5]
MSN Music (Expert Witness)B+ [6]
New York Daily News Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Pitchfork 6.5/10 [1]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Uncut 8/10 [10]

On review aggregator website Metacritic, the album has a score of 77 out of 100, based on 13 reviews, corresponding to "generally favorable reviews". [2]

Track listing

  1. 12:01
  2. Leaving Time
  3. Disappear
  4. Better Off Without
  5. (untold pretties)
  6. After The Damage
  7. Better Than The Truth
  8. Betty Ford
  9. Depression Era
  10. Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance
  11. Come Back Little Star
  12. Fifteen Days (Leaving Time Again)

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Hyden, Steven (September 7, 2012). "Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance Review". Pitchfork Media . Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance". Metacritic . Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  3. Deming, Mark. "Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance". AllMusic . Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  4. Horowitz, Hal (September 10, 2012). "Patterson Hood: Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance". American Songwriter . Retrieved May 23, 2017.
  5. Murray, Noel (September 11, 2012). "Patterson Hood: Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance". The A.V. Club . Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  6. Christgau, Robert (September 18, 2012). "Patterson Hood/Dylan Hicks". Expert Witness. MSN Music . Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  7. Farber, Jim (September 4, 2012). "Album Review: Patterson Hood's 'Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance'". New York Daily News . Retrieved May 19, 2017.
  8. Bloom, Dave (September 12, 2012). "Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance". PopMatters . Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  9. Hermes, Will (September 11, 2012). "Patterson Hood: Heat Lighting Rumbles in the Distance". Rolling Stone . Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  10. Hughes, Rob (October 2, 2012). "Patterson Hood – Heat Lightning Rumbles In The Distance". Uncut . Retrieved May 23, 2017.