Life Is Good on the Open Road

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Life Is Good on the Open Road
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 4, 2018
RecordedDecember 2017
Studio Pachyderm, Cannon Falls, Minnesota
Label BanjoDad
Trampled by Turtles chronology
Wild Animals
(2014)
Life Is Good on the Open Road
(2018)
Alpenglow
(2022)

Life Is Good on the Open Road is the eighth studio album by Minnesota-based bluegrass group Trampled by Turtles, released on May 4, 2018. [1] [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Rolling Stone writer Luke Levenson commented, "Life Is Good on the Open Road balances delicate ballads and loose, upbeat romps, with frontman Dave Simonett's strident voice connecting the dots." [3]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Kelly's Bar"3:33
2."We All Get Lonely"3:58
3."The Middle"4:28
4."Thank You, John Steinbeck"3:03
5."Annihilate"3:26
6."Right Back Where We Started"2:37
7."Life Is Good on the Open Road"3:23
8."Blood in the Water"1:48
9."I Went to Hollywood"2:33
10."I'm Not There Anymore"3:28
11."Good Land"2:51
12."I Learn the Hard Way"4:10

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [4] 133

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References

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