Welcome 2 Club XIII

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Welcome 2 Club XIII
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Studio album by
Drive-By Truckers
ReleasedJune 3, 2022 (2022-06-03)
Genre Southern rock [1]
Length42:42
Label ATO
Producer David Barbe
Drive-By Truckers chronology
The New OK
(2020)		Welcome 2 Club XIII
(2022)

Welcome 2 Club XIII is the fourteenth studio album by American rock band Drive-By Truckers, released on June 3, 2022. The album's title references one of the venues where the band first played near Muscle Shoals, Alabama. The autobiographical nature of the album's lyrics presents a contrast to the more politically charged songs from the band's previous albums. [2] It features vocal contributions from Schaefer Llana, Mike Mills of R.E.M., and Margo Price. [3]

Contents

Reception

The album received a score of 78 from Metacritic, indicating generally positive reviews. [3] American Songwriter gave the album 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote that "while Welcome 2 Club XIII has been described by the band itself as autobiographical in nature, it still manages to retain the populist appeal that drove those earlier efforts." John Amen of Beats Per Minute wrote that Welcome 2 Club XIII shows the Drive-By Truckers "temporarily setting aside their polemical blowtorches, instead mindfully venturing into vivid inventories of their own lives, choices, and karmic trajectories." He added, "Club XIII perhaps marks the end of an era, for DBT and the broader culture, suggesting that our outward-moving attention, while politically and socially significant, has to yield at some point to self-assessment." [4] Other reviews from AllMusic, Glide Magazine, and PopMatters praised the album's raw sound and autobiographical lyrics while noting it lacks the direct political commentary of their previous three records.

Professional ratings
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Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Driver"Hood7:00
2."Maria's Awful Disclosures"Cooley3:50
3."Shake and Pine"Hood3:45
4."We will never wake you in the morning"Hood5:37
5."Welcome 2 Club XIII"Hood3:22
6."Forged in Hell and Heaven Sent"Hood3:44
7."Every Single Storied Flameout"Cooley3:55
8."Billy Ringo in the Dark"Hood3:45
9."Wilder Days"Hood6:37

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Quinn, Rick (3 June 2022). "DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS FORGE AHEAD BY LOOKING BACK ON 'WELCOME 2 CLUB XIII'". PopMatters . Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  2. ↑ Curto, Justin (3 June 2022). "The Most Nostalgic and Political of the Drive-By Truckers, According to Patterson and Cooley". Vulture. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Welcome 2 Club XIII - Drive-By Truckers". Metacritic. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  4. ↑ Amen, John (2022-06-07). "Album Review: Drive-By Truckers – Welcome 2 Club XIII | Beats Per Minute". beatsperminute.com. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
  5. ↑ Deming, Mark. "Welcome 2 Club XIII Review". AllMusic . Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  6. ↑ Zimmerman, Lee (4 June 2022). "Review: Drive-By Truckers Have a Club Where Everyone is Welcome". American Songwriter . Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  7. ↑ Donahue, Shawn (2 June 2022). "Drive-By Truckers Keep It Heavy & Honest On Rockin' 'Welcome 2 Club XIII". Glide Magazine. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
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