Comments on: Rank a Discography: Dierks Bentley

By: CF

CF — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 01:49:56 +0000

I used to like Dierks when he started out, but over time, he seemed like he tried/is trying too hard to be like Keith Urban/Kenny Chesney is a lot of ways. His huge teenage-girl fan-base doesn’t help that observation, either. His music has gone down hill, since his debut, for the most part. There are some highlights and some really good songs that he has done, but he strikes me as a guy who tries too hard and doesn’t succeed in getting there. He’s better than a lot of artists, but as time goes on, is becoming more like the mainstream, and becoming mediocre and guessable.

By: Chris D.

Chris D. — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 03:50:18 +0000

You should rank Trisha Yearwood’s discography. It would really help me. xD

By: Occasional Hope

Occasional Hope — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:16:48 +0000

I’ve got the new one now, and it’s really neck-and-neck for third place. It’s not terrible, but there’s reallly nothing to mark it out at all. I’m most disappointed, I think, that even this year’s bluegrass track is forgettable, because in the past those have been among the highlights for me. I’ll keep it in my curent rotation for a while, to see if I warm up to it. Can Dierks really be serious in suggesting it’s Album of the Year quality?

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By: Chris D.

Chris D. — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:28:59 +0000

I didn’t like his self-titled album- I thought it was fairly boring. Long Trip Alone was great, and I’m liking most of Feel That Fire. The Patty Griffin duet is especially amazing!

He doesn’t sing anything new on Feel That Fire, but it’s still entertaining to me.

By: cmw

cmw — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:25:16 +0000

The independent album isn’t commercially available, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see it reissued in the next few years. The demand certainly seems to be there.

I thought Long Trip Alone was a bit weak, but it at least seemed to be working from a unified vision of some sort, whereas Modern Day Drifter felt (to me) more like a haphazard attempt to recreate the debut album.

By: Occasional Hope

Occasional Hope — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:06:47 +0000

Everything I’ve heard about Dierks’ independent album makes me want it. It isn’t currently commercially available, is it? I haven’t heard his new one yet, although I plan to get it, and frankly am prepared for disappointment.

So of the other three:
1. Dierks Bentley: a very promising major-label debut, with some very good songs
2. Modern Day Drifter: just a touch behind, because I found it less consistently good, and I didn’t like the song Domestic Light And Cold at all
3. Long Trip Alone: I was disappointed with the quality of most of the material compared with the first two.

By: Leeann Ward

Leeann Ward — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:36:52 +0000

I’d just flip Long Trip Alone and Modern Day Drifter around. I actually haven’t heard his very first album yet, though I hear pretty good stuff about it.