Modern Day Drifter

Modern Day Drifter
Studio album by Dierks Bentley
Released	May 10, 2005 (2005-05-10)
Genre	Country
Length	42:53
Label	Capitol Nashville
Producer	Brett Beavers
Dierks Bentley chronology
Dierks Bentley (2003) Modern Day Drifter (2005) Long Trip Alone (2006)
Singles from Modern Day Drifter
"Lot of Leavin' Left to Do" Released: January 11, 2005 "Come a Little Closer" Released: July 18, 2005 "Settle for a Slowdown" Released: January 24, 2006

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Modern Day Drifter is the second album of country music singer Dierks Bentley. It was released May 10, 2005. His second album for Capitol Records Nashville, it produced three singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts: the #3 "Lot of Leavin' Left to Do", and the Number One hits "Come a Little Closer" and "Settle for a Slowdown". The album sold 1.3 million copies.^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Lot of Leavin' Left to Do"	Deric Ruttan, Brett Beavers, Dierks Bentley	4:32
2.	"Come a Little Closer"	B. Beavers, Bentley	4:41
3.	"Cab of My Truck"	B. Beavers, Mark Nesler, Bentley	3:39
4.	"Settle for a Slowdown"	B. Beavers, Tony Martin, Bentley	3:43
5.	"Domestic, Light and Cold"	B. Beavers, Bentley	4:00
6.	"Good Things Happen"	Jamie Hartford	3:45
7.	"Down on Easy Street"	B. Beavers, Steve Bogard, Bentley	3:30
8.	"So So Long"	B. Beavers, Jim Beavers, Bentley	3:24
9.	"Modern Day Drifter"	John Scott Sherrill, Wyatt Easterling	4:10
10.	"Good Man Like Me" (featuring the Del McCoury Band)	Del McCoury	3:07
11.	"Gonna Get There Someday"	B. Beavers, Ruttan, Bentley	4:14

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2005)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	1
U.S. Billboard 200	6

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
		US Country	US
2005	"Lot of Leavin' Left to Do"	3	47
	"Come a Little Closer"	1	31
2006	"Settle for a Slowdown"	1	42

Certifications

Region	Certification
Canada (Music Canada)[3]	Gold
United States (RIAA)[4]	Platinum

Personnel

• Steve Brewster – drums
• Jimmy Carter – bass guitar
• J.T. Corenflos – electric guitar, Danelectro
• Aubrey Haynie – fiddle
• Lona Heins – background vocals
• Wes Hightower – background vocals
• Rod Janzen – electric guitar
• Randy Kohrs – Dobro
• Alison Krauss – background vocals
• Gary Morse – Sho-Bud pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar
• Michelle Poe – background vocals
• Steve Sheehan – acoustic guitar
• Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin
• Russell Terrell – background vocals

Del McCoury Band (on Track 10)

• Mike Bub – upright bass
• Jason Carter – fiddle
• Del McCoury – acoustic guitar, background vocals
• Rob McCoury – banjo
• Ronnie McCoury – mandolin, background vocals

Preceded by Delicious Surprise by Jo Dee Messina

Top Country Albums number-one album May 28, 2005

Succeeded by Honkytonk University by Toby Keith

References

1. ^ Allmusic - review
2. ^ Paul Cashmere (13 January 2007). "Undercover News: EMI Share Price Drops On Restructure Announcement". undercover.fm. http://www.undercover.fm/news/1275-emi-share-price-drops-on-restructure-announcement. Retrieved 21 March 2011. 
3. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Dierks Bentley – Modern Day Drifter". Music Canada. http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=Modern+Day+Drifter&sa=Dierks+Bentley&smt=0. 
4. ^ "American album certifications – Dierks Bentley – Modern Day Drifter". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Modern+Day+Drifter%22.  If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH