A Blessing and a Curse

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A Blessing and a Curse
A Blessing and a Curse cover
Studio album by Drive-By Truckers
Released April 18, 2006
Length 46:54
Professional reviews
Drive-By Truckers chronology
The Dirty South
(2004)		 A Blessing and a Curse
(2006)		 Brighter Than Creation's Dark
(2008)

A Blessing and a Curse is the seventh album by Drive-By Truckers, released in 2006. It peaked at #50 on the The Billboard 200, which was the highest charting for the band until 2008's follow up, Brighter Than Creation's Dark, which hit #37. Ironically A Blessing and a Curse is regarded as their most controversial and polarizing album by both the band and fans. This is the last album to feature Jason Isbell on guitar as he left the band in spring of 2007. A Blessing and a Curse is a departure from Drive-By Truckers' previous sound, exhibiting less of a 'southern-rock' chemistry and taking on a more classic rock edge than any of their previous records. A Blessing And A Curse and its predecessor, The Dirty South, are the only two albums by Drive-By Truckers that have the same exact band line-up.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Feb 14" (Hood)
  2. "Gravity's Gone" (Cooley)
  3. "Easy on Yourself" (Isbell)
  4. "Aftermath USA" (Hood)
  5. "Goodbye" (Hood)
  6. "Daylight" (Isbell)
  7. "Wednesday" (Hood)
  8. "Little Bonnie" (Hood)
  9. "Space City" (Cooley)
  10. "A Blessing and a Curse" (Hood)
  11. "A World of Hurt" (Hood)

[edit] Personnel

  • Mike Cooley - guitar, vocals
  • Patterson Hood - guitar, vocals
  • Jason Isbell - guitar, vocals
  • Brad Morgan - drums
  • Shonna Tucker - bass

[edit] Chart performance

Chart Provider(s) Peak
position		 Certification Sales/
shipments
Billboard 200 (U.S.)[1] Billboard 50 Not certified N/A
Billboard Top Independent Albums (U.S.)[1] 3

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Drive-By Truckers Artist Chart History at Billboard
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