Gangstabilly

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Gangstabilly
Studio album by Drive-By Truckers
Released	March 24, 1998 (On Soul Dump Records); January 25, 2005 (On New West Records)
Genre	Rock/Alt Country
Length	53:53
Label	Soul Dump Records
Producer	Andy Baker, Andy LeMaster, & Drive-By Truckers
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Pitchfork Media (7.8/10.0) link
Drive-By Truckers chronology
Gangstabilly (1998) Pizza Deliverance (1999)

Gangstabilly is the 1998 debut album of Athens via Alabama rock/alt country group Drive-By Truckers.

On the band's website, frontman Patterson Hood said that "(Gangstabilly is) the most country of any of our albums." He goes on to admit that the record is "not our best album, but lots of fun and more than a little hint of the better things to come."

The album, was recorded "live in the studio" over the course of two days and was produced by Andy Baker and Andy LeMaster. The album's cover art was created by Jim Stacy.

The album was rereleased in 2005 by New West Records along with the band's second studio effort, Pizza Deliverance.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Wife Beater" - 3:32 (Hood)
2. "Demonic Possession" - 4:51 (Hood)
3. "The Tough Sell" - 3:41 (Hood)
4. "The Living Bubba" - 5:56 (Hood)
5. "Late for Church" - 5:26 (Hood/Howell)
6. "Panties in Your Purse" - 4:41 (Cooley)
7. "Why Henry Drinks" - 4:13 (Hood)
8. "18 Wheels of Love" - 4:10 (Hood)
9. "Steve McQueen" - 5:12 (Hood)
10. "Buttholeville" - 5:25 (Hood)
11. "Sandwiches for the Road" - 6:40 (Hood)