Modern Day Drifter

Studio album by Dierks Bentley

Released

May 10, 2005

Recorded

2004–05

Genre

Country

Length

42:53

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, released on May 10, 2005 by Capitol Records Nashville. It produced three singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts with the number 3 "Lot of Leavin' Left to Do" and the Number One hits "Come a Little Closer" and "Settle for a Slowdown". The album sold 1.5 million copies in the US.^[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
Year	Single	US Country	US
2005	"Lot of Leavin' Left to Do"	3	47
2005	"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

Dierks Bentley – lead vocals
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

↑ Allmusic - review
↑ "Dierks Bentley Returns 'Home' to Country". Billboard. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
↑ "Canadian album certifications – Dierks Bentley – Modern Day Drifter". Music Canada.
↑ "American album certifications – Dierks Bentley – Modern Day Drifter". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH

Dierks Bentley

Studio albums	Don't Leave Me in Love Dierks Bentley Modern Day Drifter Long Trip Alone Feel That Fire Up on the Ridge Home Riser

Compilation albums	Greatest Hits/Every Mile a Memory 2003–2008

Singles	"What Was I Thinkin'" "My Last Name" "How Am I Doin'" "Lot of Leavin' Left to Do" "Come a Little Closer" "Settle for a Slowdown" "Every Mile a Memory" "Long Trip Alone" "Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)" "Trying to Stop Your Leaving" "Feel That Fire" "Sideways" "I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes" "Up on the Ridge" "Draw Me a Map" "Am I the Only One" "Home" "5-1-5-0" "Tip It On Back" "Bourbon in Kentucky" "I Hold On" "Drunk on a Plane" "Say You Do" "Riser" "Somewhere on a Beach"

Featured singles	"The South"

Concert tours	High Times & Hangovers Tour Locked and Loaded Tour Free and Easy Summer Tour Throttle Wide Open Tour Up On The Ridge Tour Jägermeister Tour Country and Cold Cans Tour Locked and Re-Loaded Tour Riser Tour Sounds of Summer Tour Somewhere on a Beach Tour

Related articles	Discography Capitol Records "Murder on Music Row" (w/ George Jones)

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