The Great American Bubble Factory is the eighth full studio album from Southern rock group Drivin N Cryin.[1] Released on September 29, 2009 on Vintage Earth records, it was the band's first studio album in 12 years. Three of the album's songs, "Midwestern Blues," "Pre-Approved, Pre-Denied" and "This Town" had previously appeared on Kevn Kinney solo albums (released in 1994, 2009 and 2000, respectively).
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| Released | September 29, 2009 | |||
| Genre | Southern rock, hard rock | |||
| Label | Vintage Earth | |||
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The vinyl version of the album was split into three sides, with the fourth side featuring three bonus tracks: "Take Me Out," "In The Drift Of Time," and a cover of the Beatles "Let It Be."
Reception edit
Stephen M. Deusner of The Washington Post notes a few issues, such as "some stumbling social commentary and a regrettable album cover" but finds the album also "both a welcome return as well as a return to form for Drivin' N' Cryin'". At times, "the album reverberates with an energy that the group hasn't mustered since 1991's Fly Me Courageous."[2]
Mark Deming of AllMusic states that Kinney's voice is "starting to show its age ... but for a band that was formed in 1985 and has been off the radar for over a decade, Drivin' n' Cryin' sound admirably vital and committed."[3]
Track list edit
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Detroit City" | Carter, Johnson, Kinney, Nielsen | 4:34 |
| 2. | "(Whatever Happened to The) Great American Bubble Factory?" | Carter, Johnson, Kinney, Nielsen | 3:33 |
| 3. | "I See Georgia" | Carter, Johnson, Kinney, Nielsen | 6:02 |
| 4. | "Midwestern Blues" | Kinney | 4:19 |
| 5. | "Let Me Down" | Carter, Johnson, Kinney, Nielsen | 4:39 |
| 6. | "I Stand Tall" | Shernoff | 4:21 |
| 7. | "Don't You Know That I Know That You Know?" | Carter, Johnson, Kinney, Nielsen | 4:01 |
| 8. | "Get Around Kid" | Carter, Johnson, Kinney, Nielsen | 2:03 |
| 9. | "Preapproved, Predenied" | Kinney | 4:51 |
| 10. | "The Hardest Part" | Carter, Johnson, Kinney, Nielsen | 4:49 |
| 11. | "Trainwreck" | Carter, Johnson, Kinney, Nielsen | 4:08 |
| 12. | "This Town" | Kinney | 5:19 |
References edit
- ^ "The Great American Bubble Factory - Drivin' n' Cryin' - Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ Deusner, Stephen M. (2009-09-29). "Georgia on Their Minds: Drivin' N' Cryin, 'The Great American Bubble Factory'". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
- ^ Deming, Mark. "The Great American Bubble Factory - Drivin' n' Cryin' | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2022-04-19.