Up on the Ridge
| Dierks Bentley
Up on the Ridge
Up on the Ridge is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Dierks Bentley. It was released on June 8, 2010 via Capitol Records Nashville. The album produced two singles on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart with the title track and "Draw Me a Map". -Wikipedia
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Rolling Stone
2010 - Dierks Bentley's sixth album is an excursion into bluegrass, which jettisons his usual power chords and booming choruses in favor of sawing fiddles and coal-miner ballads.
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Slant Magazine
2010 - Up on the Ridge isn’t a proper bluegrass album by any stretch of the imagination, despite the exclusive use of acoustic instruments.
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Saving Country Music
2012 - Is it the album that Dierks set out to make without commercial consideration or label meddling? I kind of think it is, and it’s moderate sales seem to reflect that.
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American Songwriter
2010 - Up on the Ridge works best when it fully embraces the bluegrass concept, rather than trying to meld it with other country sensibilities.
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All Music
2010 - Dierks Bentley drifted into predictability on his fourth album Feel That Fire, so his detour into progressive bluegrass on 2010’s Up on the Ridge is a bit of shock.
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Pop Matters
2010 - His established fans will appreciate his foray into some new territory, and casual fans can use Up on the Ridge as a stepping stone to discover another closely related genre of music.
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Country Universe
2010 - With expert musicianship by the best in the business, solid songs, and impressive vocal support, Up on the Ridge is a refreshing album from an artist who is taking a chance with this musical detour while still in the throes of a considerably lucrative career.
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Glide Magazine
2010 - Dierk’s Bentley’s Up on the Ridge combines elements of bluegrass, country and Americana alongside the artist’s trademark vocal and knee-slapping melodies.
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Lonesome Road
2010 - He chose to make his fifth major-label album a roots and bluegrass one.
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