It's Great To Be Alive!
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| Live album by Drive-By Truckers | ||||
| Released | October 30, 2015 | |||
| Recorded | November 20–22, 2014 | |||
| Length | 3:16:13 | |||
| Label | ATO Records | |||
| Producer | David Barbe | |||
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| Source | Rating |
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| Pitchfork Media | 8/10 |
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| American Songwriter | |
It's Great To Be Alive! is the fourth live album by the Southern rock band Drive-By Truckers. Several versions of the album are available on LP, CD and Digital Editions. The album was recorded over a three-night run at the Fillmore in San Francisco, CA on November 20, 21 and 22, 2014. 2014 marked the 20th anniversary of the Drive-By Truckers, and It's Great to Be Alive! commemorates this anniversary. The album's title is a lyric from the Truckers' song A World Of Hurt. The album is available as a deluxe set that includes five LPs, three CDs, four small posters, and extensive liner notes. The regular issue includes three CDs.
Also released was a single-disc or dual-LP release entitled This Weekend's the Night: Highlights From It's Great To Be Alive! featuring selections from It's Great To Be Alive! People who preordered this release were emailed select additional tracks over a three-month period.
It's Great To Be Alive! received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album holds an average score of 88, based on 6 reviews.Pitchfork Media's Jonathan Bernstein said "It’s Great to be Alive! is the sound of a veteran band in complete command of its back-catalog."
The album debuted at No. 111 on the Billboard 200, selling 5,000 copies in the first week. It has sold 16,000 copies in the United States as of July 2016.
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