Dierks Bentley
Text in englischer Sprache verfügbarDierks Bentley rocketed to the top of the country charts with his driving 2003 debut single "What Was I Thinkin'," opening up a career where he'd remain in the Top Ten year after year while simultaneously taking musical chances. Occasionally, Bentley dipped into his roots -- his 2010 album Up on the Ridge was largely devoted to bluegrass -- but his music was distinguished by how he blurred borders separating country, rock, and pop. Sometimes, Bentley's hits conveyed this sense of wanderlust -- this is especially true of 2005's "Lot a Leavin' Left to Do" and 2007's number one "Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)" -- yet he also had a knack for ballads and beachy good times, the latter crystalized by "Drunk on a Plane," a 2014 number one that crossed over into the pop Top 30. Bentley occasionally emphasized his sense of humor, as when he and his band masqueraded as the '90s country parody group Hot Country Knights, and whenever he did, he wound up highlighting how his catalog encompassed a broad range of emotions and musical styles. Growing up in a non-musical family in Phoenix, Arizona, Bentley got his country music education on his own listening to records. A love of the music inspired him to move to Nashville at the age of 19, but he quickly grew discouraged by the lack of public and professional interest coming his way. It all changed when he walked into the Station Inn, a bar where the bluegrass faithful hung out. An all-night jam session recharged his batteries and he again started pursuing gigs. He landed a job at the TNN station doing research on classic country, and by night he worked on his demos. Capitol finally heard the artist, signed him, and released his self-titled debut, Dierks Bentley, in 2003. It yielded the impossibly catchy single "What Was I Thinkin'?" Bringing his love of Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings to the forefront, Modern Day Drifter followed two years later and became a Top Ten hit. In 2006, he returned with Long Trip Alone, a more polished effort that was commercial but not crass. Greatest Hits: Every Mile a Memory arrived in 2008. Although it was perhaps a bit early in his career for a compilation, it did contain his key charting singles and added fan-selected live tracks as a bonus, making it a nice summation of Bentley's work up to that point. His fourth album, Feel That Fire, was released in early 2009, followed by the bluegrass-themed Up on the Ridge in 2010. Bentley's sixth album, Home, released in 2012, featured a dozen new songs that the singer road-tested on tour. It was an eclectic and varied affair, with guest spots from Little Big Town's Karen Fairchild and Tim O'Brien and Sam Bush, among others. Capitol issued his self-funded EP, Country and Cold Cans, that summer, and before long he had begun sessions for what would be his seventh full-length release for the label in 11 years. "Bourbon in Kentucky," a duet with Kacey Musgraves, was the first single from the sessions, but it flopped upon its June 2013 release, going no further than number 40 on the Billboard Country charts. A second single, "I Hold On," quickly followed and went into the Top Ten, but the lack of success of "Bourbon in Kentucky" was a factor in pushing back the release of Riser, which didn't appear until February 2014. Bentley rebounded with Riser, though. The album debuted at number one on Billboard's Country charts -- it went to six on the Top 200 -- and generated three major hits: "I Hold On" and "Drunk on a Plane," which both peaked at three on the U.S. Hot Country chart and went platinum, and "Say You Do" which topped out at five. The title track sustained momentum on radio in 2015, and in early 2016, he returned with "Somewhere on a Beach," the first single from his eighth album, Black. Both the single and subsequent album topped Billboard's country charts with Black also landing the number two spot on the Top 200. Bentley returned in early 2018 with "Women, Amen," the lead single from his forthcoming album The Mountain. "Women, Amen" was one of two Country Airplay chart-toppers from The Mountain, the other being "Living," which went to number one in 2019 after the Brothers Osborne duet "Burning Man" topped out at two. The parent album debuted at number one on Billboard's Country chart and number three on the Top 200. In 2020, Bentley concentrated on his side project Hot Country Knights, a simultaneous send-up and homage to the rockin' country of the '90s. Hot Country Knights released their debut, The K Is Silent, in May 2020. He resumed his solo work later that year with "Gone," a single that peaked at two on Billboard's Country Airplay chart. The next year, he released two collaborations with HARDY: "Beers on Me," which also featured Breland, and "Hometown Boys," which showcased Matt Stell.
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Dierks Bentley rocketed to the top of the country charts with his driving 2003 debut single "What Was I Thinkin'," opening up a career where he'd remain in the Top Ten year after year while simultaneously taking musical chances. Occasionally, Bentley dipped into his roots -- his 2010 album Up on the Ridge was largely devoted to bluegrass -- but his music was distinguished by how he blurred borders separating country, rock, and pop. Sometimes, Bentley's hits conveyed this sense of wanderlust -- this is especially true of 2005's "Lot a Leavin' Left to Do" and 2007's number one "Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)" -- yet he also had a knack for ballads and beachy good times, the latter crystalized by "Drunk on a Plane," a 2014 number one that crossed over into the pop Top 30. Bentley occasionally emphasized his sense of humor, as when he and his band masqueraded as the '90s country parody group Hot Country Knights, and whenever he did, he wound up highlighting how his catalog encompassed a broad range of emotions and musical styles.
Growing up in a non-musical family in Phoenix, Arizona, Bentley got his country music education on his own listening to records. A love of the music inspired him to move to Nashville at the age of 19, but he quickly grew discouraged by the lack of public and professional interest coming his way. It all changed when he walked into the Station Inn, a bar where the bluegrass faithful hung out. An all-night jam session recharged his batteries and he again started pursuing gigs. He landed a job at the TNN station doing research on classic country, and by night he worked on his demos. Capitol finally heard the artist, signed him, and released his self-titled debut, Dierks Bentley, in 2003. It yielded the impossibly catchy single "What Was I Thinkin'?"
Bringing his love of Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings to the forefront, Modern Day Drifter followed two years later and became a Top Ten hit. In 2006, he returned with Long Trip Alone, a more polished effort that was commercial but not crass. Greatest Hits: Every Mile a Memory arrived in 2008. Although it was perhaps a bit early in his career for a compilation, it did contain his key charting singles and added fan-selected live tracks as a bonus, making it a nice summation of Bentley's work up to that point. His fourth album, Feel That Fire, was released in early 2009, followed by the bluegrass-themed Up on the Ridge in 2010.
Bentley's sixth album, Home, released in 2012, featured a dozen new songs that the singer road-tested on tour. It was an eclectic and varied affair, with guest spots from Little Big Town's Karen Fairchild and Tim O'Brien and Sam Bush, among others. Capitol issued his self-funded EP, Country and Cold Cans, that summer, and before long he had begun sessions for what would be his seventh full-length release for the label in 11 years. "Bourbon in Kentucky," a duet with Kacey Musgraves, was the first single from the sessions, but it flopped upon its June 2013 release, going no further than number 40 on the Billboard Country charts. A second single, "I Hold On," quickly followed and went into the Top Ten, but the lack of success of "Bourbon in Kentucky" was a factor in pushing back the release of Riser, which didn't appear until February 2014. Bentley rebounded with Riser, though. The album debuted at number one on Billboard's Country charts -- it went to six on the Top 200 -- and generated three major hits: "I Hold On" and "Drunk on a Plane," which both peaked at three on the U.S. Hot Country chart and went platinum, and "Say You Do" which topped out at five. The title track sustained momentum on radio in 2015, and in early 2016, he returned with "Somewhere on a Beach," the first single from his eighth album, Black. Both the single and subsequent album topped Billboard's country charts with Black also landing the number two spot on the Top 200. Bentley returned in early 2018 with "Women, Amen," the lead single from his forthcoming album The Mountain. "Women, Amen" was one of two Country Airplay chart-toppers from The Mountain, the other being "Living," which went to number one in 2019 after the Brothers Osborne duet "Burning Man" topped out at two. The parent album debuted at number one on Billboard's Country chart and number three on the Top 200.
In 2020, Bentley concentrated on his side project Hot Country Knights, a simultaneous send-up and homage to the rockin' country of the '90s. Hot Country Knights released their debut, The K Is Silent, in May 2020. He resumed his solo work later that year with "Gone," a single that peaked at two on Billboard's Country Airplay chart. The next year, he released two collaborations with HARDY: "Beers on Me," which also featured Breland, and "Hometown Boys," which showcased Matt Stell.
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Beers On Me
Dierks Bentley
Country - Erschienen bei Capitol Records Nashville am 29.07.2021
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Gone
Dierks Bentley
Country - Erschienen bei Capitol Records Nashville am 22.10.2020
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Dierks Bentley
Dierks Bentley
Country - Erschienen bei Capitol Nashville am 01.01.2003
There is apparently no limit to the number of Opry-friendly, down-home, good-looking crooners that Nashville can wrap in jeans and put forth in any gi ...
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Greatest Hits / Every Mile A Memory 2003 - 2008
Dierks Bentley
Country - Erschienen bei Capitol Nashville am 01.01.2008
There are no two ways around it: Greatest Hits: Every Mile a Memory seems to arrive a little early in Dierks Bentley's career, appearing in May 2008, ...
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The Mountain
Dierks Bentley
Country - Erschienen bei Capitol Records Nashville am 08.06.2018
As a title, The Mountain can't help but convey the great outdoors, which is surely Dierks Bentley's intention. Last time he delivered an album, it was ...
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Black
Dierks Bentley
Country - Erschienen bei Capitol Records Nashville am 27.05.2016
On the album art of Black, his eighth album, Dierks Bentley appears in a seemingly foreign atmosphere for the country singer: the stylish, sexy street ...
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RISER
Dierks Bentley
Country - Erschienen bei Capitol Records Nashville am 03.03.2014
For a decade, every single Dierks Bentley release placed at least in Billboard's Country Top 20, usually making it to the Top Ten. That streak came to ...
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Greatest Hits / Every Mile A Memory 2003 - 2008
Dierks Bentley
Country - Erschienen bei Capitol Nashville am 01.01.2008
There are no two ways around it: Greatest Hits: Every Mile a Memory seems to arrive a little early in Dierks Bentley's career, appearing in May 2008, ...
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Live From Telluride (Live)
Dierks Bentley
Country - Erschienen bei Capitol Records Nashville am 13.07.2021
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The Mountain
Dierks Bentley
Country - Erschienen bei Capitol Records Nashville am 08.06.2018
As a title, The Mountain can't help but convey the great outdoors, which is surely Dierks Bentley's intention. Last time he delivered an album, it was ...
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Black
Dierks Bentley
Country - Erschienen bei Capitol Records Nashville am 27.05.2016
On the album art of Black, his eighth album, Dierks Bentley appears in a seemingly foreign atmosphere for the country singer: the stylish, sexy street ...
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Long Trip Alone
Dierks Bentley
Country - Erschienen bei Capitol Nashville am 01.01.2006
It's a sign of Dierks Bentley's increasing stardom and clout that he has a writing credit on all 11 songs on his third album, 2006's Long Trip Alone. ...
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Modern Day Drifter
Dierks Bentley
Country - Erschienen bei Capitol Nashville am 01.01.2005
There's little question that Dierks Bentley has good taste, as well as a burning desire to be part of the tradition of rough, rugged, and sensitive ha ...
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Home
Dierks Bentley
Country - Erschienen bei Capitol Nashville am 01.01.2012
Pivoting off his 2010 bluegrass detour Up on the Ridge, Dierks Bentley returns to the well-oiled modern country of Feel That Fire. If that 2009 effort ...
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Up On The Ridge
Dierks Bentley
Country - Erschienen bei Capitol Nashville am 01.01.2010
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 ...
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Feel That Fire
Dierks Bentley
Country - Erschienen bei Capitol Nashville am 01.01.2009
It would be nice if some of the titular burn could be felt on Dierks Bentley's fourth studio album, but Feel That Fire is an atypically cautious, calc ...
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Up On the Ridge
Dierks Bentley
Country - Erschienen bei Humphead Records am 01.01.2010
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 ...
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Country & Cold Cans
Dierks Bentley
Country - Erschienen bei Capitol Nashville am 01.01.2012
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I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes (Acoustic Version)
Dierks Bentley
Country - Erschienen bei Capitol Nashville am 01.01.2009
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Long Trip Alone (Urge)
Dierks Bentley
Country - Erschienen bei Capitol Nashville am 01.01.2006
It's a sign of Dierks Bentley's increasing stardom and clout that he has a writing credit on all 11 songs on his third album, 2006's Long Trip Alone. ...
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Feel That Fire
Dierks Bentley
Country - Erschienen bei Capitol Nashville am 01.01.2009
It would be nice if some of the titular burn could be felt on Dierks Bentley's fourth studio album, but Feel That Fire is an atypically cautious, calc ...
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo