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On the album art of Black, his eighth album, Dierks Bentley appears in a seemingly foreign atmosphere for the country singer: the stylish, sexy streets of a city at night. This change in setting -- previously, Bentley has been seeing picking on a porch, grinning in an alley, staring into the sunset, and chilling with a dog -- doesn't necessarily suggest a leap into crossover country-pop, but there's little question that the sultry gloss of Black is a consolidation of 2014's Riser, a record slicker and straighter than its predecessors. Call it maturation as much as a shift in aesthetics. Now 40, Bentley doesn't spend as much time raising the roof as he once did, preferring slow grooves and smoky textures. When he gets loose, it's in a measured fashion: "Somewhere on a Beach" and "Roses and a Time Machine," tacit sequels to "Drunk on a Plane," march to a beat so deliberate that revelry seems like an afterthought, even when Dierks sings about "edumacation." Only when he brings Trombone Shorty in for a cameo on "Mardi Gras" does the pace actually quicken, but Black is intentionally bereft of such carefree moments. Alternating impeccable midtempo anthems and soft ballads -- the latter including duets with Maren Morris ("I'll Be the Moon") and Elle King ("Different for Girls") -- Black winds up gelling into gently pulsing AAA-country. It's mood music, sometimes playing as smooth as a seduction but better suited for moments of introspection when you're surrounded by a crowd and need to isolate.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Ashley Gorley, ComposerLyricist - Ross Copperman, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Asst. Recording Engineer, Programming, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Mendelson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan Sutton, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Lucido, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Buckley Miller, Editor, StudioPersonnel - F. Reid Shippen, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Johnson, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Aaron Sterling, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Bacigalupi, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jedd Hughes, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Rader, Bouzouki, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Synthesizer, Asst. Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Brian David Willis, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Dierks Bentley, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Micah Wilshire, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Arturo Buenahora Jr., Producer, Executive Producer - Sean Badum, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alena Moran, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 Dierks Bentley
Andrew Dorff, ComposerLyricist - Ross Copperman, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Asst. Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Mendelson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Buckley Miller, Editor, StudioPersonnel - F. Reid Shippen, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Johnson, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Jaren Johnston, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Daniel Bacigalupi, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jedd Hughes, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Rader, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Asst. Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Brian David Willis, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Russ Paul, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Dierks Bentley, MainArtist - Craig Wright, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Arturo Buenahora Jr., Producer, Executive Producer - Jimmy Robbins, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lee Hendricks, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Josh Ditty, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alena Moran, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - M. Allen Parker, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charles Worsham, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Dierks Bentley
Ross Copperman, Producer, Keyboards, Asst. Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Heather Morgan, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Mendelson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan Sutton, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Lucido, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Buckley Miller, Editor, StudioPersonnel - F. Reid Shippen, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Johnson, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Aaron Sterling, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Bacigalupi, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jedd Hughes, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Rader, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian David Willis, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Dierks Bentley, MainArtist - Maren Morris, Vocals, Background Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ryan Hurd, ComposerLyricist - Arturo Buenahora Jr., Producer, Executive Producer - Sean Badum, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Dragstrem, ComposerLyricist - Alena Moran, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 Dierks Bentley
Josh Kear, ComposerLyricist - Chris Tompkins, ComposerLyricist - Ross Copperman, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Asst. Recording Engineer, Programming, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Mendelson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Buckley Miller, Editor, StudioPersonnel - F. Reid Shippen, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Johnson, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Daniel Bacigalupi, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jedd Hughes, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Rader, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Asst. Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Brian David Willis, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Russ Paul, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Ashworth, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Dierks Bentley, MainArtist - Craig Wright, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Arturo Buenahora Jr., Producer, Executive Producer - Lee Hendricks, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Josh Ditty, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alena Moran, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - M. Allen Parker, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charles Worsham, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Dierks Bentley
Ross Copperman, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Asst. Recording Engineer, Programming, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Mendelson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan Sutton, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Lucido, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Buckley Miller, Editor, StudioPersonnel - F. Reid Shippen, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Johnson, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Aaron Sterling, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Bacigalupi, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jedd Hughes, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Rader, Bouzouki, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Asst. Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Brian David Willis, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Dierks Bentley, MainArtist - Alex Palmer, ComposerLyricist - Jaron Boyer, ComposerLyricist - Arturo Buenahora Jr., Producer, Executive Producer - David Kuncio, ComposerLyricist - Sean Badum, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Tyler Spragg, ComposerLyricist - Alena Moran, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Josh Mirenda, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 Dierks Bentley
Ashley Gorley, ComposerLyricist - Ross Copperman, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Asst. Recording Engineer, Programming, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Mendelson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan Sutton, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Lucido, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Buckley Miller, Editor, StudioPersonnel - F. Reid Shippen, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Johnson, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Aaron Sterling, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Bacigalupi, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jedd Hughes, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Rader, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian David Willis, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Dierks Bentley, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Arturo Buenahora Jr., Producer, Executive Producer - Sean Badum, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alena Moran, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 Dierks Bentley
Dan Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Ross Copperman, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Asst. Recording Engineer, Programming, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Andrew Mendelson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Buckley Miller, Editor, StudioPersonnel - F. Reid Shippen, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Johnson, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Jerry Douglas, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Bacigalupi, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jedd Hughes, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Rader, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian David Willis, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Dierks Bentley, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Arturo Buenahora Jr., Producer, Executive Producer - Josh Ditty, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alena Moran, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - M. Allen Parker, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 Dierks Bentley
Ross Copperman, Producer, Asst. Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Mendelson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan Sutton, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Lucido, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Buckley Miller, Editor, StudioPersonnel - F. Reid Shippen, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Johnson, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Aaron Sterling, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Bacigalupi, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jedd Hughes, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Rader, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian David Willis, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Dierks Bentley, MainArtist - Arturo Buenahora Jr., Producer, Executive Producer - Sean Badum, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Adam James, ComposerLyricist - Luke Dick, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Programming, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Alena Moran, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 Dierks Bentley
Scooter Carusoe, ComposerLyricist - Ross Copperman, Producer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Mendelson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan Sutton, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Lucido, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Buckley Miller, Editor, StudioPersonnel - F. Reid Shippen, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Johnson, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Aaron Sterling, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Bacigalupi, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jedd Hughes, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Rader, Bouzouki, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Asst. Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Brian David Willis, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Dierks Bentley, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Arturo Buenahora Jr., Producer, Executive Producer - Sean Badum, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Luke Dick, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Alena Moran, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 Dierks Bentley
Joe Baldridge, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ross Copperman, Producer, Keyboards, Asst. Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Dugmore, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - J.T. Harding, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Mendelson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan Sutton, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Lucido, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Buckley Miller, Editor, StudioPersonnel - F. Reid Shippen, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Johnson, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Daniel Bacigalupi, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jonathan Yudkin, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Rader, Electric Guitar, Asst. Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Brian David Willis, Editor, StudioPersonnel - CHRIS TAYLOR, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Fred Eltringham, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Dierks Bentley, MainArtist - Shane McAnally, ComposerLyricist - Elle King, Vocals, Background Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Arturo Buenahora Jr., Producer, Executive Producer - Joseph Holguin, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jacob Sciba, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alena Moran, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jaspe LeMaster, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 Dierks Bentley
Jeff Coffin, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Natalie Hemby, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ross Copperman, Producer, Keyboards, Asst. Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Mendelson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Buckley Miller, Editor, StudioPersonnel - F. Reid Shippen, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Johnson, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Mike Haynes, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Bacigalupi, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jedd Hughes, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Agee, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Smith, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Russ Pahl, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Rader, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian David Willis, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Dierks Bentley, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Trombone Shorty, Trombone, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Wright, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Arturo Buenahora Jr., Producer, Executive Producer - Lee Hendricks, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Steven Moakler, ComposerLyricist - Josh Ditty, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alena Moran, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - M. Allen Parker, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charles Worsham, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Dierks Bentley
Ross Copperman, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Asst. Recording Engineer, Programming, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Mendelson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Buckley Miller, Editor, StudioPersonnel - F. Reid Shippen, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Johnson, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Jessi Alexander, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Daniel Bacigalupi, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jedd Hughes, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Rader, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian David Willis, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Russ Paul, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Dierks Bentley, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Craig Wright, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Arturo Buenahora Jr., Producer, Executive Producer - Lee Hendricks, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Josh Ditty, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alena Moran, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - M. Allen Parker, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charles Worsham, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Dierks Bentley
Luke Laird, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Programming, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hillary Lindsey, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Baldridge, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ross Copperman, Producer, Keyboards, Asst. Recording Engineer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Dugmore, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Mendelson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan Sutton, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Lucido, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Buckley Miller, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Scott Johnson, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - LUKE WOOTEN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Danny Rader, Electric Guitar, Asst. Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Brian David Willis, Editor, StudioPersonnel - CHRIS TAYLOR, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Fred Eltringham, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Dierks Bentley, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Arturo Buenahora Jr., Producer, Executive Producer - Jaspe LeMaster, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 Dierks Bentley
Album review
On the album art of Black, his eighth album, Dierks Bentley appears in a seemingly foreign atmosphere for the country singer: the stylish, sexy streets of a city at night. This change in setting -- previously, Bentley has been seeing picking on a porch, grinning in an alley, staring into the sunset, and chilling with a dog -- doesn't necessarily suggest a leap into crossover country-pop, but there's little question that the sultry gloss of Black is a consolidation of 2014's Riser, a record slicker and straighter than its predecessors. Call it maturation as much as a shift in aesthetics. Now 40, Bentley doesn't spend as much time raising the roof as he once did, preferring slow grooves and smoky textures. When he gets loose, it's in a measured fashion: "Somewhere on a Beach" and "Roses and a Time Machine," tacit sequels to "Drunk on a Plane," march to a beat so deliberate that revelry seems like an afterthought, even when Dierks sings about "edumacation." Only when he brings Trombone Shorty in for a cameo on "Mardi Gras" does the pace actually quicken, but Black is intentionally bereft of such carefree moments. Alternating impeccable midtempo anthems and soft ballads -- the latter including duets with Maren Morris ("I'll Be the Moon") and Elle King ("Different for Girls") -- Black winds up gelling into gently pulsing AAA-country. It's mood music, sometimes playing as smooth as a seduction but better suited for moments of introspection when you're surrounded by a crowd and need to isolate.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:48:22
- Main artists: Dierks Bentley
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Capitol Records Nashville
- Genre: Country
© 2016 Dierks Bentley ℗ 2016 Dierks Bentley
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