CortezTheKiller

The clown tries to pigeonhole ACD as a "protest album." You could make an argument that "Down to the Wire," "When the Wheels Don't Move," and "Exiles" loosely fit this description, but what about the nine other tracks on the record? I can't read the "Member Since" part on my Son Volt card anymore, but, to these ears, this album ranks right up there with Trace and Straightaways.

Pitchfork shreds American Central Dust.

I like almost everything you have to offer here mj. But I gotta respectfully disagree with you on this one.

Vinyl. Bonus tracks leave a lot to be desired. However, the album kicks all sorts of ass.

Excellent choice. NP:

Picked up a used vinyl copy of this double record deliciousness last weekend for $1.99.

Wow!

Awful cover. Very good music.

Me too.

Absolutely love this album.

I was late to the Delta Spirit party as well, but what a great album. NP:

Agreed. Well, except for the Phish and Flaming Lips part. I'm warming up to the NYA. I'm definitely more excited about the next installment, but this is a nice collection of Neil that fills in some of the blanks and upgrades the audio quality of much of the "unreleased" material I'd accumulated over the years. I'm puzzled by how much previously-released material is included, but what are you going to do? Murdering Oscar, while sounding very much like an extension of the Truckers catalog, is a very strong album. I'm obsessed with American Central Dust. Thus far, it's the best thing I'v