Drag It Up

Drag It Up is a studio album by American country/rock band Old 97's, released in 2004 (see 2004 in music).^[8][9] The album's title comes from the fourth track, "Smokers."

Drag It Up
Studio album by Old 97's
Released	July 27, 2004
Recorded	Soil of the South Productions, San Diego CA and Dreamland Studios, Woodstock NY
Genre	Country rock, alternative country
Length	48:19
Label	New West Records[1]
Producer	Mark Neill[2]
Old 97's chronology
Satellite Rides (2001) Drag It Up (2004) Alive & Wired (2005)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Robert Christgau	[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[5]
Pitchfork	7/10[6]
Rolling Stone	[7]

The album peaked at #120 on the Billboard 200.^[10]

Critical reception

No Depression wrote that "at least half the record is subdued in tone and tempo. If the overall result isn’t quite as rawk, well, the sound suits the songs, and that makes all the difference."^[11] The Hartford Courant wrote that "the songwriting is only fair, and the murky songs sound like they were recorded in a tin shed during a heavy downpour."^[12] The Cleveland Scene called the album "joyous alt-country."^[13]

Track listing

All tracks by Rhett Miller, Ken Bethea, Murry Hammond and Philip Peeples.

1. "Won't Be Home" - 4:48
2. "Moonlight" - 3:40
3. "Borrowed Bride" - 2:08
4. "Smokers" (vocals by Murry Hammond) - 3:52
5. "Coahuila" (vocals by Ken Bethea) - 2:27
6. "Blinding Sheets Of Rain" - 3:20
7. "Valium Waltz" - 4:39
8. "In The Satellite Rides A Star" (vocals by Murry Hammond) - 4:40
9. "The New Kid" - 3:41
10. "Bloomington" - 3:27
11. "Adelaide" - 3:29
12. "Friends Forever" - 3:08
13. "No Mother" - 4:59

Personnel

Old 97's

• Rhett Miller - lead vocals, rhythm guitar, backup vocals on "Smokers" and "Satellite," additional backup vocals on "Coahulia"
• Murry Hammond - bass, backing vocals, harmonium on "No Mother," electric guitar on "New Kid," lead guitar and tambourine on "Bloomington," lead vocals on "Smokers," vocals, acoustic guitar and shaker on "Satellite"
• Ken Bethea - lead guitar, accordion, no. 2 plectrum on "No Mother," lead vocals on "Coahulia"
• Philip Peeples - drums, shakers, tambourines
• Ken, Murry, Rhett and Philip - group backup vocals on "No Mother," "Friends Forever" and "Smokers"

Additional Musicians

• Craig Packham - tambourine on "New Kid"
• Archie Thompson - piano on "Borrowed Bride"
• Mitch Manker - trumpet on "Adelaide," appears courtesy of the Ray Charles Orchestra
• Sarah Neill - age 2, backward piano on "Valium Waltz"
• Chris Lawrence - pedal steel guitar on "Moonlight" and "Blinding Sheets of Rain"