Modern Day Drifter

Modern Day Drifter is the second studio album by American country music artist Dierks Bentley. It was released on May 10, 2005 by Capitol Records Nashville. The album produced three singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart with the number 3 hit "Lot of Leavin' Left to Do" and the number ones "Come a Little Closer" and "Settle for a Slowdown". The album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and has sold over 1.5 million copies in the United States.^[2]

Modern Day Drifter
Studio album by Dierks Bentley
Released	May 10, 2005 (2005-05-10)
Genre	Country
Length	42:53
Label	Capitol Records Nashville
Producer	Brett Beavers
Dierks Bentley chronology
Dierks Bentley (2003) Modern Day Drifter (2005) Long Trip Alone (2006)
Singles from Modern Day Drifter
"Lot of Leavin' Left to Do" Released: January 11, 2005 "Come a Little Closer" Released: July 18, 2005 "Settle for a Slowdown" Released: January 24, 2006

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Lot of Leavin' Left to Do"	Deric Ruttan Brett Beavers Dierks Bentley	4:32
2.	"Come a Little Closer"	B. Beavers Bentley	4:42
3.	"Cab of My Truck"	B. Beavers Mark Nesler Bentley	3:39
4.	"Settle for a Slowdown"	B. Beavers Tony Martin Bentley	3:43
5.	"Domestic, Light and Cold"	B. Beavers Bentley	4:00
6.	"Good Things Happen"	Jamie Hartford	3:45
7.	"Down on Easy Street"	B. Beavers Steve Bogard Bentley	3:30
8.	"So So Long"	B. Beavers Jim Beavers Bentley	3:24
9.	"Modern Day Drifter"	John Scott Sherrill Wyatt Easterling	4:10
10.	"Good Man Like Me"	Del McCoury	3:07
11.	"Gonna Get There Someday"	B. Beavers Ruttan Bentley	4:14
Total length:			42:53

Chart performance

Weekly charts Chart (2005) Peak position US Billboard 200[3] 6 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[4] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2005) Position US Billboard 200[5] 146 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[6] 26 Chart (2006) Position US Billboard 200[7] 65 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[8] 18

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
		US Country [9]	US [10]	CAN [11]
2005	"Lot of Leavin' Left to Do"	3	47	—
	"Come a Little Closer"	1	31	—
2006	"Settle for a Slowdown"	1	42	43

Certifications

Region	Certification
Canada (Music Canada)[12]	Gold
United States (RIAA)[13]	Platinum

Personnel

• Dierks Bentley – lead vocals
• Steve Brewster – drums
• Jimmy Carter – bass guitar
• J. T. Corenflos – electric guitar, Danelectro
• Aubrey Haynie — fiddle
• Lona Heins – background vocals
• Wes Hightower – background vocals
• Rod Janzen – electric guitar
• Randy Kohrs – Dobro
• Alison Krauss – background vocals
• Gary Morse – Sho-Bud pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar
• Michelle Poe – background vocals
• Steve Sheehan – acoustic guitar
• Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin
• Russell Terrell – background vocals

Del McCoury Band (on Track 10)

• Mike Bub – upright bass
• Jason Carter – fiddle
• Del McCoury – acoustic guitar, background vocals
• Rob McCoury – banjo
• Ronnie McCoury – mandolin, background vocals