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- Artist: The Derailers
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- Release Date: June 06, 2006
- Genre: Rock
Review
Try to imagine, if you can, what the Clarks or the dB's would sound like had they come up playing in dive bars in Bakersfield, California -- they probably would've ended up with a sound something like that of the Derailers -- a sharp, disciplined, but sometimes tongue-in-cheek fusion of Buck Owens-style desert honky tonk, jangly guitar pop, and rockabilly swagger. How this band found itself in the stable of a label like Palo Duro (which is explicitly devoted to Texas-style country music) is a mystery, but not one that needs to be unraveled any time soon. For now, just let yourself luxuriate in the wry "She's a Lot Like Texas" (you know, beautiful and wild and free, etc.), the sturdily rocking "Get 'Er Done," and the Chuck Berry-meets-Buck Owens blues rave-up "Hey, Valerie!." The Derailers fun version of the old Arthur Alexander hit "Soldier of Love" (which was written by Buzz Cason, this album's producer) is a sweetly kitschy gem, and if "An American Man" comes across as a clumsy Johnny Cash parody and "It's Never Too Late for a Party" comes across like a clumsy Buck Owens parody, well, it's all in good fun. ~ Rick Anderson, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Cold Beer, Hot Women & Cool Country Music | The Derailers | (2:53) | |
| She's a Lot Like Texas | The Derailers | (3:49) | |
| Soldier of Love | The Derailers | (3:11) | |
| Donna Sue Earline | The Derailers | (2:38) | |
| The One Before Me | Anthony Crawford, |
The Derailers | (3:30) |
| Hey, Valerie! | The Derailers | (2:21) | |
| Get 'Er Done | The Derailers | (2:38) | |
| Cattin' | The Derailers | (3:02) | |
| Every Time It Rains | The Derailers | (3:10) | |
| Everything I Believe In | The Derailers | (4:08) | |
| An American Man | The Derailers | (3:01) | |
| Poppycock | The Derailers | (2:27) | |
| You're Looking at the Man | The Derailers | (2:59) | |
| It's Never Too Late for a Party | The Derailers | (3:14) |
