Drive You Home Again
# Drive You Home Again

Drive You Home Again is an album by American singer/songwriter Chris Smither, released in 1999.

## Reception

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Robert Christgau | A− |
| Tom Hull | B |
| Rolling Stone | |

Writing for Allmusic, critic Jeff Burger wrote of the album "Smither's gravelly, instantly recognizable voice is a perfect fit for his pensive, sharply honed lyrics and his blues and folk-based music... Like Nick Drake and the Van Morrison of Astral Weeks days, Smither makes you feel as if you're in a dream. You may not want to wake up for a while." Music critic Robert Christgau wrote "...you'd never suspect he was a moral philosopher. But in fact he is that even rarer thing, a moral philosopher with good values, and here his songwriting takes over a career marked by killer covers... he thinks on his butt while keeping the beat with his foot. He's worth attending even if you think blues are history."

## Track listing

All songs by Chris Smither unless otherwise noted.

* "Drive You Home Again" – 5:28
* "Tell Me Why You Love Me" – 3:55
* "No Love Today" – 4:57
* "Hey, Hey, Hey" – 4:04
* "Get a Better One" – 5:22
* "Hold On II " – 3:24
* "So Long" – 4:48
* "Duncan & Brady" (Traditional)– 3:52
* "Steel Guitar" (Danny O'Keefe) – 3:38
* "Don't Make Promises" (Tim Hardin) – 3:25
* "Rattlesnake Preacher" (Eric Von Schmidt) – 3:24

## Personnel

* Chris Smither – vocals, guitar
* Joel Jose Guzman - Accordion, keyboards, melodica
* John Mills - saxophone
* Marty Muse - pedal steel guitar
* Chris Maresh - bass
* Mickey Raphael - harmonica
* Raul Rodriguez - tuba
* Brannen Temple - drums, percussion
* Malford Milligan - background vocals

## Production

* Produced by Stephen Bruton
* Mixed by Chet Himes
* Engineered by Jay Hudson
* Mastered by Jerry Tubb
