English Oceans

"English Oceans" is the tenth studio album by American Southern rock band Drive-By Truckers, released on March 4, 2014, by ATO Records. It was produced by long-time collaborator David Barbe and recorded during two weeks during the late spring of 2013. Wes Freed once again provided the album's artwork and cover. English Oceans marks the first time the Drive-By Truckers returned to the studio in four years and is their only record with two songwriters. English Oceans received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album holds an average score of 79, based on 25 reviews.