Up on the Ridge
Up on the Ridge is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Dierks Bentley. It was released on June 8, 2010 via Capitol Records Nashville. It produced two singles on the Hot Country Songs chart in 2010.
Content
Unlike Bentley's previous work, Up on the Ridge is a bluegrass-influenced album, mixed with country and Americana. It features many collaborations, including The Del McCoury Band, Alison Krauss, Chris Thile, and Miranda Lambert. Via his website, Bentley explained the reason behind Up on the Ridge, saying: “This album won’t come as a surprise to my hard core fans, they've asked me: ‘when are you going to make a bluegrass record?’ And I was just waiting for the right time. I didn’t want this to be ‘Dierks Bentley and friends’ or a ‘Dierks does bluegrass’ kind of album. I wanted each song to have something special about it, and in the end I think each song really does have its own thing going on.”
In an interview with Billboard Magazine, Capitol Records Nashville president and CEO Mike Dungan commented on Up on the Ridge saying that "The album was supposed to be a side project, but it's grown into something much more....He had a real sense of direction and made a vehicle for people to hopefully discover this music".
Up on the Ridge (song)
"Up on the Ridge" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Dierks Bentley. It was released on April 12, 2010 as the lead-off single and title track from his album of the same name.
Content
The song is an uptempo bluegrass tune in which the narrator encourages his lover to leave the city behind with him for the night.
Critical reception
Sam Gazdziak of Engine 145 gave the song a "thumbs up" review, saying the song "coasts by on style over substance," but calling it "interesting."Country Weekly critic Jessica Phillips, in her review of the album, said that "the song's energetic spirit and banjo-supported melody should be a shot in the arm for country music."
Chart performance
The song debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts at #59 during the week of May 1, 2010. On the Hot Country Songs charts, the song peaked at #21, becoming his first single to miss the Top Ten since "My Last Name" reached #17 in 2004.
References
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Podcasts:
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by Dierks Bentley
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by Joe Ely
Up On The Ridge
by: Dierks BentleyLet's blow out these city lights
Let's just leave it all behind
Get up where the air is still
You can hear the whippoorwill
Start a fire, pass the 'shine
Won't be home till morning time
Shout your name out in the wind
Confess my love for you again
Give you all I got to give
That's how we live up on the ridge
(Chorus)
Won't you come join me tonight
Where moonlight drips into your eyes?
I just want one little kiss
When we get high up on the ridge
Hey now honey child
We'd be runnin free and wild
No one cares what you do
Ain't no law to answer to
Dance around in the dirt
Listen to them crickets chirp
Hear old Jake start to howl
When he hears that old hoot owl
Give you all I got to give
That's how we live up on the ridge
(Chorus)
Won't you come join me tonight
Where moonlight drips into your eyes?
I just want one little kiss
When we get high up on the ridge
Come on girl, it's almost dawn
Let's get it fore the magic's gone
Tall tall grass all around
Come on lay that blanket down
Wildflowers just like you
Lay on me like morning dew
Now take my hand, walk with me
Sun come up through them tall trees
Give you all I got to give
That's how we live up on the ridge
(Chorus)
Won't you come join me tonight
Where moonlight drips into your eyes?
I just want one little kiss
When we get high up on the ridge
I just want one little kiss