{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Modern Day Drifter | type = Studio | artist = Dierks Bentley | cover = Moderndaydrifer.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2005|05|10}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Country | length = 42:53 | label = Capitol Records Nashville | producer = Brett Beavers | prev_title = Dierks Bentley | prev_year = 2003 | next_title = Long Trip Alone | next_year = 2006 | misc = {{Singles | name = Modern Day Drifter | type = studio | single1 = Lot of Leavin' Left to Do | single1date = January 11, 2005 | single2 = Come a Little Closer | single2date = July 18, 2005 | single3 = Settle for a Slowdown | single3date = January 24, 2006 }} }} {{Music ratings |rev1 = Allmusic |rev1score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r738157|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic - review]</ref> }}<!-- Automatically generated by DASHBot-->
'''''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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/dierks-bentley-returns-home-to-country-511148/|title=Dierks Bentley Returns 'Home' to Country|publisher=Billboard|access-date=February 12, 2012}}</ref>
== Track listing == {{track listing | title1 = Lot of Leavin' Left to Do | writer1 = {{hlist|Deric Ruttan|Brett Beavers|Dierks Bentley}} | length1 = 4:32 | title2 = Come a Little Closer | writer2 = {{hlist|B. Beavers|Bentley}} | length2 = 4:42 | title3 = Cab of My Truck | writer3 = {{hlist|B. Beavers|Mark Nesler|Bentley}} | length3 = 3:39 | title4 = Settle for a Slowdown | writer4 = {{hlist|B. Beavers|Tony Martin|Bentley}} | length4 = 3:43 | title5 = Domestic, Light and Cold | writer5 = {{hlist|B. Beavers|Bentley}} | length5 = 4:00 | title6 = Good Things Happen | writer6 = Jamie Hartford | length6 = 3:45 | title7 = Down on Easy Street | writer7 = {{hlist|B. Beavers|Steve Bogard|Bentley}} | length7 = 3:30 | title8 = So So Long | writer8 = {{hlist|B. Beavers|Jim Beavers|Bentley}} | length8 = 3:24 | title9 = Modern Day Drifter | writer9 = {{hlist|John Scott Sherrill|Wyatt Easterling}} | length9 = 4:10 | title10 = Good Man Like Me | writer10 = Del McCoury | length10 = 3:07 | title11 = Gonna Get There Someday | writer11 = {{hlist|B. Beavers|Ruttan|Bentley}} | length11 = 4:14 | total_length = 42:53 }}
== Chart performance == {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
=== Weekly charts === {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2005) ! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position |- {{album chart|Billboard200|6|artist=Dierks Bentley|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 13, 2020}} |- {{album chart|BillboardCountry|1|artist=Dierks Bentley|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 13, 2020}} |} {{col-2}}
=== Year-end charts === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2005) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2005/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2005|work=Billboard|accessdate=November 13, 2020}}</ref> | 146 |- ! scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2005/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2005|work=Billboard|accessdate=November 13, 2020}}</ref> | 26 |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2006) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2006|work=Billboard|accessdate=November 13, 2020}}</ref> | 65 |- ! scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2006|work=Billboard|accessdate=November 13, 2020}}</ref> | 18 |} {{col-end}}
=== Singles === {| class="wikitable" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Single ! colspan="3"| Peak positions |- ! width=45| <small>US Country</small><br><ref name="Country Songs">{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/dierks-bentley/chart-history/csi/ |title=Dierks Bentley Chart History: Hot Country Songs |work=Billboard |accessdate=April 27, 2021}}</ref> ! width=45| <small>US</small><br><ref name="Hot 100">{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/dierks-bentley/chart-history/hsi/ |title=Dierks Bentley Chart History - Hot 100 |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 13, 2018}}</ref> ! width="45"| CAN<br><ref name="Canadian Hot 100">{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=dierks bentley|chart=Billboard Canadian Hot 100}}|title=Dierks Bentley Album & Song Chart History - Canadian Hot 100|work=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=February 7, 2012}}</ref> |- | rowspan=2| 2005 | "Lot of Leavin' Left to Do" | align="center"| 3 | align="center"| 47 | align="center"| — |- | "Come a Little Closer" | align="center"| 1 | align="center"| 31 | align="center"|— |- | 2006 | "Settle for a Slowdown" | align="center"| 1 | align="center"| 42 | align="center"| 43 |}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top|format=2col}} {{Certification Table Entry|format=2col|region=Canada|type=album|title=Modern Day Drifter|artist=Dierks Bentley|award=Gold|certmonth=9|certyear=2006}} {{Certification Table Entry|format=2col|region=United States|type=album|title=Modern Day Drifter|artist=Dierks Bentley|award=Platinum}} {{Certification Table Bottom|format=2col}}
== 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
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Category:2005 albums Category:Albums produced by Brett Beavers Category:Capitol Records Nashville albums Category:Dierks Bentley albums