Life at Best

ELI YOUNG BANDLIFE AT BEST8.16.112011 album from the Texas-based Country quartet. The Eli Young Band--four musicians who met during their college days in Texas--is now 11 years into a career built on touring without a single lineup change. Produced by Mike Wrucke with executive producer Frank Liddell (a team noted for its award-winning work with Miranda Lambert), Life At Best takes the listener on a journey, winding through songscapes that walk a delicate line. There's a distinct variance from track to track as EYB veers from energetic quasi-rockers to steel-ladled country songs to conflicted ballads. And yet the album maintains a singular identity, built around a sound that's been masterfully created over the course of three studio albums. Features the hit 'Crazy Girl'.