Never Gonna Change (track)
by Drive-By Truckers
Year: 2004
From the album The Dirty South (track #12)
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Never Gonna Change appears on the following album(s) by Drive-By Truckers:
- The Dirty South (track #12) (this album) (2004)
- Ugly Buildings, Whores & Politicians: Greatest Hits 1998-2009 (track #12) (compilation) (2011)
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| ! | 07/19/2026 16:00 | Exist-en-ciel | 177,715 | 71/100 |
| ! | 05/14/2026 11:33 | phmusic | 73,572 | 100/100 |
| ! | 04/05/2026 03:38 | daCritic | 39,633 | 75/100 |
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buzzdainer TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/17/2017 16:34 | #192771
Another solid Jason Isbell contribution to The Dirty South, a commentary on the stubbornness of white Southerners, which I take Isbell to be characterizing as both a credit and a detriment.
