DAC

AMG Review of DAC

Thom Jurek
All Music Guide

DAC was written mostly on tour, and is divided into two categories (remember this was still the LP era): the "Thinking Side" and the "Drinking Side." Coe wrote everything on the set, and it's a stunner. Side one contains some of Coe's bitterest, most accusatory breakup songs, including "Looking in the Mirror," "Lyin' Comes So Easy to Your Lips," and the deeply moving "The Last Time She'll Leave Me This Time." The flip has the punchy, Jimmy Buffett-influenced "She Loved the Leavin' Out of Me" and "Whiskey, Whiskey (Take My Mind)" -- which is actually dedicated to Buffett. But despite being classified as the "Drinking Side," there are wonderful love songs, too, including "I Gave Up (On Trying to Get Over You)."