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Speed of Life is the 23rd studio album from the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, released by NGDB Records on September 22, 2009.^[2] It reached number 59 on the U.S. Country charts.

1. "Tulsa Sounds Like Trouble to Me" (Shawn Camp, Mark D. Sanders) – 4:36
2. "Brand New Heartache" (Jeff Hanna, Donny Lowery) – 3:11
3. "The Resurrection" (Matraca Berg, Alice Randall) – 4:13
4. "Somethin' Dangerous" (Bob Carpenter, Tom Kell, Phil Soussan) – 3:25
5. "Going Up the Country" (Alan Wilson) – 4:15
6. "Jimmy Martin" (Phil Madeira, Jimmie Lee Sloas) – 3:35
7. "Lost in the Pines" (John McEuen) – 1:05
8. "Speed of Life" (Gary Scruggs) – 3:37
9. "Amazing Love" (Bob Carpenter, Jeff Hanna, Tom Kell) – 4:06
10. "Stuck in the Middle" (Joe Egan, Gerry Rafferty) – 3:42
11. "Earthquake" (Bob Carpenter, John McEuen) – 3:23
12. "Tryin' to Try" (Jimmie Fadden, Guy Clark) – 2:49
13. "Good To Be Alive" (Matraca Berg, Troy Verges) – 3:37

• Jeff Hanna – vocals, acoustic, electric and resonator guitars, slide guitar, mandolin
• Jimmie Fadden – vocals, drums, harmonica, percussion
• Bob Carpenter – vocals, Wurlitzer and grand pianos, accordion, Hammond organ
• John McEuen – 5-string banjo, mandolin, fiddle, lap steel, finger-style acoustic guitar

Additional musicians

• Jon Randall Stewart – acoustic guitar, mandolin, vocals
• Glenn Worf – electric and upright bass
• Richard Bennett – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bouzouki, lap steel
• Vince Santoro – percussion, drums
• Matraca Berg – vocals
• Jessi Alexander – vocals
• Jaime Hanna – vocals

• Recorded live and mixed at: Blackbird Studio C, Nashville, TN.
• Assisted by: Kazuri Arai and Nathan Yarborough
• Produced and mixed by: George Massenburg and Jon Randall Stewart
• Mastered by: Doug Sax and George Massenburg
• Design: Gina Binkley/Alter Ego Design

All info is from album liner notes, unless otherwise noted. ^[3]