I Feel Alright
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| Released | March 5, 1996 | |||
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| Length | 38:57 | |||
| Label | E-Squared Records | |||
| Producers | Ray Kennedy and Richard Bennett (tracks: 1, 5, 8 to 12), Richard Dodd (tracks: 2 to 4, 6 and 7) | |||
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I Feel Alright is the sixth studio album by Steve Earle, released in 1996.
The title track was featured in the closing scenes of the season 2 finale of The Wire and in the 2006 film Talladega Nights. "Hard-Core Troubadour" was also featured in Talladega Nights.
Critical reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Christgau's Consumer Guide |  [3] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A[2] |
| Los Angeles Times |  [4] |
| The New Rolling Stone Album Guide | [5] |
| Rolling Stone | [6] |
| Spin | 9/10[7] |
Writing for Entertainment Weekly, Alanna Nash gave I Feel Alright an "A" grade. She wrote, "If I Feel Alright doesn’t deliver the grit that has been Earle’s gift to rock and country, his roots-rock joie de vivre sends no apologies, only a healthy message for the ’90s: Don’t feel bad about feeling good."[2]
Accolades
[edit]| Organization/Publication | Year | Accolade | Position | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eye Weekly (Canada) | 1996 | "Albums of the year" | 8 | [8] |
| Guitar Player (USA) | 1997 | "Best Country Guitar album" | 3 | [9] |
| Nashville Music Awards (USA) | 1997 | best rock album | * | [10] |
| Spin (USA) | 1999 | "Top 90 Albums of the 90s" | 75 | [11] |
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Steve Earle.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Feel Alright" | 3:04 |
| 2. | "Hard-Core Troubadour" | 2:41 |
| 3. | "More Than I Can Do" | 2:37 |
| 4. | "Hurtin' Me, Hurtin' You" | 3:21 |
| 5. | "Now She's Gone" | 2:48 |
| 6. | "Poor Boy" | 2:55 |
| 7. | "Valentine's Day" | 2:59 |
| 8. | "The Unrepentant" | 4:31 |
| 9. | "CCKMP" | 4:30 |
| 10. | "Billy and Bonnie" | 3:39 |
| 11. | "South Nashville Blues" | 2:28 |
| 12. | "You're Still Standin' There" | 3:24 |
| Total length: | 38:57 | |
Personnel
[edit]Musicians
[edit]- Steve Earle – guitars, harmonica, vocals
- Richard Bennett, Ray Kennedy – guitar
- Kelly Looney, Garry Tallent, Roy Huskey, Jr., Ric Kipp – bass
- Kurt Custer, Greg Morrow – drums
- Ken Moore – organ
- Richard Bennett – harmonium
- Lucinda Williams – vocals on "You're Still Standin' There"
- Kurt Custer, Richard Bennett, Greg Morrow, Dub Cornett – percussion
- Custer & Logan, The Fairfield Four (musical director: Mark Prentice), Lucinda Williams, Ms. Williams' stunt double Siobhan Maher – vocals
- Kris Wilkerson – string arrangement and conductor
- Carl Gordetzky, Pamela Sixfin, Richard Grosjean – violin
- Lee Larrison – viola
- Robert Mason – cello
Cover art
[edit]- Tony Fitzpatrick – album artwork
Production
[edit]Ray Kennedy and Richard Bennett (tracks: 1, 5, 8–12), Richard Dodd (tracks: 2–4, 6 and 7)
Releases
[edit]| year | format | label | catalog # |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | CD | Warner Bros. Records | 46201 |
| 1996 | cassette | Warner Bros. Records | 46201 |
| 1996 | CD | Transatlantic | 227 |
Charts
[edit]| year | chart | peak |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | The Billboard 200 | 106 |
Notes and sources
[edit]- 1 2 3 Kurt Wolf, Review: I Feel Alright", Allmusic
- 1 2 3 Nash, Alanna (March 8, 1996). "I Feel Alright". Entertainment Weekly.
- ↑ Christgau, Robert (October 15, 2000). Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. p. 92. ISBN 9780312245603.
- ↑ Appleford, Steve (March 9, 1996). "Album Reviews: Earle's Back With New Ease, Naturalness on 'Alright'". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
- ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. p. 268. ISBN 9780743201698.
- ↑ McLeese, Don (February 2, 1998). "Steve Earle: I Feel Alright". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on April 1, 2007. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
- ↑ Aaron, Charles (April 1996). "Steve Earle: I Feel Alright". Spin. SPIN Media LLC. p. 105. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ↑ Eye Weekly (Canadian cross-country critics poll), 1996
- ↑ "27th Annual Guitar Player Readers Poll", Guitar Player, 31:2, February 1997, p. 40-41 (tie for 3rd place w/ Dwight Yoakam's Gone, behind Junior Brown's Semi Crazy, and Steve Wariner's No More Mr. Nice Guy)
- ↑ Deborah Evans Price, "Nashville Awards Celebrate More Than Just Country", Billboard, 109:8, February 22, 1997, p. 26,28
- ↑ "Spin's Top 90 Albums of the 90's", Web.archive.org
