I Feel Alright

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I Feel Alright
File:Steve Earle - I Feel Alright Coverart.jpg
Studio album by
Steve Earle
ReleasedMarch 5, 1996
Genre
Length38:57
LabelE-Squared Records
ProducerRay Kennedy and Richard Bennett (tracks: 1, 5, 8 to 12), Richard Dodd (tracks: 2 to 4, 6 and 7)
Steve Earle chronology
Train a Comin'
(1995) 		I Feel Alright
(1996) 		El Corazón
(1997)

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.

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarHalf star[1]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)[3]
Entertainment WeeklyA[2]
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The New Rolling Stone Album GuideStarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[5]
Rolling StoneStarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[6]
Spin9/10[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

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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

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All tracks are written by Steve Earle.

No.TitleLength
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

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Musicians

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  • 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

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  • Tony Fitzpatrick – album artwork

Production

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Ray Kennedy and Richard Bennett (tracks: 1, 5, 8–12), Richard Dodd (tracks: 2–4, 6 and 7)

Releases

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year format label catalog #
1996 CD Warner Bros. Records 46201
1996 cassette Warner Bros. Records 46201
1996 CD Transatlantic 227

Charts

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year chart peak
1996 The Billboard 200 106

Notes and sources

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  1. ^ a b c Kurt Wolf, Review: I Feel Alright", Allmusic
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  8. ^ Eye Weekly (Canadian cross-country critics poll), 1996
  9. ^ "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)
  10. ^ Deborah Evans Price, "Nashville Awards Celebrate More Than Just Country", Billboard, 109:8, February 22, 1997, p. 26,28
  11. ^ "Spin's Top 90 Albums of the 90's"

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