I Feel Alright

I Feel Alright is the sixth studio album by Steve Earle, released in 1996.

For the song "1970" by The Stooges known by this alternate title, see Fun House (The Stooges album).
I Feel Alright
Studio album by
Steve Earle
ReleasedMarch 5, 1996
GenreCountry rock
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)

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Consumer Guide[2]
Entertainment WeeklyA[3]
Los Angeles Times[4]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]
Rolling Stone[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."[3]

Accolades
Organization/PublicationYearAccoladePositionReference
Eye Weekly (Canada)1996"Albums of the year"8[8]
Guitar Player (USA)1997"Best Country Guitar album"3[9]
Nashville Music Awards (USA)1997best rock album*[10]
Spin (USA)1999"Top 90 Albums of the 90s"75[11]

Track listing

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

Musicians
  • 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

Production

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

Releases
yearformatlabelcatalog #
1996CDWarner Bros. Records46201
1996cassetteWarner Bros. Records46201
1996CDTransatlantic227

Charts
yearchartpeak
1996The Billboard 200106

Notes and sources
  1. Kurt Wolf, Review: I Feel Alright", Allmusic
  2. Christgau, Robert (2000-10-15). Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. p. 92. ISBN 9780312245603.
  3. Nash, Alanna (1996-03-08). "I Feel Alright". Entertainment Weekly.
  4. Appleford, Steve (1996-03-09). "Album Reviews: Earle's Back With New Ease, Naturalness on 'Alright'". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
  5. Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. p. 268. ISBN 9780743201698.
  6. McLeese, Don (1998-02-02). "Steve Earle: I Feel Alright". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2007-04-01. Retrieved 2018-05-17.
  7. Aaron, Charles (April 1996). "Steve Earle: I Feel Alright". Spin. SPIN Media LLC. p. 105. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
  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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