1996 studio album by Steve Earle
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 Port in a Storm, the final episode of The Wire season 2.
Critical reception
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
Track listing
All tracks are written by Steve Earle
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
- Album Artwork - Tony Fitzpatrick
Production
Ray Kennedy and Richard Bennett (tracks: 1, 5, 8 to 12), Richard Dodd (tracks: 2 to 4, 6 and 7)
Releases
Charts
Notes and sources
- ^ a b c Kurt Wolf, Review: I Feel Alright", Allmusic
- ^ a b c Nash, Alanna (1996-03-08). "I Feel Alright". Entertainment Weekly.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (2000-10-15). Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. p. 92. ISBN 9780312245603.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. p. 268. ISBN 9780743201698.
- ^ McLeese, Don (1998-02-02). "Steve Earle: I Feel Alright". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2007-04-01. Retrieved 2018-05-17.
- ^ Aaron, Charles (April 1996). "Steve Earle: I Feel Alright". Spin. SPIN Media LLC. p. 105. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
- ^ 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"
