I Feel Alright

I Feel Alright
I Feel Alright
Studio album by Steve Earle
Released	March 5, 1996
Genre	Rock; country;
Length	38:57
Label	E-Squared Records
Producer	Ray Kennedy and Richard Bennett (tracks: 1, 5, 8 to 12), Richard Dodd (tracks: 2 to 4, 6 and 7)
Steve Earle chronology

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 edit

Professional ratings
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

Album Artwork - Tony Fitzpatrick

Production edit

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

^ ^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"

[AMG-1] Kurt Wolf, Review: I Feel Alright", Allmusic

[ew-2] Nash, Alanna (1996-03-08). "I Feel Alright". Entertainment Weekly.

[3] Christgau, Robert (2000-10-15). Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. p. 92. ISBN 9780312245603.

[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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