Essential Steve Earle

• Artist: Steve Earle
• Rating:
• Release Date: 1993
• Total Time: 46:13
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Country

Review

Steve Earle lives up to the title billing here. While some of Earle's recent work (and live shows) have inclined to excess, this disc collects lean, mean, and vital material from Earle's first three outings -- the country-rock masterpiece Guitar Town, the inward-looking Exit 0, and the angry lashing out of Copperhead Road. Essential is topped off by "Continental Trailways Blues," previously available only on a 1987 compilation. Thirteen tracks is a little skimpy; some rarities from the vaults would have been a nice touch. ~ Roch Parisien, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Guitar Town	Steve Earle	Steve Earle	(2:33)
Hillbilly Highway	Steve Earle, Jimbeau Hinson	Steve Earle	(3:36)
The Devil's Right Hand	Steve Earle	Steve Earle	(2:59)
Goodbye's All We've Got Left	Steve Earle	Steve Earle	(3:16)
Six Days on the Road	Carl Montgomery, Earl Green	Steve Earle	(3:05)
Someday	Steve Earle	Steve Earle	(3:46)
Good Ol' Boy (Gettin' Tough)	Steve Earle, Richard Bennett	Steve Earle	(3:58)
Copperhead Road	Steve Earle	Steve Earle	(4:28)
The Rain Came Down	Steve Earle, Michael Woody	Steve Earle	(4:11)
I Ain't Ever Satisfied	Steve Earle	Steve Earle	(4:00)
Nowhere Road	Steve Earle, Reno Kling	Steve Earle	(2:47)
The Week of Living Dangerously	Steve Earle	Steve Earle	(4:26)
Continental Trailways Blues	Steve Earle	Steve Earle	(3:08)

Credits

Steve Earle (Vocals), Steve Earle (Producer), Steve Earle (Main Performer), Richard Bennett (Producer), Tony Brown (Producer), Tony Brown (Compilation), Emory Gordy (Producer), Glenn Meadows (Mastering), Ron Keith (Photography), Jim Kemp (Art Direction), Scott Bonner (Photography), Bill Brunt (Art Direction), Harred Schoemer (Liner Notes)