I Feel Alright

I Feel Alright
Studio album by Steve Earle
Released	March 5, 1996
Genre	Country rock
Length	40:08
Label	E-Squared/Warner Bros.
Producer	Ray 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.

Track listing

All songs written by Steve Earle

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" — 3:39
12. "You're Still Standin' There" — 3:24

Personnel

Musicians

• Steve Earle — guitars, harmonica, vocals
• Guitars: Richard Bennett, Ray Kennedy
• Bass: Kelly Looney, Garry Tallent, Roy Huskey, Jr., Ric Kipp
• Drums: Custer, Greg Morrow
• Organ: Ken Moore
• Harmonium: Richard Bennett
• Percussion: Custer, Richard Bennett, Greg Morrow, Dub Cornett
• Vocals: Custer & Logan, The Fairfield Four (Musical director: Mark Prentice), Lucinda Williams, Ms. Williams' stunt double Siobhan Maher
• Strings arranged and conducted by Kris Wilkerson
• Violins: Carl Gordetzky, Pamela Sixfin, Richard Grosjean
• Viola: Lee Larrison
• Cello: Robert Mason

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

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

Charts

year	chart	peak
1996	The Billboard 200	106

Accolades

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Relix	(not rated)[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]

Organization/Publication	Year	Accolade	Position	Reference
Eye Weekly (Canada)	1996	"Albums of the year"	8	[4]
Guitar Player (USA)	1997	"Best Country Guitar album"	3	[5]
Nashville Music Awards (USA)	1997	best rock album	*	[6]
Spin (USA)	1999	"Top 90 Albums of the 90s"	75	[7]

Notes and sources

1. Kurt Wolf, Review: I Feel Alright", Allmusic
2. Roger Len Smith, "Steve Earle: Rock Rebel Rips a Hole in Country" [review of Train A-Coming and I Feel Alright], Relix, 23:5, October 1996, p. 17
3. Don Mcleese, "I Feel Alright: Review", Rolling Stone, 729, February 2, 1998
4. Eye Weekly (Canadian cross-country critics poll), 1996
5. "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)
6. Deborah Evans Price, "Nashville Awards Celebrate More Than Just Country", Billboard, 109:8, February 22, 1997, p. 26,28
7. "Spin's Top 90 Albums of the 90's"