I Feel Alright Explained

I Feel Alright
Type:studio
Artist:Steve Earle
Cover:Steve Earle - I Feel Alright Coverart.jpg
Released:March 5, 1996
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)
Prev Title:Train a Comin'
Prev Year:1995
Next Title:El Corazón
Next Year:1997

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

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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."

Accolades

Organization/Publication Year Accolade Position Reference
Eye Weekly (Canada) 1996 "Albums of the year" 8 [1]
Guitar Player (USA)1997 "Best Country Guitar album" 3 [2]
Nashville Music Awards (USA) 1997 best rock album [3]
Spin (USA) 1999 "Top 90 Albums of the 90s" 75 [4]

Personnel

Musicians

Cover Art

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 46201
1996 Warner Bros. Records 46201
1996 CD Transatlantic 227

Notes and References

  1. http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/eyeweek.html#1996 Eye Weekly (Canadian cross-country critics poll), 1996
  2. "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)
  3. Deborah Evans Price, "Nashville Awards Celebrate More Than Just Country", Billboard, 109:8, February 22, 1997, p. 26,28
  4. http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/spin100.html#Spin's%20Top%2090%20Albums%20of%20the%2090's "Spin's Top 90 Albums of the 90's"