Steve Earle discography explained

Artist:	Steve Earle
Studio:	21
Compilation:	8
Live:	6
Singles:	32
Music Videos:	20

American musician Steve Earle has released twenty-one studio albums, including collaborations with the Del McCoury Band and Shawn Colvin. Earle's work reflects a wide range of styles, including country, bluegrass, roots rock, and folk. He or his labels have also released six live albums and eight compilation albums.

Earle has charted several singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs, Mainstream Rock Airplay, Adult Alternative Airplay charts.

Studio albums

1980s

Title	Album details	Peak positions							Certifications
		US Country ^[1]	US ^[2]	AUS ^[3]	CAN Country ^[4]	CAN ^[5]	NZ ^[6]	UK ^[7]
Guitar Town	Release date: March 5, 1986 Label: MCA Records Formats: CD, LP, cassette	1	89	—	—	82	—	—	CAN: Platinum^[8] US: Gold^[9]
Exit 0	Release date: May 18, 1987 Label: MCA Records Formats: CD, LP, cassette	15	90	—	—	36	—	—	CAN: Gold
Copperhead Road	Release date: October 17, 1988 Label: MCA Records Formats: CD, LP, cassette	7	56	39	30	14	17	42	CAN: 3× Platinum US: Gold
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s

Title	Album details	Peak positions									Certifications
		US Country	US	AUS ^[10]	CAN Country	CAN	NZ	SWE ^[11]	SWI ^[12]	UK
The Hard Way	Release date: July 1, 1990 Label: MCA Records Formats: CD, LP, cassette	—	100	28	—	14	4	34	40	—	CAN: Platinum
Train a Comin'	Release date: February 28, 1995 Label: Warner Bros. Records Formats: CD, cassette	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
I Feel Alright	Release date: May 5, 1996 Label: Warner Bros. Records Formats: CD, cassette	—	106	—	—	38	29	26	—	44
El Corazón	Release date: October 7, 1997 Label: Warner Bros. Records Formats: CD, cassette	—	126	—	—	—	—	19	—	59
The Mountain	Release date: February 23, 1999 Label: E-Squared Formats: CD, LP, cassette	19	133	93	14	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s

Title	Album details	Peak positions
		US Country	US	US Indie ^[13]	CAN Country	CAN	NZ	SWE	UK
Transcendental Blues	Release date: June 6, 2000 Label: E-Squared Records Formats: CD, cassette	5	66	—	8	28	—	27	32
Jerusalem	Release date: September 24, 2002 Label: E-Squared/Artemis Records Formats: CD	7	59	1	—	—	—	24	—
The Revolution Starts Now	Release date: August 24, 2004 Label: E-Squared/Artemis Records Formats: CD, music download	12	89	7	—	—	—	20	66
Washington Square Serenade	Release date: September 25, 2007 Label: New West Records Formats: CD,LP, music download	10	79	10	—	—	—	28	55
Townes	Release date: May 12, 2009 Label: New West Records Formats: CD, music download	6	19	2	—	—	34	24	37
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2010s

Title	Album details	Peak positions									Sales
		US Country	US	US Folk ^[14]	US Indie	US Rock ^[15]	AUS	CAN ^[16]	SWE	UK
I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive	Release date: April 26, 2011 Label: New West Records Formats: CD, LP, music download	4	24	4	4	7	—	17	16	28
The Low Highway	Release date: April 16, 2013 Label: New West Records Formats: CD, LP, music download	12	39	4	10	—	—	—	—	30
Terraplane	Release date: February 17, 2015 Label: New West Records Formats: CD, LP, music download	3	39	2	3	6	58	—	—	30
Colvin & Earle	Release date: June 10, 2016 Label: Fantasy Formats: CD, LP, music download	13	128	8	—	16	—	—	—	—
So You Wannabe an Outlaw	Release date: June 16, 2017 Label: Warner Formats: CD, LP, music download	15	102	5	—	—	—	—	—	48	US: 12,800^[17]
Guy	Release date: March 29, 2019 Label: New West Formats: CD, LP, music download	14	107	4	2	17	—	—	—	49	US: 9,800^[18]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2020s

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US Country	US Folk	US Indie	US Rock	AUS	UK
Ghosts of West Virginia	Release date: May 21, 2020 Label: New West Formats: CD, LP, music download	44	8	36	48	—	61
J.T.	Release date: January 4, 2021 Label: New West Formats: CD, LP, music download	—	—	—	—	49	—
Jerry Jeff	Release date: May 27, 2022 Label: New West Formats: CD, LP, music download	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

Title	Album details	Peak positions
		US Country	US Indie
Shut Up and Die Like an Aviator	Release date: September 17, 1991 Label: MCA Records Formats: CD, Double-LP, cassette	—	—
BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert	Release date: December 11, 1992 Label: Windsong International Records Formats: CD, cassette	—	—
Together at the Bluebird Café	Release date: October 9, 2001 Label: American Originals Formats: CD	—	—
Just an American Boy	Release date: September 9, 2003 Label: E-Squared/Artemis Records Formats: CD	43	35
Live from Austin, TX	Release date: November 2, 2004 Label: New West Records Formats: CD, music download	—	—
Live at Montreux 2005	Release date: July 11, 2006 Label: Eagle Records Formats: CD, music download	—	—
Alone Again (Live)^[19]	Release date: July 12, 2024	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak positions
		US Country	US	US Indie	AUS
Early Tracks	Release date: 1987 Label: Epic Records Formats: LP, CD, cassette	—	—	—	—
Essential Steve Earle	Release date: March 2, 1993 Label: MCA Records Formats: CD, cassette	—	—	—	—
Fearless Heart	Release date: 1995 Label: MCA Special Products Formats: CD	—	—	—	—
	Release date: July 30, 1996 Label: Hip-O Records Formats: CD, cassette	—	—	—	—
Angry Young Man: The Very Best of Steve Earle	Release date: April 20, 1999 Label: Universal International Formats: CD, cassette	—	—	—	—
	Release date: May 8, 2001 Label: Universal International Formats: CD	—	—	—	—
Side Tracks	Release date: April 9, 2002 Label: E-Squared/Artemis Records Formats: CD	9	109	6	82
The Collection	Release date: 2002 Label: Spectrum Music Formats: CD	—	—	—	—
	Release date: August 19, 2003 Label: MCA Records Formats: CD	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

1980s

Year	Single	Peak positions					Album
		US Country ^[20]	US Main. Rock ^[21]	CAN Country ^[22]	AUS ^[23] ^[24]	UK
1983	"Nothin' But You"	70	—	—	—	—	rowspan="4"
	"Squeeze Me In"^[25]	—	—	—	—	—
1984	"What'll You Do About Me"	76	—	—	—	—
1985	"A Little Bit in Love"	—	—	—	—	—
1986	"Hillbilly Highway"	37	—	46	—	—	Guitar Town
	"Guitar Town"	7	—	7	—	—
	"Someday"	28	—	31	—	—
1987	"Goodbye's All We've Got Left"	8	—	10	—	—
	"I Ain't Ever Satisfied"	—	26	—	—	—	Exit 0
	"Nowhere Road"	20	—	7	—	—
	"Sweet Little '66"	37	—	19	—	—
1988	"Copperhead Road"	—	10	—	23	45	Copperhead Road
	"Back to the Wall"	—	20	—	115	—
	"Johnny Come Lately"	—	—	—	—	75
	"Six Days on the Road"	29	—	33	—	—	Planes, Trains and Automobiles
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s

Year	Single	Peak positions				Album
		US Main. Rock	AUS ^[26]	CAN ^[27]	UK
1990	"The Other Kind"	37	111	29	88	The Hard Way
	"Justice in Ontario"	—	85	—	—
1996	"I Feel Alright"	—	—	—	—	I Feel Alright
	"More Than I Can Do"	—	39	—	—
1997	"Telephone Road"	—	—	—	—	El Corazón
	"Johnny Too Bad"	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s–present

Year	Single	Peak positions	Album
		US AAA ^[28]
2000	"Transcendental Blues"	18	Transcendental Blues
	"I Can Wait"	39
2002	"Some Dreams"	—	Side Tracks
	"Jerusalem"	—	Jerusalem
2004	"The Revolution Starts Now"	15	The Revolution Starts Now
2005	"Rich Man's War"	—
2007	"City of Immigrants"	—	Washington Square Serenade
2008	"Days Aren't Long Enough"	—
2011	"I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive"	—	I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive
	"Every Part of Me"	—
2013	"Invisible"	—	The Low Highway
	"21st Century Blues"	—
2015	"Mississippi, It's Time"^[29]	—	rowspan="3"
2017	"Fixin' to Die" / "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way" ^[30]	—
2022	"Mr. Bojangles"^[31]	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Videography

Video albums

Year	Title
2002	Transcendental Blues
2004	Just an American Boy
	Live from Austin, TX 1986
2005	20th Century Masters - The DVD Collection
2006	Live at Montreux 2005
2008	Live from Austin, TX 2000

Music videos

Year	Title	Director
1986	"Guitar Town"	Gerry Wenner
	"Someday"	Jim Hershleder
1987	"I Ain't Ever Satisfied"
	"Nowhere Road"
1988	"Copperhead Road"	Tony Vanden Ende
1989	"Back to the Wall"	Meiert Avis
1990	"The Other Kind"^[32]	Damian Harris
1991	"Billy Austin"	Christopher Cleveland/Michael Salomon
1996	"I Feel Alright"	Jim Hershleder/Deaton Flanigen
1998	"Telephone Road"
2000	"Transcendental Blues"^[33]	Amos Poe
2001	"I Don't Want to Lose You Yet"^[34]	Dennis Saunders
2002	"Some Dreams"	Trey Fanjoy
	"Jerusalem"	Maripol & Amos Poe
2003	"What's So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding"
2005	"Rich Man's War"	Jonathan Demme
2007	"City of Immigrants"	Alex Peacock
2013	"Invisible"^[35]	Tim Blake Nelson
2015	"You're the Best Lover That I Ever Had"^[36]	Alexander Peacock
	"Mississippi, It's Time"^[37]
2017	"Lookin' For A Woman"	Cody Ground
	"So You Wannabe An Outlaw"

Notes and References

1. Steve Earle - Chart History (Top Country Albums). Billboard. April 3, 2022.
2. Steve Earle - Chart History (Billboard 200). Billboard. April 3, 2022.
3. Web site: australian-charts.com - Australian charts portal. Hung Medien. July 26, 2011.
4. Web site: Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada - Country Albums/CDs. RPM. July 26, 2011.
5. Web site: Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada - Top Albums/CDs. RPM. July 26, 2011.
6. Web site: charts.nz - New Zealand charts portal. Hung Medien. July 26, 2011.
7. Peak chart positions for releases in the UK:
   • Web site: The Official Charts Company - Steve Earle . . July 26, 2011 .
   • Web site: Steve Earle and the Dukes . Official Charts Company . April 6, 2019.
8. Web site: Gold & Platinum Search - Music Canada - Steve Earle. Music Canada. July 26, 2011.
9. Web site: RIAA - Recording Industry Association of America - Searchable Database. Recording Industry Association of America. July 26, 2011.
10. 90.
11. Web site: swedishcharts.com - Swedish charts portal. Hung Medien. July 26, 2011.
12. Web site: The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community. Hung Medien. July 26, 2011.
13. Steve Earle - Chart History (Independent Albums). Billboard. April 3, 2022.
14. Steve Earle - Chart History (Americana/Folk Albums). Billboard. April 3, 2022.
15. Steve Earle - Chart History (Top Rock Albums). Billboard. April 3, 2022.
16. Steve Earle - Chart History (Billboard Canadian Albums). Billboard. April 3, 2022.
17. News: Top 10 Country Albums Sales Chart: July 17, 2017 . Matt . Bjorke . July 17, 2017 . Roughstock .
18. News: Top 10 Country Albums Chart: April 15, 2019 . Matt . Bjorke . April 15, 2019 . Roughstock . July 21, 2019 .
19. Latest News . en-US . . 0896-8993 . 17342741 . 2024-07-14 . 2024-07-12 . New Country and Americana Albums for July 12, 2024: New Music from Megan Moroney, Johnny Blue Skies, and More . Clayton . Edwards.
20. Steve Earle - Chart History (Hot Country Songs). Billboard. April 3, 2022.
21. Steve Earle - Chart History (Mainstream Rock Airplay). Billboard. April 3, 2022.
22. Web site: Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada - Country Singles. RPM. July 26, 2011.
23. Web site: australian-charts.com - Australian charts portal. Hung Medien. July 26, 2011.
24. Web site: Week commencing 10 April 1989. February 11, 2022. en-GB.
25. Single Reviews. December 24, 1983. 85. Billboard.
26. Web site: Week commencing 6 August 1990. February 11, 2022. en-GB.
27. Web site: Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada - Top Singles. RPM. July 26, 2011.
28. Steve Earle - Chart History (Adult Alternative Airplay). Billboard. April 3, 2022.
29. Hear Steve Earle Denounce Confederate Flag in New Song. Rolling Stone. September 10, 2015.
30. Web site: Steve Earle and the Dukes – the Continental Club (Live) (2017, Vinyl). Discogs.
31. Web site: Future Releases on Triple A (AAA) Radio Stations . AllAccess . https://web.archive.org/web/20220516221905/https://www.allaccess.com/triple-a/future-releases . May 16, 2022 . dead.
32. New Videoclips. Billboard. June 16, 1990.
33. Web site: CMT : Videos : Steve Earle : Transcendental Blues. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305100912/http://www.cmt.com/videos/steve-earle/385554/transcendental-blues.jhtml. dead. March 5, 2016. Country Music Television. October 14, 2011.
34. Web site: CMT : Videos : Steve Earle : I Don't Want To Lose You Yet. Country Music Television. October 14, 2011.
35. Web site: CMT : Videos : Steve Earle : Invisible. https://web.archive.org/web/20130305230859/http://www.cmt.com/videos/steve-earle/883098/invisible.jhtml. dead. March 5, 2013. Country Music Television. February 27, 2013.
36. Web site: CMT : Videos : Steve Earle : You're the Best Lover That I Ever Had. https://web.archive.org/web/20150509041216/http://www.cmt.com/videos/steve-earle/1195548/youre-the-best-lover-that-i-ever-had.jhtml. dead. May 9, 2015. Country Music Television. May 3, 2015.
37. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Web site: Steve Earle -- "Mississippi, It's Time" . YouTube.