Misplaced Pages

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
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.

The title track was featured in the closing scenes of "Port in a Storm", the final episode of The Wire season 2.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Christgau's Consumer Guide
Entertainment Weekly	A
Los Angeles Times
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide
Rolling Stone
Spin	9/10

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

Track listing

All tracks are written by Steve Earle

Personnel

Musicians

• 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

• 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

Charts

Notes and sources

1. ^ Kurt Wolf, Review: I Feel Alright", Allmusic
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"

• 1996 albums
• Steve Earle albums
• Albums produced by Richard Bennett (guitarist)