The Good Life (Justin Townes Earle album)

The Good Life
Studio album by Justin Townes Earle
Released March 25, 2008
Recorded 2007
Genre Country music
Label Bloodshot Records
Producer R.S. Field
Steve Poulton
Justin Townes Earle chronology

Yuma (EP)
(2007)		 The Good Life
(2008)		 Midnight at the Movies
(2009)

The Good Life is Justin Townes Earle's debut studio album, released on March 25, 2008 on Bloodshot Records.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 67%[1]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]
Slant Magazine [3]
Pop Matters <ref name "PM">{{cite web | url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/justin-townes-earle-the-good-life/ | title=The Good Life | work=Pop Matters | accessdate=24 March 2015 | author=Thanki, Juli}}</ref>

The Good Life received fairly good reviews from music critics.[1] PopMatters' Juli Thanki states in her review that "On his first full length record, The Good Life, Justin Townes Earle delivers the best debut roots music has seen since Old Crow Medicine Show hit the big time with OCMS in 2004".<ref name "PM"/>

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Justin Townes Earle. 

No. Title Length
1. "Hard Livin'"   2:48
2. "The Good Life"   2:47
3. "Who Am I to Say"   3:08
4. "Lone Pine Hill"   3:03
5. "South Georgia Sugar Babe"   2:47
6. "What Do You Do When You're Lonesome"   3:32
7. "Turn Out My Lights"   3:32
8. "Lonesome and You"   3:29
9. "Ain't Glad I'm Leaving"   2:32
10. "Far Away in Another Town"   3:05

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (2008) Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[4] 70

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 , Metacritic
  2. ↑ Deming, Mark. "The Good Life at Allmusic". Allmusic. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  3. ↑ Keefe, Jonathan. "The Good Life". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Justin Townes Earle Album & Song Chart History - Top Country Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved April 7, 2015.