The Low Highway

The Low Highway
Studio album by Steve Earle
Released April 16, 2013
Genre Country, rock
Label New West
Producer Steve Earle, Ray Kennedy
Steve Earle chronology

I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive
(2011)		 The Low Highway
(2013)		 Terraplane
(2015)

The Low Highway is the 15th studio album by singer-songwriter Steve Earle, released in 2013. The album features two songs co-written by Earle and Lucia Micarelli: "Love's Gonna Blow My Way", "After Mardi Gras". Two songs from the album, "After Mardi Gras" and "That All You Got?", are featured in the HBO TV Series Treme.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [3]
American Songwriter [4]
The Guardian [5]
Rolling Stone [6]
The Telegraph [2]

The album garnered generally positive critical response. Neil Spencer of The Guardian wrote, Earle's "playing is immaculate and the songcraft admirable".[5]

The song, "Invisible", was nominated for Best American Roots Song at the 56th Grammy Awards.[7]

Track listing

All songs written by Steve Earle unless otherwise noted.

  1. "The Low Highway" – 3:59
  2. "Calico County" – 2:59
  3. "Burnin' It Down" – 2:57
  4. "That All You Got?" – 3:00
  5. "Love's Gonna Blow My Way" (Earle/Lucia Micarelli) – 2:49
  6. "After Mardi Gras" (Earle/Lucia Micarelli) – 4:04
  7. "Pocket Full of Rain" – 3:15
  8. "Invisible" – 4:19
  9. "Warren Hellman's Banjo" – 1:47
  10. "Down the Road Pt II" – 2:36
  11. "21st Century Blues" – 3:40
  12. "Remember Me" – 4:35

Credits

Musicians

Production

Artwork

Chart performance

Chart (2013) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[8] 30
US Billboard 200[9] 39
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[10] 12
US Folk Albums (Billboard)[11] 4
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[12] 10

References

  1. ↑ Dave Walker (June 22, 2011). "Today in 'Treme': Steve Earle exit interview, NOLA.com". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Martin Chilton (April 18, 2013). "Steve Earle, The Low Highway, album review". The Telegraph. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
  3. ↑ Jurek, Thom. The Low Highway - Steve Earle, Steve Earle & the Dukes (& Duchesses) at AllMusic. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
  4. ↑ Jim Beviglia (April 3, 2013). "Steve Earle & The Dukes and Duchesses: The Low Highway". American Songwriter. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Neil Spencer (April 14, 2013). "Steve Earle: The Low Highway – review". The Guardian. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
  6. ↑ Jody Rosen (April 22, 2013). "Steve Earle & the Dukes (and Duchesses) The Low Highway Album Review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
  7. ↑ "56th Annual GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees". The Recording Academy. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Steve Earle | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart
  9. ↑ "Steve Earle Album & Song Chart History" Billboard 200 for Steve Earle.
  10. ↑ "Steve Earle Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Top Country Albums for Steve Earle.
  11. ↑ "Steve Earle Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Folk Albums for Steve Earle.
  12. ↑ "Steve Earle Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Independent Albums for Steve Earle.