Sex & Gasoline

Sex and Gasoline

Studio album by Rodney Crowell

Released

September 2, 2008

Recorded

July 25, 2007 - October 12, 2007

Work Song/Yep Roc

Rodney Crowell chronology

The Outsider
(2005)

Sex and Gasoline
(2008)

Old Yellow Moon
(2013)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Rolling Stone	^[2]

Sex and Gasoline is the thirteenth studio album of Rodney Crowell. The album peaked at number 38 on country album charts and 35 on the independent album chart and was nominated for a Grammy award in the category of Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album.^[3]

It is made up of entirely original Crowell compositions and its tracks are described by Allmusic as "accessible and jagged observations on the conflicting poles in what it means to be a conscious human being who struggles with unconscious urges." Allmusic.com compares Crowell's vocals on the album to those of Bob Dylan.^[4]

Track listing

All songs were written by Rodney Crowell.

"Sex and Gasoline" - 4:28
"Moving Work of Art" - 4:30
"The Rise and Fall of Intelligent Design" - 4:28
"Truth Decay" - 4:30
"I Want You #35" - 3:31
"I've Done Everything I Can" - 5:34
"Who Do You Trust" - 4:08
"The Night's Just Right" - 3:51
"Funky and the Farm-Boy" - 4:08
"Forty Winters" - 4:43
"Closer to Heaven" - 5:20

Personnel

Jay Bellerose - percussion, drums
Doyle Bramhall II - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Rodney Crowell - acoustic guitar, vocals
Sally Dworsky - vocals
Phil Everly - vocals on "Truth Decay"
Niki Haris - background vocals
Joe Henry - vocals, Producer
Greg Leisz - acoustic guitar, dobro, mandolin, pedal steel, electric guitar, mandocello, lap steel guitar
Jean McClain - background vocals
David Piltch - electric bass, upright bass
Patrick Warren - piano, chamberlin, pump organ

Chart performance

Chart (2008)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	38
U.S. Billboard Independent Albums	35

References

↑ "Sex and Gasoline Review". All Music. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
↑ "Sex and Gasoline Album Review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
↑ CMT : News : Rodney Crowell's New Album Coming in September
↑ Jurek, Thom. Sex and Gasoline, Allmusic.

Rodney Crowell

Studio albums	Ain't Living Long Like This But What Will the Neighbors Think Rodney Crowell Street Language Diamonds & Dirt Keys to the Highway Life Is Messy Let the Picture Paint Itself Jewel of the South The Houston Kid Fate's Right Hand The Outsider Sex & Gasoline Old Yellow Moon (with Emmylou Harris) Tarpaper Sky The Traveling Kind (with Emmylou Harris)

Compilation albums	The Rodney Crowell Collection Greatest Hits Soul Searchin' Super Hits The Essential Rodney Crowell The Platinum Collection The Very Best of Rodney Crowell

Singles	"Elvira" "(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I" "Ashes by Now" "Ain't No Money" "Stars on the Water" "Victim or a Fool" "When I'm Free Again" "It's Such a Small World" (with Rosanne Cash) "I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried" "She's Crazy for Leavin'" "After All This Time" "Above and Beyond" "Many a Long and Lonesome Highway" "If Looks Could Kill" "My Past Is Present" "Now That We're Alone" "Lovin' All Night" "What Kind of Love" "Please Remember Me" "I Walk the Line Revisited"

Other songs	"The Answer Is Yes" "Heartbroke" "I Ain't Living Long Like This" "Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight" "Making Memories of Us" "Queen of Hearts" "Song for the Life" "Voilá, An American Dream"

Related articles	Discography Warner Bros. Records Columbia Records MCA Records Roy Orbison The Notorious Cherry Bombs The Notorious Cherry Bombs Emmylou Harris

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