Rodney Crowell - 12 Albums 1978 - 2008 [FLAC] - Kitlope
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PC Software: Windows 7 Ultimate Build 7600 File Type: FLAC Compression 6 Optical Drive Hardware: Plextor PX-716SA / Samsung SH-S223L Optical Drive Firmware: 1.11 / SB04 Cd Software: Exact Audio Copy V1.0 Beta 3 (Secure Mode) EAC Log: Yes (for my rips) EAC Cue Sheet: Yes (for my rips) M3U Playlist: Yes (for my rips) Tracker(s):http://tracker.openbittorrent.com/announce; Torrent Hash: BCE1D6EA567805280AFE9542475DCE511248913D File Size: 2.94 GB Labels: Warner Bros, Columbia, MCA, Sugar Hill, Epic, Yep Roc Albums, Years & Catalog # in This Torrent: Ain't Living Long Like This 1978 (2002 Reissue) (forgot to write down catalog #) * But What Will The Neighbors Think 1980 (2005 Reissue) (forgot to write down catalog #) * Rodney Crowell 1981 (2005 Reissue) (forgot to write down catalog #) * Diamonds & Dirt 1988 CK 44076 * Collection 1989 9 25965-2 * Keys To The Highway 1989 CK 45242 * Life Is Messy 1992 CCK 47985 748525T * Let The Picture Paint Itself 1994 MCASD 11042 * The Houston Kid 2001 (not my rip) Fate's Right Hand 2003 EK 89082 * The Outsider 2005 CK 94470 * Sex & Gasoline 2008 SPCD1338 * * Denotes My Rip I would like to thank Demonoid member DickTheSpic for his upload of The Houston Kid. Thanks bro! Audiochecker log included. The only albums missing from completing a Rodney Crowell discography is Street Language 1986 and Jewel Of The South 1995. If anybody has these please do make available in lossless! Kit Please help seed these FLACs! From Wiki: Rodney Crowell (born August 7, 1950) is a Grammy Award-winning musician, known primarily for his work as a singer and songwriter in country music. He is part of both the alternative country and the mainstream country music camps[citation needed]. He was influenced by songwriters Guy Clark and Townes Van Zandt. Crowell played guitar and sang for three years in Emmylou Harris' "Hot Band". Crowell was born August 7, 1950,in Crosby, Texas, to James Walter Crowell and Addie Cauzette Willoughby.{Chinaberry Sidewalks (New York: Knopf, 2011} He had come from a musical family, with one grandfather being a church choir leader and the other a bluegrass banjo player. His grandmother played guitar and his father sang semi-professionally at bars and honky tonks.[1] At age 11, he starting playing drums in his father's band. In his teen years, he played in various garage rock bands in Houston, performing hits of the day mixed with a few country numbers. In August 1972 he moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in search of a musical career and got a job as a songwriter after being discovered by Jerry Reed.[1] He later met and befriended fellow songwriter Guy Clark, who became a major influence on his songwriting and vice versa.[2][3] While there, he said, "I got a real cold splash in the face of what real songwriting is about. I started filling my mind with as many symbols and images as I could. I started reading. I got real hungry to have something to contribute".[2] Emmylou Harris had recorded some of Crowell's songs and made a request to meet him. After he visited Emmylou's home in Washington, D.C., she asked him to play rhythm guitar in her backing band, The Hot Band. He accepted and later followed her to Los Angeles. In 1977 as a side project, he formed a musical group, The Cherry Bombs, together with Vince Gill, Tony Brown and others.[5] One year later, he signed a solo deal with Warner Bros. Records and in late 1978, released his debut album, Ain't Living Long Like This. His debut album, as well his following two albums, But What Will the Neighbors Think and Rodney Crowell, were not commercially successful despite garnering a huge cult following. Crowell himself criticized his debut album for not translating onto vinyl the same clarity and energy he felt in the studio. His single "Ashes by Now" from "But What Will the Neighbors Think" reached #37 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1981. Though he had already several country hits by artists covering his songs (including "Ain't Living Long Like This" by Waylon Jennings, "Leaving Louisiana..." by the Oak Ridge Boys, and several covers by Johnny Cash, Rosanne Cash, Emmylou Harris, Jerry Reed and others), Crowell got his first big taste of pop songwriting success with "Shame on the Moon". "Shame on the Moon" was recorded on the 1982 album "The Distance" by Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band. Glenn Frey joined Seger on background harmony on the song. Appealing to a broad cross-section of listeners, the song spent four weeks at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart, topped the adult contemporary chart, and placed in the Top 15 of the country chart in early 1983. The song's dark, poetic and hypnotic style helped boost Crowell's cult status. The album Rodney Crowell was released in 1981 (see 1981 in country music) by Warner Bros. Records and was his last album on that label before switching to Columbia. The first album Crowell produced by himself, it reached #47 on the Top Country Albums chart and #105 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. The songs "Stars on the Water" and "Victim or a Fool" were released as singles. "Stars on the Water" reached #30 on the Hot Country Songs chart, Crowell's highest charting song up to that point. It peaked at #21 on the Canadian country charts. "Victim or a Fool" reached #34 in the U.S. In 1981, Rodney left Warner Bros.' roster, putting his career on hold to produce several of his wife Rosanne Cash's albums.[2] In 1983 Crystal Gayle had a number one Country single with his song "'Til I Gain Control Again" from her first Elektra album, "True Love". The song was first recorded in 1975 by Emmylou Harris. After producing Rosanne Cash's Rhythm & Romance, Crowell signed to Columbia Records in 1986. His first album for that label, Street Language, was co-produced with Booker T. Jones and featured a blend of Soul and country music.[6] The album did not chart. Although best known as a songwriter and alternative country artist, Crowell enjoyed mainstream popularity during the late 1980s and early 1990s. His critically acclaimed album 1988's Diamonds & Dirt produced five consecutive No. 1 singles during a 17-month span in 1988 and 1989: "It's Such a Small World" (a duet with Cash), "I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried," "She's Crazy For Leavin'," "After All This Time" and "Above and Beyond" (a cover of Buck Owens' 1962 hit). His follow-up album, 1989's Keys to the Highway, produced two top 5 hits in 1990, which were "Many a Long and Lonesome Highway" and "If Looks Could Kill." As Crowell's popularity in hit-radio country music faded, he continued his prolific songwriting. After 1992's Life Is Messy, he left Columbia Records and signed to MCA Records where he released two more albums. In 2001, after a brief hiatus from recording, he released The Houston Kid on Sugar Hill Records, his first studio album since 1995's Jewel of the South. Many songs on the album were semi-autobiographical, and the album included a duet with Crowell's ex father-in-law Johnny Cash on "I Walk the Line (Revisited)". Initially, Cash was annoyed at Crowell for changing the tune to his song, but he came to like the finished product.[citation needed] Crowell followed up this effort with Fate's Right Hand in 2003 and The Outsider in 2005, both of which came out on Columbia Nashville, a division of Sony Music. Leading critics and Crowell consider these three albums his finest work as a solo artist. 2004 saw the release of The Notorious Cherry Bombs, a reunion of Crowell's 1970s road band, including Vince Gill and Tony Brown. The future Keith Urban hit "Making Memories of Us" was included on this disc. In 2005, Crowell served as producer for established Irish singer/songwriter Kieran Goss on the album "Blue Sky Sunrise". In 2008 CMT announced that Crowell's next album, Sex and Gasoline, would come out on Yep Roc Records, ending his relationship with Sony Music. This marked the first time Crowell did not produce his own CD, turning production over to Joe Henry. The album was nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album.[7] Crowell figures prominently in musician-neuroscientist Daniel Levitin's book The World in Six Songs for which he was interviewed, and three Crowell songs, "Shame On The Moon," "I Know Love Is All I Need" and "I Walk the Line (Revisited)" are featured in the book. In 2009, Crowell wrote Wynonna Judd's title track to her album Sing: Chapter 1, which also was released in 2009. The song was given several electronic dance music remixes, and sent to dance radio as Judd's second release from the album. In August 2009, the single reached #4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart. In 2010, Chely Wright will release her seventh studio album He was married to Rosanne Cash (daughter of Johnny Cash), from 1979 to 1992 and they had an influence on each other's careers, with Rodney producing most of her albums during that period and her success influencing his songwriting. They collaborated on a number of duets, including 1988's "It's Such a Small World." Although Crowell and Cash are now divorced, they remain on friendly terms, performing together occasionally. Crowell and Cash have three daughters, Caitlin, Chelsea, and Carrie, and together raised Hannah, Rodney's daughter from a previous marriage. He married Claudia Church in 1998. Ain't Living Long Like This 1978 Ain't Living Long Like This is the title of the first album of American country music artist Rodney Crowell. It was released in 1978 (see 1978 in country music) by Warner Bros. Records. It failed to enter the Top Country Albums chart. The songs, "Elvira", "Baby Better Start Turnin' 'Em Down" and "(Now and Then, There's) A Fool Such as I" were released as singles but they all failed to chart within the top 40. Despite this, Ain't Living Long Like This is considered one Crowell's best and most influential albums. Brett Hartenbach of Allmusic says it "not only showcases his songwriting prowess, but also his ability to deliver a song, whether it's one of his own or the work of another writer".[2] Most of the songs on this album were later covered by other artists including The Oak Ridge Boys and Alan Jackson.[citation needed] When the album was re-released in 2002 the font on the cover was enlarged to make it more legible. Tracks: 1. "Elvira" (Dallas Frazier) – 4:26 2. "(Now and Then, There's) A Fool Such as I" (Bill Trader) – 3:14 3. "Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight" (Donivan Cowart, Rodney Crowell) – 3:26 4. "Voilá, An American Dream" (Crowell) – 3:53 5. "I Ain't Living Long Like This" (Crowell) – 5:04 6. "Baby, Better Start Turnin' 'Em Down" (Crowell) – 4:31 7. "Song for the Life" (Crowell) – 4:43 8. "I Thought I Heard You Callin' My Name" (Lee Emerson) – 3:13 9. "California Earthquake (A Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On)" (Crowell) – 6:20 But What Will The Neighbors Think 1980 But What Will the Neighbors Think is the title of the second studio album by American country music artist Rodney Crowell. It was released in 1980 (see 1980 in country music) by Warner Bros. Records. It reached #64 on the Top Country Albums chart and #155 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. The songs, "Ashes by Now", "Ain't No Money" and "Here Come the 80's" were released as singles. "Ashes by Now" only reached #78 on the country charts and #37 on the Billboard Hot 100 while the other two singles failed to chart. This album has more of a rock & roll influence than Crowell's debut, Ain't Living Long Like This. The album was rereleased on compact disc in 2005. Tracks: 1. "Here Come the 80's" - 4:14 2. "Ain't No Money" - 4:01 3. "Oh What a Feeling" (Keith Sykes) - 3:00 4. "It's Only Rock & Roll" - 3:22 5. "On a Real Good Night" - 3:55 6. "Ashes by Now" - 4:11 7. "Heartbroke" (Guy Clark) - 3:36 8. "Queen of Hearts" (Hank DeVito) - 3:37 9. "Blues in the Daytime" - 4:21 10. "The One About England" - 3:39 Rodney Crowell 1981 Rodney Crowell is the title of the third, eponymous studio album by American country music artist Rodney Crowell. It was released in 1981 (see 1981 in country music) by Warner Bros. Records and was his last album on that label before switching to Columbia. It was the first album Crowell produced by himself. It reached #47 on the Top Country Albums chart and #105 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. The songs, "Stars on the Water" and "Victim or a Fool" were released as singles. "Stars on the Water" reached #30 on the Hot Country Songs chart, his highest charting song up to that point. It peaked at #21 on the Canadian country charts. "Victim or a Fool" reached #34 in the U.S. The album was rereleased on compact disc in 2005 paired with his previous album But What Will the Neighbors Think. Tracks: 1. "Stars on the Water" (Rodney Crowell) - 3:47 2. "Just Wanta Dance" (Keith Sykes) - 2:27 3. "She Ain't Going Nowhere" (Guy Clark) - 3:51 4. "Don't Need No Other Now" (Crowell) - 3:25 5. "Shame on the Moon" (Crowell) - 4:44 6. "Only Two Hearts" (Crowell, Hank DeVito) - 2:56 7. "Victim or a Fool" (Crowell) - 3:00 8. "All You've Got to Do" (Crowell, DeVito) - 3:34 9. "'Til I Gain Control Again" (Crowell) - 5:11 10. "Old Pipeliner" (Tommy Hill, Ray King) - 3:02 Diamonds & Dirt 1988 Diamonds & Dirt is the title of an album released in 1988 by American singer-songwriter Rodney Crowell (see 1988 in country music). His fifth studio album, it was also his second release for the Columbia Records label. The album was also his most successful, achieving RIAA gold certification. In addition, all five of its singles reached Number One on the Billboard country charts, setting a record for the most Number One hits from a country album. In order of release, these were "It's Such a Small World" (a duet with then-wife Rosanne Cash), "I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried", "She's Crazy for Leaving", "After All This Time", and a cover of Buck Owens' "Above and Beyond (The Call of Love)". This was Crowell's first album recorded entirely in Nashville and the first aimed squarely at a country audience[2]. The album was later re-issued by Columbia Legacy with three bonus tracks. Tracks: 1. "Crazy Baby" (Rodney Crowell, Will Jennings) – 3:06 2. "I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried" – 3:18 3. "She's Crazy for Leavin'" (Crowell, Guy Clark) – 3:16 4. "After All This Time" – 4:28 5. "I Know You're Married" – 3:31 6. "Above and Beyond" (Harlan Howard) – 2:28 7. "It's Such a Small World" – 3:21 o duet with Rosanne Cash 8. "I Didn't Know I Could Lose You" – 3:21 9. "Brand New Rag" (Crowell, Jennings) – 3:07 10. "The Last Waltz" (Crowell, Jennings) – 5:21 Keys To The Highway 1989 Keys to the Highway is the title of a studio album by American country music artist, Rodney Crowell. It was released in October 1989 by Columbia Records (see 1989 in country music). Expected by many to be as successful as his previous record-breaking album, Diamonds & Dirt, It was not. It peaked at #15 on the Top Country Albums chart. The songs, "Many a Long and Lonesome Highway", "If Looks Could Kill", "My Past Is Present", "Now That We're Alone" and "Things I Wish I'd Said" were released as singles. The last single failed to reach the top 40. Tracks: 1. "My Past Is Present" (Crowell, Steuart Smith) - 2:49 2. "If Looks Could Kill" - 3:25 3. "Soul Searchin'" - 3:57 4. "Many a Long and Lonesome Highway" (Crowell, Will Jennings) - 4:16 5. "We Gotta Go on Meeting Like This" (Crowell, Larry Willoughby) - 2:54 6. "Faith Is Mine" - 4:29 7. "Tell Me the Truth" (Crowell, Jim Hanson, Vince Santoro, Smith) - 3:35 8. "Don't Let Your Feet Slow You Down" - 3:18 9. "Now That We're Alone" - 4:14 10. "Things I Wish I'd Said" - 4:08 11. "I Guess We've Been Together for Too Long" (Guy Clark, Crowell) - 2:46 12. "You Been on My Mind" - 3:28 Collection 1989 The Rodney Crowell Collection is the title of the first compilation album by American country music artist Rodney Crowell. It was released in 1989 (see 1989 in country music) by Crowell's former label, Warner Bros. Records, following the huge success of his album Diamonds & Dirt. It features selections from his first three albums that were released under the Warner Bros. label between 1978 and 1981. It charted #65 on the Top Country Albums chart. The track "I Don't Have to Crawl", dating from 1980, was newly included on this album. Tracks: 1. "Ashes by Now" (Rodney Crowell) - 4:09 2. "'Til I Gain Control Again" (Crowell) - 5:07 3. "Voilá, An American Dream" (Crowell) - 3:49 4. "Queen of Hearts" (Hank DeVito) - 3:39 5. "Shame on the Moon" (Crowell) - 4:35 6. "Old Pipeliner" (Tommy Hill, Ray King) - 2:59 7. "Stars on the Water" (Crowell) - 3:42 8. "Heartbroke" (Guy Clark) - 3:33 9. "I Don't Have to Crawl" (Crowell) - 3:59 10. "Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight" (Donivan Cowart, Rodney Crowell) - 3:24 11. "Victim or a Fool" (Crowell) - 2:57 12. "I Ain't Living Long Like This" (Crowell) - 4:50 Life Is Messy 1992 Life Is Messy is the title of the seventh studio album released by American country music artist, Rodney Crowell. It was released in May 1992 by Columbia Records. It peaked at #30 on the Top Country Albums chart. The songs, "Lovin' All Night", "What Kind of Love" and "Let's Make Trouble" were released as singles. The latter failed to chart. This album was seen by many as a return to form after his previous album, Keys to the Highway was not characteristic of Crowell's style. Many famous musicians contributed instruments or vocals to this album such as Linda Ronstadt, Don Henley, Booker T. Jones and Steve Winwood. "The Answer Is Yes" was covered by Michelle Wright on her 1996 album For Me It's You, while "Lovin' All Night" was covered by Patty Loveless on her 2003 album On Your Way Home. The album was reissued in 2000 under the Lucky Dog label with a different logo and the border cropped around the picture. Tracks: 1. "It's Not for Me to judge" - 4:01 2. "What Kind of Love" (Crowell, Will Jennings, Roy Orbison) - 3:58 3. "Lovin' All Night" - 3:50 4. "Life is Messy" - 4:34 5. "I Hardly Know How to Be Myself" (Rosanne Cash, Crowell) - 4:45 6. "It Don't Get Better Than This" (Crowell, John Leventhal) - 2:44 7. "Alone But Not Alone" (Crowell, Larry Klein) - 5:08 8. "Let's Make Trouble" - 4:27 9. "The Answer Is Yes" - 4:19 10. "Maybe Next Time" (Crowell, Leventhal) - 4:58 Let The Picture Paint Itself 1994 Let the Picture Paint Itself is the title of the eighth studio album released by American country music artist Rodney Crowell. It was released in 1994 (see 1994 in country music) by MCA Records. His first release for that label. It failed to chart on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. The songs "Let the Picture Paint Itself", "Big Heart" and "I Don't Fall in Love So Easy" were released as singles but did not chart successfully. Tracks: 1. "Let the Picture Paint Itself" - 4:07 2. "Give My Heart a Rest" - 3:32 3. "Stuff That Works" (Guy Clark, Crowell) - 4:03 4. "Big Heart" - 3:40 5. "Loving You Makes Me Strong" - 3:42 6. "The Best Years of Our Lives" - 2:40 7. "I Don't Fall in Love So Easy" - 3:49 8. "That Ol' Door" - 4:30 9. "The Rose of Memphis" (Clark, Crowell) - 3:39 10. "Once in a While" (Crowell, John Leventhal) - 4:10 The Houston Kid 2001 The Houston Kid is the 10th album by American country music singer Rodney Crowell. It was released through Sugar Hill in 2001. The album includes the single "I Walk the Line Revisited", recorded in collaboration with Johnny Cash, which peaked at number 61 on the Hot Country Songs charts in late 1998.[1] Thom Jurek of Allmusic rated the album with a full five-star rating Tracks: 1. "Telephone Road" – 3:52 2. "The Rock of My Soul" – 4:50 3. "Why Don't We Talk About It" – 3:35 4. "I Wish It Would Rain" – 3:28 5. "Wandering Boy" – 5:57 6. "I Walk The Line (Revisited)" (Crowell, Johnny Cash) – 3:51 7. "Highway 17" – 4:54 8. "U Don't Know How Much I Hate U" (Crowell, Steve Lukather) – 3:37 9. "Banks of the Old Bandera" – 3:41 10. "Topsy Turvy" – 3:47 11. "I Know Love Is All I Need" – 5:20 Fate's Right Hand 2003 Fate's Right Hand is the eleventh studio album by American country music singer Rodney Crowell. It was released on July 29, 2003 via Epic Records. The album includes Crowell's last charting single, "Earthbound", which spent one week at the number 60 position on Hot Country Songs. Thom Jurek of Allmusic gave the album four-and-a-half stars out of five. His review said that it was "the finest record Crowell has issued since Diamonds & Dirt and may turn out to be the finest of his entire career". Tracks: 1. "Still Learning How to Fly" 2. "Fate's Right Hand" 3. "Earthbound" 4. "Time to Go Inward" 5. "The Man in Me" 6. "Ridin' Out the Storm" 7. "Preachin' to the Choir" 8. "It's a Different World Now" 9. "Come On Funny Feelin'" 10. "Adam's Song" 11. "This Too Will Pass" The Outsider 2005 Fate's Right Hand is the twelfth studio album by American country music singer Rodney Crowell. It was released on August 16, 2005 via Columbia Records. The album includes the singles "The Obscenity Prayer" and "Say You Love Me". Thom Jurek of Allmusic gave the album four stars out of five, calling it a "natural extension" of Crowell's last two albums, The Houston Kid and Fate's Right Hand. He also praised the album for "dig[ging] deep into social and political consciousness." Tracks: 1. "Say You Love Me" 2. "The Obscenity Prayer (Give It to Me)" 3. "The Outsider" 4. "Dancin' Circles 'round the Sun (Epictetus Speaks)" 5. "Beautiful Despair (For James)" 6. "Don't Get Me Started" 7. "Ignorance Is the Enemy" (spoken intro by Emmylou Harris and John Prine) 8. "Glasgow Girl" 9. "Things That Go Bump in the Day" 10. "Shelter from the Storm" (duet with Emmylou Harris) 11. "We Can't Turn Back Now" Sex and Gasoline 2008 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. Tracks: 1. "Sex and Gasoline" - 4:28 2. "Moving Work of Art" - 4:30 3. "The Rise and Fall of Intelligent Design" - 4:28 4. "Truth Decay" - 4:30 5. "I Want You #35" - 3:31 6. "I've Done Everything I Can" - 5:34 7. "Who Do You Trust" - 4:08 8. "The Night's Just Right" - 3:51 9. "Funky and the Farm-Boy" - 4:08 10. "Forty Winters" - 4:43 11. "Closer to Heaven" - 5:20 Enjoy Rodney Crowell :)