I Feel Alright

For the song "1970" by The Stooges known by this alternate title, see Fun House (The Stooges album).

I Feel Alright
Studio album by Steve Earle
Released	March 5, 1996
Genre	Rock[1][2] country[1]
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 the Port in a Storm, the final episode of The Wire season 2.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	A[2]
Los Angeles Times	[4]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide	[5]
Rolling Stone	[6]
Spin	9/10[7]

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."^[2]

Accolades

Organization/Publication	Year	Accolade	Position	Reference
Eye Weekly (Canada)	1996	"Albums of the year"	8	[8]
Guitar Player (USA)	1997	"Best Country Guitar album"	3	[9]
Nashville Music Awards (USA)	1997	best rock album	*	[10]
Spin (USA)	1999	"Top 90 Albums of the 90s"	75	[11]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Steve Earle

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Feel Alright"	3:04
2.	"Hard-Core Troubadour"	2:41
3.	"More Than I Can Do"	2:37
4.	"Hurtin' Me, Hurtin' You"	3:21
5.	"Now She's Gone"	2:48
6.	"Poor Boy"	2:55
7.	"Valentine's Day"	2:59
8.	"The Unrepentant"	4:31
9.	"CCKMP"	4:30
10.	"Billy and Bonnie"	3:39
11.	"South Nashville Blues"	2:28
12.	"You're Still Standin' There"	3:24
Total length:		38:57

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

year	format	label	catalog #
1996	CD	Warner Bros. Records	46201
1996	cassette	Warner Bros. Records	46201
1996	CD	Transatlantic	227

Charts

year	chart	peak
1996	The Billboard 200	106

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"