Copperhead Road

by Steve Earle

Copperhead Road cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 17 October 1988
  • Label: Uni
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 43:16
  • Community rating: 3.53/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Copperhead Road' heavily utilizes muscular rock instrumentation and thunderous drum beats to modernize traditional country storytelling. Steve Earle's gravelly, passionate vocals deliver rebellious narratives regarding Vietnam veterans and rural crime over a distinctly warm, heartland rock soundscape.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic

Tracklist

  1. Copperhead Road (4:30)
  2. Snake Oil (3:25)
  3. Back To The Wall (5:26)
  4. The Devil's Right Hand (3:00)
  5. Johnny Come Lately (4:05)
  6. Even When I'm Blue (4:12)
  7. You Belong To Me (4:22)
  8. Waiting On You (5:09)
  9. Once You Love (4:38)
  10. Nothing But A Child (4:24)

Credits

  • Steve Earle - primary artist, producer, vocals, guitar, harmonica, 6-string bass, mandolin, written-by
  • Bill Lloyd - acoustic guitar, electric guitar [12-string]
  • John Cowan - backing vocals
  • Maria McKee - backing vocals
  • Radney Foster - backing vocals
  • Kelley Looney - bass
  • Kurt Custer - drums
  • George Shilling - engineer [london]
  • Julius Croaol - engineer [london]
  • Mark Coddington - engineer [memphis]
  • Tom Luane - engineer [memphis]
  • Telluride - featuring
  • Donny Roberts - guitar, 6-string bass
  • Bob Ludwig - mastered by
  • Joe Hardy - mixed by, recorded by
  • Bucky Baxter - pedal steel guitar [pedal steel], lap steel guitar [lap steel], dobro
  • John Jarvis - piano
  • Tony Brown - producer
  • Chris Birkett - recorded by, drum programming
  • Ken Moore - synthesizer, organ
  • Larry Crane - written-by
  • Richard Bennett - written-by
  • Garry Tallent - arranged by
  • James Fearnley - accordion
  • Jem Finer - banjo
  • Shane MacGowan - banjo, bodhr谩n
  • Darryl Hunt - bass
  • Terry Woods - cittern [citern]
  • Andrew Ranken - drums
  • The Pogues - featuring
  • Philip Chevron - guitar, vocals
  • Neill MacColl - mandolin
  • Spider Stacy - tin whistle, vocals
  • Jerry Douglas - dobro
  • Sam Bush - mandolin
  • Mark O'Connor - violin
  • Edgar Meyer - violin [bass]

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