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Steve Earle - El Corazón Audio CD

A fair review of the Steve Earle "El Corazón" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Steve Earle reviews here, or go back to the Steve Earle tabs.

Steve Earle Band: Steve Earle
Title: El Corazón
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Release Date: 1997-10-07
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Christmas in Washington 2: Taneytown - Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris 3: If You Fall 4: I Still Carry You Around - Steve Earle, Del McCoury 5: Telephone Road - Steve Earle, The Fairfield Four 6: Somewhere Out There - Steve Earle, 7: You Know the Rest 8: N.Y.C. - Steve Earle, Supersuckers 9: Poison Lovers 10: Other Side of Town 11: Here I Am 12: Ft. Worth Blues

A recording that matters.

But Steve Earle makes this work and you never think twice about it. There is a variety on this recording that very few artists could pull off. An incredible recording that has not aged at all. This record belongs on the
high shelf in your collection.


You Know The Rest
I know that Steve Earle approached writing and recording "Transcendental Blues" in hopes of it being his "Sgt. I have to say that Steve Earle ranks right up there with Bob Dylan and Tom Petty as one of America's best songwriters, although he tends to be a bit darker than the others. Pepper's," but I believe that he already had it with "El Corazon. " This CD is a musical masterpiece. Steve Earle sings and plays with more honesty, depth, heart, and soul than anyone in the industry. You have to respect and appreciate him for that.
One more thing about Steve Earle, I thought of a decent new name for his band. How about Steve Earle & The Lonesome Highway Blues Band? Somehow it seems fitting for the man. .


This may be...
. . the ultimate Steve Earle album. I bought this on a whim about 10 years ago, in hopes it might be a pale reflection of Copperhead Road, which I had heard years earlier. In the words of our great president, "Mission Accomplished. " I was a lost midwestern boy living in Los Angeles, and the first song especially, as well as the last, sustained me through many days when I thought I was at the end. This was also my initial exposure to Woody Guthrie, as mentioned in song #1, which absolutely changed my life. Christmastime in Washington stands alone against any folk song ever sung as one of the greats. .


Lots of Heart
Earle's finest. This is one of Mr. He displays, once again, his wide range of musical styles and his ability to write great lyrics. Many good songs including Taneytown, Fort Worth Blues, an homage to Townes and Van Zandt, and Telephone Road, a finger snapping tale of finding solace at the local rockin' juke joint.


Hearts On Fire
I was working as a writer in Nashville when the stories about Earle begging for change outside of clubs were circulating. Steve Earle's fall from grace has been well documented, as was his recovery. As the artist behind one of my favorite CD's of all time, "Copperhead Road," it disturbed me that a talent of this magnitude had dropped down so far.

"El Corazon" is the CD that changed that for good. Having gotten the past out of his system on "Train a'Coming" and "I Feel Alright," "El Corazon" finds him at a peak of songwriting, rediscovering his voice and reclaiming country from the world of hat acts. He brings in the Fairfield Four to channel Elvis Presley on "Telephone Road. " Emmylou Harris drops in for vocals on "Taneytown. " There's some near bluegrass on "The Other Side Of Town. " And to top it off, Earle revisits his days as a musical bad boy by bringing in SubPop artists The Supersuckers to grunge up "NYC. "

Earle also regains his social voice here. On the songs "Christmas In Washington," "Taneytown" and "Ft Worth Blues," Earle begins the turn into politics that would boil over into controversy once "Jerusalem" and "The Revolution Starts Now" were ultimately released. "Ft Worth Blues" is an eulogy to Towns Van Zandt, and a beautiful closer to the CD. It is, however, on "Christmas In Washington" that Earle measures up to Van Zandt's best work, as well as Woody Guthrie, the song's obvious inspiration. Decrying a nation's capitol where the Democrats sat frozen with fear after the Impeachment hearings were tossed and the Republicans began to overtly plot their revenge, Earle asks why no-one else seems to notice. . . or for that matter, care. It is such a potent song that even Joan Baez has covered it.

Although some here on Amazon have claimed "Christmas In Washington" is a weak song to lead "El Corazon," I respectfully disagree. It sets the voice of the CD into a troubadour mode, with "Ft Worth Blues" paying the perfect tribute at the end. In between, the stylistic mix shows that Steve Earle had overcome his long odds and recovered his rightful place as a singer and songwriter among the long lost country outlaws. A reminder that the Nashville establishment gave up on authenticity decades ago, "El Corazon" is music with a real heart.


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