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Copperhead Road 
| 80% Recommended by our customers. Label: Mca Catalog: Music Release date: 1990-10-25 Media: Audio CD discs number: 1 Ean: 0039405000728 Upc: 039405000728  Tip: compare prices with similar music CDsArtist:
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| Album tracks: (10) |
 Copperhead Road Snake Oil Back To The Wall The Devil's Right Hand | Johnny Come Lately Even When I'm Blue You Belong To Me Waiting On You | Once You Love Nothing But A Child |
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| It happens to every hard partier--your lifestyle eventually catches up to you. For Steve Earle, this third so-so effort from the then-roué-ish troubadour was a pretty glaring rehab-ahead warning light. The sloppiness was beginning to show: half the disc bogs down in throwaways, cheap echoes of Guitar Town and Exit 0's country-rock acumen. The rest, fortunately, is prime, focused Earle: the Vietnam-vet title track, the Wild West-themed "Snake Oil," and the oft-covered classic "The Devil's Right Hand," in which the composer achieves that perfect balance of city-slick pop and hillbilly twang. Earle would hit that one-two combo again, but not until he shook that party monkey a few albums later. --Tom Lanham |
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 Written on April 8, 2001 Summary: TAKE THAT NASHVILLE! When it comes to reviewing a Steve Earle album, it's hard for me an objective reviewer. I like virtually everything this hardcore troubour has done. This album in particular though, seperated him from Nashville for good, and established him as a country rebel with a rock and roll attitude. On his first two albums "Guitar Town" and "Exit O", Earle had his feet planted in country, but with a little hard twang here and there. On Copperhead Road though, he brings out a full arsenal of guitars, big drums, and slick production. The hardest rockin' song here is the title tune "Copperhead Road", which starts out innocently enough with it's bagpipes and mandolin intro, but then turns into a full-tilt rocker that sets the tone for the rest of the album. "The Devil's Right Hand", with it's barrage of steel and six string guitars, is a classic that has long been a staple of his live shows. A couple other standout tracks are "You Belong To Me", with it's irresistable "not fade away" beat, and "Waiting On You", with the deep bass drum sound and big time production, is a beautifully arranged song that sounds fresh everytime I hear it. The album ends with the beautiful "Nothing But A Child", which has Earle singing a duet with the lovely Maria Mckee. For me, "Copperhead Road" is the cadillac of all rockin' country records. It helped pave the way for many of the alternative country rock acts we have today. I fondly remember this album as being the last record I bought on vinyl, and one of the first I bought when I converted over to CD's. It's a true classic that is a must have if you're a Steve Earle fan. Written on February 11, 2001 Summary: Good Rock and Country Album This is one of my favorite Steve Earle albums. I'm not a fan of country but have always loved southern rock. This album is one of his strongest in this genre. Snake Oil is an old fashioned boogie with political lyrics. As he's singing about Reagan and trickle down economics it seems a little dated but still fun to sing along with on a long trip. Devil's Right Hand is a great "story song" as is Johnny Come Lately. Johnny has a nice little twist ending. Copperhead Road starts out low and builds at a slow pace that builds up dramatically. The songs have catchy hooks and the sound quality is incredible, I get the same buzz in my head Steve mentions at the beginning of Snake Oil. If you're looking for simple straight forward country rock with some Lynard Skynard type sensibilties this would be a good purchase.  Written on January 14, 2001 Summary: Picture Third-World Teeth I'm listening to this as I type, and I have to admit I enjoy it. Of course, Steve Earle plays guitar about as well as anyone I can think of, off hand, bearing comparison to Mark Knopfler, if not Carlos Santana. His stories are good, and his lyrics don't make me cringe. I like his characters; they may be losers, some of them, but they're brave, interesting losers. What he does so very well is give you a mental picture of someone with really bad teeth telling you a story. The title song does exactly that. It begins reminiscently of By the Hush, and the mandolin line is wonderfully tight and tense. This song impresses me to no end, even if I did find myself asking why a moonshiner needed one hundred pounds of yeast. As I recall, you took a copper kettle, a copper coil, new made-corn mash, water, and built a hard-wood fire. Voila, moonshine. Maybe I forgot some of the ingredients of the corn mash, and I'll take Earle's word for the necessity of yeast. If there's anything that keeps this from being better, it's that Steve Earle does tend to re-use the same vocal hook. Devil's Right Hand and Johnny Come Lately share Copperhead Road's hook, and You Belong to Me is echoed in Waiting for You, and so on. Buy it and enjoy the stories. Written on November 1, 2000 Summary: ROARING COUNTRY ROCK Wow! This is country with a roaring rock `n roll heart, and a delicious concept album packed with melodic, emotional but very literate songs. At times it reminds me of the best work of The Rolling Stones. Every track is great, but my favorites include the title track, Snake Oil, The Devil's Right Hand, Johnny Come Lately and You Belong To Me. I investigated Steve Earle because of Emmylou Harris' cover of his song Goodbye on her Wrecking Ball album, and I've not been disappointed. His growling voice is full of feeling and the band is brilliant. Sometimes bitter, sometimes tender, this is a masterpiece of breath-taking beauty. Written on August 21, 2000 Summary: Too many cooks spoil the chocolate mousse Steve Earle is essentially a roots-rocker, and Copperhead Road is recorded in Memphis with special guests The Pogues and Telluride. So what is the result of this concoction of styles and genres? Well, sort of an Irish-country-rock-folk-album. Sounds confusing, and it is. Compositions such as `Copperhead Road' and Back To The Wall' suffer from "too many cooks spoiling the chocolate mousse." You would think that with all these outstanding musicians hanging around the recording studio, the overall result would be rousing and eclectic - not so. `Snake Oil' is a monotonous boggie, and the result of the shuffle `Johnny Come Lately' is humdrum. All is not so drab. For my money, Steve Earle is a first-rate lyricist and balladeer. The mid-tempo `Waiting on You' is compassionate and sensitive. `Once You Love' is poignant, and the duet with the delightful Maria McKee is just about as sentimental and moving as rock gets. Earle deserves credit for pushing the boundaries of roots-rock, but this time, he bites off more than a mouthful. Technical Note: Copperhead Road is a DDD recording. The sound quality raises the hair on the back of my neck. |
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| Lowest used price | $3.92 | $6.58 | $4.15 | $3.49 | $9.49 | $3.99 |
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| Collectible price | $11.95 | - | $12.00 | $16.50 | $40.00 | $11.98 |
| Catalog | Music | Music | Music | Music | Music | Music |
| Release date | 1990-10-25 | 2002-01-29 | 1997-10-07 | 1996-03-05 | 2007-09-25 | 1990-10-25 |
| Media | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD |
| discs number | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Format | - | Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered | - | - | - | - |
| Ean | 0039405000728 | 0008817026527 | 0093624678922 | 0093624620129 | 0607396612826 | 0076732599822 |
| Upc | 039405000728 | 008817026527 | 093624678922 | 093624620129 | 607396612826 | 076732599822 |
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