Fate's Right Hand

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Fate's Right Hand
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 29, 2003 (2003-07-29)
Genre Country
Label DMZ/Epic
Producer Peter Coleman, Rodney Crowell
Rodney Crowell chronology
The Houston Kid
(2001)
Fate's Right Hand
(2003)
The Outsider
(2005)

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.

Contents

Critical reception

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". [1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Rodney Crowell

No.TitleLength
1."Still Learning How To Fly"4:10
2."Fate's Right Hand"5:26
3."Earthbound"4:24
4."Time To Go Inward"5:23
5."The Man In Me"4:20
6."Ridin' Out The Storm"4:36
7."Preachin' To The Choir"5:08
8."It's A Different World Now"4:01
9."Come On Funny Feelin'"3:47
10."Adam's Song"4:54
11."This Too Will Pass"4:16

Personnel

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2003)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums [2] 29
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers [2] 14

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions
US Country [3]
2003"Earthbound"60

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References

  1. Jurek, Thom. "Fate's Right Hand review". Allmusic . Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Rodney Crowell Album & Song Chart History – Country Albums". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . Retrieved December 26, 2010.
  3. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 109. ISBN   978-0-89820-177-2.