Rodney Crowell discography

Rodney Crowell discography
Studio albums	17
Compilation albums	7
Singles	39
Music videos	16
No. 1 singles (US & Canada)	6

The discography of Rodney Crowell, an American country music artist, consists of 17 studio albums and 39 singles. Although he first charted on Hot Country Songs in 1978, he did not reach top 40 on that chart until 1981, with "Stars on the Water". His 1988 album Diamonds & Dirt produced five consecutive number-one singles, the only ones of his career.

Studio albums

1970s–1980s

Title	Album details	Peak positions				Certifications
		US Country [1]	US [2]	AUS [3]	CAN Country [4]
Ain't Living Long Like This	Release date: 1978 Label: Warner Bros.	—	—	—	—
But What Will the Neighbors Think	Release date: 1980 Label: Warner Bros.	64	155	—	—
Rodney Crowell	Release date: 1981 Label: Warner Bros.	47	105	63	—
Street Language	Release date: 1986 label: Columbia	38	177	—	—
Diamonds & Dirt	Release date: March 30, 1988 Label: Columbia	8	—	—	9	CAN: Gold [5] US: Gold [6]
Keys to the Highway	Release date: October 10, 1989 Label: Columbia	15	180	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s–2000s

Title	Album details	Peak positions
		US Country [1]	US [2]	US Heat [7]	US Indie [8]	CAN Country [4]
Life Is Messy	Release date: May 19, 1992 Label: Columbia	30	155	—	—	9
Let the Picture Paint Itself	Release date: May 10, 1994 Label: MCA	—	—	—	—	—
Jewel of the South	Release date: June 20, 1995 Label: MCA	—	—	—	—	—
The Houston Kid	Release date: February 13, 2001 Label: Sugar Hill	32	—	—	19	—
Fate's Right Hand	Release date: July 29, 2003 Label: DMZ / Epic	29	—	14	—	—
The Outsider	Release date: August 16, 2005 Label: Columbia	37	—	12	—	—
Sex & Gasoline	Release date: September 2, 2008 Label: Yep Roc	38	—	—	35	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2010s–2020s

Title	Album details	Peak positions			Sales
		US Country [1]	US [2]	US Indie [8]
Kin: Songs by Mary Karr & Rodney Crowell	Release date: June 5, 2012 Label: Vanguard	32	—	37
Old Yellow Moon (with Emmylou Harris)	Release date: February 26, 2013 Label: Nonesuch	4	29	—
Tarpaper Sky	Release date: April 15, 2014 Label: New West	25	168	32
The Traveling Kind (with Emmylou Harris)	Release date: May 12, 2015 Label: Nonesuch	8	78	—
Close Ties	Release date: March 31, 2017 Label: New West	28	138	—	US: 11,600 [9]
Acoustic Classics	Release date: July 13, 2018 Label: RC1	—	—	—
Christmas Everywhere	Release date: November 2, 2018 Label: New West	—	—	—	US: 1,700 [10]
Texas	Release date: August 15, 2019 Label: RC1	— [A]	— [B]	13	US: 9,400 [13]
Triage	Release date: July 23, 2021 Label: RC1	—	— [C]	—
The Chicago Sessions	Release date: May 5, 2023 Label: New West	—	—	—
Airplane Highway	Release date: August 29, 2025 Label: New West	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak positions
		US Country [1]
The Rodney Crowell Collection	Release date: August 8, 1989 Label: Warner Bros.	65
Greatest Hits	Release date: November 2, 1993 Label: Columbia	—
Soul Searchin'	Release date: December 1, 1995 Label: Sony Music Special Products	—
Super Hits	Release date: 1995 Label: Columbia	—
The Essential Rodney Crowell	Release date: November 16, 2004 Label: Columbia / Legacy	—
The Platinum Collection	Release date: June 26, 2006 Label: Rhino	—
Playlist: The Very Best of Rodney Crowell	Release date: May 29, 2012 Label: Columbia / Legacy	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

1970s–1980s

Year	Single	Peak positions					Album
		US Country [14]	US [15]	US AC [16]	AUS [3]	CAN Country [17]
1978	"Elvira"	95	—	—	—	—	Ain't Living Long Like This
	"Song for the Life" [18]	—	—	—	—	—
1979	"(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I"	90	—	—	—	—
1980	"Ashes by Now"	78	37	46	—	—	But What Will the Neighbors Think
	"Ain't No Money"	—	—	—	—	—
	"Here Comes the 80's"	—	—	—	—	—
1981	"Stars on the Water"	30	— [D]	—	39	21	Rodney Crowell
1982	"Victim or a Fool"	34	—	—	—	—
1986	"Let Freedom Ring" [20]	—	—	—	—	—	Street Language
	"When I'm Free Again"	38	—	—	—	—
1987	"She Loves the Jerk"	71	—	—	—	—
	"Looking for You"	59	—	—	—	—
1988	"It's Such a Small World" (with Rosanne Cash)	1	—	—	—	1	Diamonds & Dirt
	"I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried"	1	—	—	—	1
	"She's Crazy for Leavin'"	1	—	—	—	1
1989	"After All This Time"	1	—	—	—	1
	"Above and Beyond"	1	—	—	—	1
	"Many a Long & Lonesome Highway"	3	—	—	—	1	Keys to the Highway
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s

Year	Single	Peak positions					Album
		US Country [14]	US AC [16]	CAN Country [17]	CAN [21]	CAN AC [22]
1990	"If Looks Could Kill"	6	—	4	—	—	Keys to the Highway
	"My Past Is Present"	22	—	12	—	—
	"Now That We're Alone"	17	—	13	—	—
1991	"Things I Wish I'd Said"	72	—	—	—	—
1992	"Lovin' All Night"	10	—	9	—	—	Life Is Messy
	"What Kind of Love"	11	9	2	47	5
	"It's Not for Me to Judge" [23]	—	—	—	—	—
	"Let's Make Trouble"	—	—	78	—	—
1993	"Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" [24]	—	—	—	—	—	Greatest Hits
1994	"Let the Picture Paint Itself"	60	—	50	—	—	Let the Picture Paint Itself
	"Big Heart"	75	—	70	—	—
	"I Don't Fall in Love So Easy" [25]	—	—	—	—	—
1995	"Please Remember Me"	69	—	—	—	—	Jewel of the South
1998	"I Walk the Line Revisited" (with Johnny Cash)	61	—	—	—	—	The Houston Kid
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s–2020s

Year	Single	Peak positions	Album
		US Country [14]
2001	"I Walk the Line Revisited" (with Johnny Cash; re-issue) [26]	—	The Houston Kid
	"Why Don't We Talk About It" [26]	—
2003	"Fate's Right Hand" [27]	—	Fate's Right Hand
	"Earthbound"	60
2005	"The Obscenity Prayer (Give It to Me)"	—	The Outsider
2006	"Say You Love Me"	—
2008	"Sex and Gasoline"	—	Sex and Gasoline
2012	"I'm a Mess"	—	Kin: Songs by Mary Karr & Rodney Crowell
2017	"It Ain't Over Yet" [28] (featuring Rosanne Cash and John Paul White)	—	Close Ties
	"Tobacco Road" [29]	—	A Tribute to John D. Loudermilk
2018	"Shake Your Money Maker" [30]	—	Strange Angels: In Flight with Elmore James
2019	"Flatland Hillbillies" (featuring Randy Rogers and Lee Ann Womack) [31]	—	Texas
2021	"Something Has to Change" [32]	—	Triage
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

As featured artist

Year	Single	Album
2011	"Hard Time Movin' On" [33] (David Bradley featuring Rodney Crowell)	Movin' On

Music videos

Year	Title	Director
1986	"Let Freedom Ring" [34]	David Hogan
1988	"It's Such a Small World" (with Rosanne Cash)	Edd Griles
	"I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried"	Bill Pope
1989	"After All This Time"
	"Many a Long and Lonesome Highway"
1990	"If Looks Could Kill"	Wayne Miller
1991	"Things I Wish I'd Said"
1992	"Lovin' All Night"	Joanne Gardner
1993	"Even Cowgirls Get the Blues"
1994	"Let the Picture Paint Itself"	Gerry Wenner
	"Big Heart"	Joanne Gardner/Steven Goldmann
1995	"Please Remember Me"	Bud Schaetzle
2000	"I Walk the Line Revisited" (with Johnny Cash)	Hannah Crowell/Stephen McCord/Dawn Nepp
2003	"Earthbound"	Nigel Dick
	"Fate's Right Hand"	Deb Haus/Jerad Sloan
2008	"Sex and Gasoline"
2016	"It Ain't Over Yet" (with Rosanne Cash, John Paul White and Mickey Raphael)
2017	"Nashville 1972"	Reid Long

See also

• The Notorious Cherry Bombs

Notes

1. Texas did not enter Top Country Albums, but peaked at number 3 on Country Album Sales. ^[11]
2. Texas did not enter the Billboard 200, but peaked at number 36 on Top Current Album Sales. ^[12]
3. Triage did not enter the Billboard 200, but peaked at number 30 on Top Current Album Sales. ^[12]
4. "Stars on the Water" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 5 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. ^[19]

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26. "Crowell Looks Back On 'Houston Kid'" (PDF). Billboard. February 10, 2001.
27. "R&R Going for Adds - Triple A" (PDF). Radio & Records . July 25, 2003.
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29. "Rodney Crowell - Tobacco Road". Daily Play MPE. September 19, 2017.
30. "Rodney Crowell - Shake Your Money Maker". Daily Play MPE. January 5, 2018.
31. "Rodney Crowell - "Flatland Hillbillies" (feat. Randy Rogers and Lee Ann Womack)". Daily Play MPE. June 20, 2019.
32. "Rodney Crowell - Rodney Crowell Previews New Album With Urgent 'Something Has to Change'". Rolling Stone. May 11, 2021.
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