Rodney Crowell discography

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Rodney Crowell discography
Studio albums17
Compilation albums7
Music videos16
Singles39
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.

Contents

Studio albums

1970s–1980s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak positions Certifications
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
AUS
[3]
CAN Country
[4]
Ain't Living Long Like This
But What Will the Neighbors Think
  • Release date: 1980
  • Label: Warner Bros.
64155
Rodney Crowell
  • Release date: 1981
  • Label: Warner Bros.
4710563
Street Language 38177
Diamonds & Dirt
  • Release date: March 30, 1988
  • Label: Columbia
89
Keys to the Highway
  • Release date: October 10, 1989
  • Label: Columbia
15180
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s–2000s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak 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
301559
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 3219
Fate's Right Hand
  • Release date: July 29, 2003
  • Label: DMZ / Epic
2914
The Outsider
  • Release date: August 16, 2005
  • Label: Columbia
3712
Sex & Gasoline
  • Release date: September 2, 2008
  • Label: Yep Roc
3835
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2010s–2020s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak positionsSales
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
US Indie
[8]
Kin: Songs by Mary Karr & Rodney Crowell
  • Release date: June 5, 2012
  • Label: Vanguard
3237
Old Yellow Moon
(with Emmylou Harris)
  • Release date: February 26, 2013
  • Label: Nonesuch
429
Tarpaper Sky
  • Release date: April 15, 2014
  • Label: New West
2516832
The Traveling Kind
(with Emmylou Harris)
  • Release date: May 12, 2015
  • Label: Nonesuch
878
Close Ties
  • Release date: March 31, 2017
  • Label: New West
28138
  • US: 11,600 [9]
Acoustic Classics
  • Release date: July 13, 2018
  • Label: RC1
Christmas Everywhere
  • Release date: November 2, 2018
  • Label: New West
Texas
  • Release date: August 15, 2019
  • Label: RC1
[upper-alpha 1] [upper-alpha 2] 13
Triage
  • Release date: July 23, 2021
  • Label: RC1
[upper-alpha 3]
The Chicago Sessions
  • Release date: 2023
  • Label: New West Records
  • NW6546
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak 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'
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

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
US Country
[14]
US
[15]
US AC
[16]
AUS
[3]
CAN Country
[17]
1978"Elvira"95Ain'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"783746But What Will the Neighbors Think
"Ain't No Money"
"Here Comes the 80's"
1981"Stars on the Water"30 [upper-alpha 4] 3921Rodney 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)11Diamonds & Dirt
"I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried"11
"She's Crazy for Leavin'"11
1989"After All This Time"11
"Above and Beyond"11
"Many a Long & Lonesome Highway"31Keys to the Highway
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
US Country
[14]
US AC
[16]
CAN Country
[17]
CAN
[21]
CAN AC
[22]
1990"If Looks Could Kill"64Keys to the Highway
"My Past Is Present"2212
"Now That We're Alone"1713
1991"Things I Wish I'd Said"72
1992"Lovin' All Night"109Life Is Messy
"What Kind of Love"1192475
"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"6050Let the Picture Paint Itself
"Big Heart"7570
"I Don't Fall in Love So Easy" [25]
1995"Please Remember Me"69Jewel of the South
1998"I Walk the Line Revisited" (with Johnny Cash)61The Houston Kid
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s–2020s

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
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
YearSingleAlbum
2011"Hard Time Movin' On" [33]
(David Bradley featuring Rodney Crowell)
Movin' On

Music videos

YearTitleDirector
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

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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