Steve Earle discography

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Steve Earle discography
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Earle performing in 2011
Studio albums21
Live albums6
Compilation albums8
Music videos20
Singles32

American musician Steve Earle has released twenty-one studio albums, including collaborations with the Del McCoury Band and Shawn Colvin. Earle's work reflects a wide range of styles, including country, bluegrass, roots rock, and folk. He or his labels have also released six live albums and eight compilation albums.

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Earle has charted several singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs, Mainstream Rock Airplay, Adult Alternative Airplay charts.

Studio albums

1980s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak positions Certifications
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
AUS
[3]
CAN Country
[4]
CAN
[5]
NZ
[6]
UK
[7]
Guitar Town 18982
Exit 0
  • Release date: May 18, 1987
  • Label: MCA Records
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
159036
Copperhead Road
  • Release date: October 17, 1988
  • Label: MCA Records
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
7563930141742
  • CAN: 3× Platinum [8]
  • US: Gold [9]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak positions Certifications
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
AUS
[3] [10]
CAN Country
[4]
CAN
[5]
NZ
[6]
SWE
[11]
SWI
[12]
UK
[7]
The Hard Way
(with the Dukes)
  • Release date: July 1, 1990
  • Label: MCA Records
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
100281443440
  • CAN: Platinum [8]
Train a Comin'
I Feel Alright
  • Release date: May 5, 1996
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
10638292644
El Corazón
  • Release date: October 7, 1997
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
1261959
The Mountain
(with Del McCoury Band)
  • Release date: February 23, 1999
  • Label: E-Squared
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
191339314
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak positions
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
US Indie
[13]
CAN Country
[4]
CAN
[5]
NZ
[6]
SWE
[11]
UK
[7]
Transcendental Blues 5668282732
Jerusalem
  • Release date: September 24, 2002
  • Label: E-Squared/Artemis Records
  • Formats: CD
759124
The Revolution Starts Now
  • Release date: August 24, 2004
  • Label: E-Squared/Artemis Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
128972066
Washington Square Serenade
  • Release date: September 25, 2007
  • Label: New West Records
  • Formats: CD,LP, music download
1079102855
Townes
  • Release date: May 12, 2009
  • Label: New West Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
6192342437
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2010s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak positionsSales
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
US
Folk

[14]
US Indie
[13]
US Rock
[15]
AUS
[3]
CAN
[16]
SWE
[11]
UK
[7]
I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive
  • Release date: April 26, 2011
  • Label: New West Records
  • Formats: CD, LP, music download
424447171628
The Low Highway
  • Release date: April 16, 2013
  • Label: New West Records
  • Formats: CD, LP, music download
123941030
Terraplane
(with the Dukes)
  • Release date: February 17, 2015
  • Label: New West Records
  • Formats: CD, LP, music download
3392365830
Colvin & Earle
(with Shawn Colvin)
  • Release date: June 10, 2016
  • Label: Fantasy
  • Formats: CD, LP, music download
13128816
So You Wannabe an Outlaw
  • Release date: June 16, 2017
  • Label: Warner
  • Formats: CD, LP, music download
15102548
Guy
  • Release date: March 29, 2019
  • Label: New West
  • Formats: CD, LP, music download
14107421749
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2020s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US Country
[1]
US
Folk

[14]
US Indie
[13]
US Rock
[15]
AUS
[3]
UK
[7]
Ghosts of West Virginia
(with the Dukes)
  • Release date: May 21, 2020
  • Label: New West
  • Formats: CD, LP, music download
448364861
J.T.
(with the Dukes)
  • Release date: January 4, 2021 [upper-alpha 1]
  • Label: New West
  • Formats: CD, LP, music download
49
Jerry Jeff
(with the Dukes)
  • Release date: May 27, 2022
  • Label: New West
  • Formats: CD, LP, music download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak positions
US Country
[1]
US Indie
[13]
Shut Up and Die Like an Aviator
  • Release date: September 17, 1991
  • Label: MCA Records
  • Formats: CD, Double-LP, cassette
BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert
Together at the Bluebird Café
(with Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark)
  • Release date: October 9, 2001
  • Label: American Originals
  • Formats: CD
Just an American Boy
  • Release date: September 9, 2003
  • Label: E-Squared/Artemis Records
  • Formats: CD
4335
Live from Austin, TX
  • Release date: November 2, 2004
  • Label: New West Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
Live at Montreux 2005
  • Release date: July 11, 2006
  • Label: Eagle Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak positions
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
US Indie
[13]
AUS
[10]
Early Tracks
  • Release date: 1987
  • Label: Epic Records
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
Essential Steve Earle
  • Release date: March 2, 1993
  • Label: MCA Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
Fearless Heart
  • Release date: 1995
  • Label: MCA Special Products
  • Formats: CD
Ain't Ever Satisfied: The Steve Earle Collection
  • Release date: July 30, 1996
  • Label: Hip-O Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
Angry Young Man: The Very Best of Steve Earle
The Devil's Right Hand: An Introduction to Steve Earle
  • Release date: May 8, 2001
  • Label: Universal International
  • Formats: CD
Side Tracks
  • Release date: April 9, 2002
  • Label: E-Squared/Artemis Records
  • Formats: CD
9109682
The Collection
  • Release date: 2002
  • Label: Spectrum Music
  • Formats: CD
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Steve Earle
  • Release date: August 19, 2003
  • Label: MCA Records
  • Formats: CD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

1980s

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
US Country
[20]
US Main. Rock
[21]
CAN Country
[22]
AUS
[23] [24]
UK
[7]
1983"Nothin' But You"70Non-album singles
"Squeeze Me In" [25]
1984"What'll You Do About Me"76
1985"A Little Bit in Love"
1986"Hillbilly Highway"3746Guitar Town
"Guitar Town"77
"Someday"2831
1987"Goodbye's All We've Got Left"810
"I Ain't Ever Satisfied"26Exit 0
"Nowhere Road"207
"Sweet Little '66"3719
1988"Copperhead Road" [upper-alpha 2] 102345Copperhead Road
"Back to the Wall"20115
"Johnny Come Lately"75
"Six Days on the Road"2933 Planes, Trains and Automobiles
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
US Main. Rock
[21]
AUS
[27]
CAN
[28]
UK
[7]
1990"The Other Kind"371112988The Hard Way
"Justice in Ontario"85
1996"I Feel Alright"I Feel Alright
"More Than I Can Do"39
1997"Telephone Road"El Corazón
"Johnny Too Bad" (with The V-Roys)Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s–present

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
US
AAA

[29]
2000"Transcendental Blues"18Transcendental Blues
"I Can Wait"39
2002"Some Dreams"Side Tracks
"Jerusalem"Jerusalem
2004"The Revolution Starts Now"15The Revolution Starts Now
2005"Rich Man's War"
2007"City of Immigrants"Washington Square Serenade
2008"Days Aren't Long Enough" (with Allison Moorer)
2011"I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive"I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive
"Every Part of Me"
2013"Invisible"The Low Highway
"21st Century Blues"
2015"Mississippi, It's Time" [30] Non-album singles
2017"Fixin' to Die" / "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way" (live) [31]
2022"Mr. Bojangles" [32]
(with the Dukes)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Videography

Video albums

YearTitle
2002Transcendental Blues
2004Just an American Boy
Live from Austin, TX 1986
200520th Century Masters - The DVD Collection
2006Live at Montreux 2005
2008Live from Austin, TX 2000

Music videos

YearTitleDirector
1986"Guitar Town"Gerry Wenner
"Someday"Jim Hershleder
1987"I Ain't Ever Satisfied"
"Nowhere Road"
1988"Copperhead Road"Tony Vanden Ende
1989"Back to the Wall" Meiert Avis
1990"The Other Kind" [33] Damian Harris
1991"Billy Austin"Christopher Cleveland/Michael Salomon
1996"I Feel Alright"Jim Hershleder/Deaton Flanigen
1998"Telephone Road"
2000"Transcendental Blues" [34] Amos Poe
2001"I Don't Want to Lose You Yet" [35] Dennis Saunders
2002"Some Dreams" Trey Fanjoy
"Jerusalem"Maripol & Amos Poe
2003"What's So Funny About Peace,
Love and Understanding"
2005"Rich Man's War"Jonathan Demme
2007"City of Immigrants"Alex Peacock
2013"Invisible" [36] Tim Blake Nelson
2015"You're the Best Lover That I Ever Had" [37] Alexander Peacock
"Mississippi, It's Time" [38]
2017"Lookin' For A Woman"Cody Ground
"So You Wannabe An Outlaw"

Notes

  1. J.T. was initially released to digital platforms on January 4, 2021, in honor of what would have been Justin Townes Earle's 39th birthday. CD and LP versions followed on March 19, 2021. [19]
  2. "Copperhead Road" did not chart on Hot Country Songs, but reached number nine on Country Digital Song Sales in 2021. [26]

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