The Houston Kid

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The Houston Kid
Rodney Crowell The Houston Kid.jpg
Studio album by
Released2001
Genre Country
Label Sugar Hill
Producer Peter Coleman
Rodney Crowell chronology
Jewel of the South
(1995)
The Houston Kid
(2001)
Fate's Right Hand
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [1]
Robert Christgau A− [2]
Entertainment Weekly A− [3]
People (very favorable) [4]

The Houston Kid is the 10th album by American country music singer Rodney Crowell. It was released through Sugar Hill in 2001. The album includes the single "I Walk the Line Revisited", recorded in collaboration with Johnny Cash, which peaked at number 61 on the Hot Country Songs charts in late 1998. [5]

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Rodney Crowell except where noted.

  1. "Telephone Road" – 3:52
  2. "The Rock of My Soul" – 4:50
  3. "Why Don't We Talk About It" – 3:35
  4. "I Wish It Would Rain" – 3:28
  5. "Wandering Boy" – 5:57
  6. "I Walk the Line (Revisited)" (featuring Johnny Cash) (Crowell, Johnny Cash) – 3:51
  7. "Highway 17" – 4:54
  8. "U Don't Know How Much I Hate U" (Crowell, Steve Lukather) – 3:37
  9. "Banks of the Old Bandera" – 3:41
  10. "Topsy Turvy" – 3:47
  11. "I Know Love Is All I Need" – 5:20

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (2001)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums32
U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums19

References

  1. Jurek, Thom. "Review: The Houston Kid". AllMusic . Retrieved August 24, 2009.
  2. Christgau, Robert. "Consumer Guide: Rodney Crowell". Village Voice. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
  3. Scherman, Tony (February 9, 2001). "The Houston Kid Review". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved August 21, 2016.
  4. Charles, Nick (April 9, 2001). "Picks and Pans Review: The Houston Kid". People. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
  5. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 109. ISBN   0-89820-177-2.