Guitar Town

Guitar Town
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 5, 1986
StudioSound Stage Studios and Emerald Sound Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
GenreCountry rock[1]
Length34:35
LabelMCA
ProducerEmory Gordy, Jr., Tony Brown
Associate Producer: Richard Bennett
Steve Earle chronology
Guitar Town
(1986)
Exit 0
(1987)
Singles from Guitar Town
  1. "Hillbilly Highway"
    Released: March 22, 1986
  2. "Guitar Town"
    Released: June 2, 1986
  3. "Someday"
    Released: October 25, 1986
  4. "Goodbye's All We've Got Left"
    Released: January 1987

Guitar Town is the debut studio album by Steve Earle. It was released on 5 March 1986 through MCA records. It went to number 89 in the United States and number 82 in Canada and was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards in 1987. In 2012, it was ranked #482 on the Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

Track listing

All songs written by Steve Earle unless otherwise noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Guitar Town" 2:33
2."Goodbye's All We've Got Left" 3:16
3."Hillbilly Highway"Earle, Jimbeau Hinson3:38
4."Good Ol' Boy (Gettin' Tough)"Earle, Richard Bennett3:58
5."My Old Friend the Blues" 3:07
6."Someday" 3:46
7."Think It Over"Bennett, Earle2:13
8."Fearless Heart"4:04 
9."Little Rock 'n' Roller" 4:49
10."Down the Road"Tony Brown, Earle, Hinson2:37
11."State Trooper [live]" 5:12

References

  1. ↑ Tannenbaum, Rob (January 26, 1989). "Steve Earle Copperhead Road". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on August 7, 2009. Retrieved March 28, 2009.