Rodney Crowell, The Outsider - 50m

Tracks & Durations

1. Say You Love Me	3:32
2. The Obscenity Prayer	3:54
3. The Outsider	4:23
4. Dancin' Circles Round the Sun (Epictetus Speaks)	4:32
5. Beautiful Despair	3:53
6. Don't Get Me Started	5:51
7. Ignorance is the Enemy	4:48
8. Glasgow Girl	4:43
9. Things That Go Bump in the Day	4:01
10. Shelter From the Storm	5:26
11. We Can't Turn Back Now	4:49

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Review

Rodney Crowell's on a roll. The Outsider may be a cut below its predecessor, the artistic, critical, and commercial breakthrough that was Fate's Right Hand--perhaps the element of surprise is gone, perhaps the songs aren't quite as sharp, perhaps it's just not possible to catch lightning in a bottle twice in a row--but that was a tough act to follow, and this one's none too shabby. It's his most topical effort yet. After teaching a generation how to write modern country songs, Crowell, it turns out, all along really just wanted to rock. Rockin' Rodney employs guitars that ring, spring, crunch, and snarl, and writes songs full of Dylanesque lyrics (only the portentous and cornball "Ignorance Is the Enemy" falls flat). In fact, he's so under the sway of Bobby D. that he name-checks the man in "Beautiful Despair" and, with the help of Emmylou Harris, turns Dylan's "Shelter from the Storm" into such a moving duet that the very idea seems like a no-brainer. Why hadn't somebody thought of it sooner? --John Morthland

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The Outsider

Tracks: 13 (+2 tracks), Disk length: 1h 3m 5s (+13m 5s)

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