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Guitar Town

Steve Earle · 1986

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Steve Earle

Guitar Town

Released1986
Journal statusOriginal note recoveredPreserved from the 2013 email journal.
Journal checkpointJune 24–25, 2013Interval between retained album-bearing emails · not an exact listen date.
Album details
First releasedMarch 5, 1986
Genrescountry, country rock, rock
LabelMCA Nashville
Reference editionUnited States · CD · January 29, 2002
Track count11
Running time39 min 46 sec
Albums by original release year

1986 · 8 albums that year

#278 · Various Artists — Anthology Of American Folk Music (1952)#101 · Frank Sinatra — In The Wee Small Hours (1955)#56 · Elvis Presley — Elvis Presley (1956)#308 · Frank Sinatra — Songs For Swingin' Lovers (1956)#50 · Little Richard — Here's Little Richard (1957)#420 · Buddy Holly — The "Chirping" Crickets (1957)#12 · Miles Davis — Kind Of Blue (1959)#103 · John Coltrane — Giant Steps (1959)#154 · Howlin' Wolf — Moanin' In The Moonlight (1959)#216 · Bo Diddley — Go Bo Diddley (1959)#248 · Ornette Coleman — The Shape Of Jazz To Come (1959)#265 · Ray Charles — The Genius Of Ray Charles (1959)#348 · Muddy Waters — At Newport 1960 (1960)#358 · Miles Davis — Sketches Of Spain (1960)#119 · Etta James — At Last! (1961)#217 · Bobby Bland — Two Steps From The Blues (1961)#105 · Ray Charles — Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music (1962)#238 · Howlin' Wolf — Howlin' Wolf (1962)#25 · James Brown — Live At The Apollo (1963)#39 · The Beatles — Please Please Me (1963)#97 · Bob Dylan — The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963)#142 · Phil Spector — A Christmas Gift For You (1963)#53 · The Beatles — Meet The Beatles (1964)#198 · Little Walter — The Best Of (1964)#282 · Muddy Waters — Folk Singer (1964)#307 · The Beatles — A Hard Day's Night (1964)#422 · The Ronettes — Presenting The Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica (1964)#447 · Stan Getz And Joao Gilberto Featuring Antonio Carlos Jobim — Getz/Gilberto (1964)#4 · Bob Dylan — Highway 61 Revisited (1965)#5 · The Beatles — Rubber Soul (1965)#31 · Bob Dylan — Bringing It All Back Home (1965)#47 · John Coltrane — A Love Supreme (1965)#78 · Otis Redding — Otis Blue (1965)#116 · The Rolling Stones — Out Of Our Heads (1965)#141 · B.B. King — Live At The Regal (1965)#180 · The Rolling Stones — The Rolling Stones Now! (1965)#233 · The Byrds — Mr. Tambourine Man (1965)#237 · The Who — The Who Sings My Generation (1965)#271 · The Beach Boys — The Beach Boys Today! (1965)#273 · Smokey Robinson And The Miracles — Going To A Go-Go (1965)#331 · The Beatles — Help! (1965)#355 · The Yardbirds — Having A Rave Up With The Yardbirds (1965)#468 · The Paul Butterfield Blues Band — The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1965)#2 · The Beach Boys — Pet Sounds (1966)#3 · The Beatles — Revolver (1966)#9 · Bob Dylan — Blonde On Blonde (1966)#102 · Cream — Fresh Cream (1966)#109 · The Rolling Stones — Aftermath (1966)#112 · The Mamas & The Papas — If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears (1966)#195 · John Mayall — Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton (1966)#202 · Simon And Garfunkel — Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme (1966)#246 · The Mothers Of Invention — Freak Out! 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(1969)#149 · Santana — Santana (1969)#185 · The Stooges — The Stooges (1969)#189 · Quicksilver Messenger Service — Happy Trails (1969)#190 · Elvis Presley — From Elvis In Memphis (1969)#192 · The Flying Burrito Brothers — The Gilded Palace Of Sin (1969)#210 · Neil Young & Crazy Horse — Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969)#220 · The Meters — Look-Ka Py Py (1969)#247 · Grateful Dead — Live Dead (1969)#262 · Crosby, Stills & Nash — Crosby, Stills & Nash (1969)#294 · MC5 — Kick Out The Jams (1969)#309 · Creedence Clearwater Revival — Willy And The Poor Boys (1969)#316 · The Velvet Underground — The Velvet Underground (1969)#373 · Jefferson Airplane — Volunteers (1969)#496 · Boz Scaggs — Boz Scaggs (1969)#23 · John Lennon — John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970)#51 · Simon And Garfunkel — Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)#61 · Sly & The Family Stone — Greatest Hits (1970)#66 · Van Morrison — Moondance (1970)#74 · Neil Young — After The Gold Rush (1970)#95 · Miles Davis — Bitches Brew (1970)#104 · James Taylor — Sweet Baby James (1970)#110 · The Velvet Underground — Loaded (1970)#117 · Derek And The Dominos — Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (1970)#131 · Black Sabbath — Paranoid (1970)#147 · Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young — Déjà Vu (1970)#170 · The Who — Live At Leeds (1970)#175 · Carpenters — Close To You (1970)#191 · The Stooges — Fun House (1970)#207 · Santana — Abraxas (1970)#208 · Cat Stevens — Tea For The Tillerman (1970)#243 · Black Sabbath — Black Sabbath (1970)#261 · Grateful Dead — American Beauty (1970)#264 · Grateful Dead — Workingman's Dead (1970)#356 · Randy Newman — 12 Songs (1970)#392 · The Beatles — Let It Be (1970)#433 · George Harrison — All Things Must Pass (1970)#446 · MC5 — Back In The USA (1970)#458 · Elton John — Tumbleweed Connection (1970)#6 · Marvin Gaye — What's Going On (1971)#28 · The Who — Who's Next (1971)#30 · Joni Mitchell — Blue (1971)#36 · Carole King — Tapestry (1971)#49 · The Allman Brothers Band — At Fillmore East (1971)#64 · The Rolling Stones — Sticky Fingers (1971)#69 · Led Zeppelin — Led Zeppelin IV (1971)#80 · John Lennon — Imagine (1971)#99 · Sly & The Family Stone — There's A Riot Goin' On (1971)#108 · David Bowie — Hunky Dory (1971)#125 · Janis Joplin — Pearl (1971)#160 · T. 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(1972)#194 · Lou Reed — Transformer (1972)#196 · Various Artists — Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968 (1972)#222 · Professor Longhair — New Orleans Piano (1972)#232 · The Kinks — The Kink Kronikles (1972)#240 · Steely Dan — Can't Buy A Thrill (1972)#268 · Paul Simon — Paul Simon (1972)#285 · Stevie Wonder — Music Of My Mind (1972)#286 · Al Green — I'm Still In Love With You (1972)#318 · The O'Jays — Back Stabbers (1972)#321 · Nick Drake — Pink Moon (1972)#322 · Randy Newman — Sail Away (1972)#359 · Elton John — Honky Chateau (1972)#368 · Eagles — Eagles (1972)#404 · Dr. John — Dr. John's Gumbo (1972)#434 · Big Star — Number 1 Record (1972)#444 · War — The World Is A Ghetto (1972)#484 · Mott The Hoople — All The Young Dudes (1972)#495 · Bonnie Raitt — Give It Up (1972)#24 · Stevie Wonder — Innervisions (1973)#43 · Pink Floyd — The Dark Side Of The Moon (1973)#91 · Elton John — Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)#126 · Bob Marley & The Wailers & The 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Runtime across the list

39 min 46 sec

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Selected-edition runtimes for 494 albums. 20 albums above 160 minutes are grouped at 160+; 6 do not yet have a usable runtime.

Listening notes

I don't know if I'm ready for this - start playing and it sounds country

Three things I don't like about country - twangy guitar, twangy accent, twangy lyrical content

seriously, if you have a guitar town, why would it be twangy

this was a bad idea

I didn't realize "Hillbilly Highway" is what took you to Guitar Town

You hear a name like Steve Earle, and you think he might be from New Orleans and he's the Earle of blues or something

I kept wanting to skip, but made it through