1 Tennessee Blues
2 Down Here Below
3 Satellite Radio
4 City Of Immigrants (with Forro In The Dark)
5 Sparkle And Shine
6 Come Home to Me
7 Jericho Road
8 Oxycontin Blues
9 Red Is The Color
10 Steve s Hammer (For Pete)
11 Day s Aren t Long Enough (with Allison Moorer)
12 Way Down In The Hole

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Good enough

 Album Rating: (3 of 5 stars)

Review Comments: Steve Earle is a paradox. I love his voice and he can really craft a song. Some of his lyrics are very good. For the most part, that's enough to forgive the tired, time machine politics in some of his songs. City of Immigrants is one of those songs, but the scale still tips in Mr. Earle's favor with this CD. One future CD with just good music, and no pontificating, would be nice.

ho-hum, more growling and grumbling from steve

 Album Rating: (1 of 5 stars)

Review Comments: how old is steve now? he acts like just another teen growling and grumbling about love and other non-sense with some random guitar music thrown in. another artist that has outgrown any relevance (if he ever had any).

Washingto Square Serenade: A Wonderment

 Album Rating: (5 of 5 stars)

Review Comments: And certainly Steve Earl's masterpiece. I have listened to his records for years but only on "The Revolution Starts Now" do we get a taste of the genius that made this album.

After 30 years of not great records and just OK records, suddenly Steve Earl creates a bull-goose, full tilt masterpiece. My guess is that he will never top this. Perhaps it was simply the right time, place, inspiration and musicians. The juices were flowing.

This record is a must-have for any serious pop music listener. Forget about country music or "Alt Country" it's simply a great record -like Paul Simon's first solo record. It defies category.

I LOVE it!

 Album Rating: (5 of 5 stars)

Review Comments: I hadn't bought a Steve Earle CD since "Copperhead Road" and "Essential Steve Earle."Although he has shelved the rock and roll, this CD is absolutely awesome. Maybe buying it at his concert has me biased, but I don't think so. I also purchased two others afterwards, and this one is by far the best.

Pretty disappointing

 Album Rating: (2 of 5 stars)

Review Comments: I wish I'd just bought the MP3 versions of three songs on this album that are good: Sparkle and Shine, Come Home to Me, and Days Aren't Long enough, and avoided the rest; alas, I bought the whole album before I heard it. I was hoping that with this album, Steve Earle would focus less on preaching his political beliefs (see the The Revolution Starts Now album) and more on creating good music like the whole Transcendal Blues album. While this album isn't as overtly political as past recent efforts, I nevertheless didn't like it much. While three songs mentioned above were aesthetically pleasing, many were grating on the ear (e.g., Satellite Radio, Red Is The Color). City of Immigrants -- with its banal multicultural platitudes made me want to barf; and it wasn't just the lyrics -- it's just a lousy song. I don't have high hopes that Steve Earle's move to New York is going get him back to making great albums like T.B., El Corazon, or I Feel Alright; those albums were phenomenol.