Steve Earle discography

American singer Steve Earle has released twenty-one studio albums, including collaborations with the Del McCoury Band and Shawn Colvin. Earle's work reflects a wide range of styles, including bluegrass, roots rock, folk, blues and country. He or his labels have also released six live albums and eight compilation albums.

Steve Earle discography
Steve Earle and Allison Moorer in 2007
Studio albums	21
Live albums	6
Compilation albums	8
Music videos	20
Singles	32

Although Earle has never charted within the Top 5 on the Hot Country Songs chart, he has charted several songs on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. His most recent chart appearance was in 1996, despite having charted several successful albums.

Studio albums

1980s

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions							Certifications (sales threshold)
		US Country [1]	US [2]	CAN Country [3]	CAN [4]	AUS [5]	NZ [6]	UK [7]
Guitar Town	Release date: March 5, 1986 Label: MCA Records Formats: CD, LP, cassette	1	89	—	82	—	—	—	CAN: Platinum[8] US: Gold[9]
Exit 0	Release date: May 18, 1987 Label: MCA Records Formats: CD, LP, cassette	15	90	—	36	—	—	—	CAN: Gold[8]
Copperhead Road	Release date: October 17, 1988 Label: MCA Records Formats: CD, LP, cassette	7	56	30	14	39	17	42	CAN: 3× Platinum[8] US: Gold[9]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions							Certifications (sales threshold)
		US [2]	CAN [4]	AUS [5]	NZ [6]	SWE [10]	SWI [11]	UK [7]
The Hard Way	Release date: July 1, 1990 Label: MCA Records Formats: CD, cassette	100	14	28	4	34	40	—	CAN: Platinum[8]
Train a Comin'	Release date: February 28, 1995 Label: Warner Bros. Records Formats: CD, cassette	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
I Feel Alright	Release date: May 5, 1996 Label: Warner Bros. Records Formats: CD, cassette	106	38	—	29	26	—	44
El Corazón	Release date: October 7, 1997 Label: Warner Bros. Records Formats: CD, cassette	126	—	—	—	19	—	59
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US Country [1]	US [2]	US Indie [12]	NZ [6]	SWE [10]	UK [7]
Transcendental Blues^[A]	Release date: June 6, 2000 Label: E-Squared Records Formats: CD, cassette	5	66	—	—	27	32
Jerusalem	Release date: September 24, 2002 Label: E-Squared/Artemis Records Formats: CD	7	59	1	—	24	—
The Revolution Starts Now	Release date: August 24, 2004 Label: E-Squared/Artemis Records Formats: CD, music download	12	89	7	—	20	66
Washington Square Serenade	Release date: September 25, 2007 Label: New West Records Formats: CD,LP, music download	10	79	10	—	28	55
Townes	Release date: May 12, 2009 Label: New West Records Formats: CD, music download	6	19	2	34	24	37
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2010s

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions									Sales
		US Country [1]	US [2]	US Folk [13]	US Indie [12]	US Rock [14]	AUS [15]	CAN [16]	SWE [10]	UK [7]
I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive	Release date: April 26, 2011 Label: New West Records Formats: CD, LP, music download	4	24	4	4	7	—	17	16	28
The Low Highway	Release date: April 16, 2013 Label: New West Records Formats: CD, LP, music download	12	39	4	10	—	—	—	—	30
Terraplane	Release date: February 17, 2015 Label: New West Records Formats: CD, LP, music download	3	39	2	3	6	58	—	—	30
So You Wannabe An Outlaw	Release date: June 16, 2017[17] Label: Warner Brothers Formats: CD, LP, music download	15	102	5	—	—	—	—	—	48	US: 12,800[18]
Guy	Release date: March 29, 2019 Label: New West Formats: CD, LP, music download	14	107	4	2	17	—	—	—	49	US: 9,800[19]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2020s

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions									Sales
		US Country [1]	US [2]	US Folk [13]	US Indie [12]	US Rock [14]	AUS [20]	CAN [21]	SWE [10]	UK [7]
Ghosts of West Virginia	Release date: May 21, 2020 Label: New West Records Formats: CD, LP, music download	44	—	8	36	48	—	—	—	61
J.T.^[B]	Release date: January 4, 2021 Label: New West Records Formats: CD, LP, music download

Collaborative Albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions									Sales
		US Country [1]	US [2]	US Folk [13]	US Indie [12]	US Rock [14]	AUS [22]	CAN [23]	SWE [10]	UK [7]
The Mountain (with the Del McCoury Band)	Release date: February 23, 1999 Label: E-Squared Formats: CD, LP, music download	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Colvin & Earle (with Shawn Colvin)	Release date: June 10, 2016 Label: Fantasy Records Formats: CD, LP, music download	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Live albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US Country [1]	US Indie [12]
Shut Up and Die Like an Aviator	Release date: September 17, 1991 Label: MCA Records Formats: CD, cassette	—	—
BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert	Release date: December 11, 1992 Label: Windsong International Records Formats: CD, cassette	—	—
Together at the Bluebird Café (with Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark)	Release date: October 9, 2001 Label: American Originals Formats: CD	—	—
Just an American Boy	Release date: September 9, 2003 Label: E-Squared/Artemis Records Formats: CD	43	35
Live from Austin, TX	Release date: November 2, 2004 Label: New West Records Formats: CD, music download	—	—
Live at Montreux 2005	Release date: July 11, 2006 Label: Eagle Records Formats: CD, music download	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US Country [1]	US [2]	US Indie [12]
Early Tracks	Release date: 1987 Label: Epic Records Formats: LP, CD, cassette	—	—	—
Essential Steve Earle	Release date: March 2, 1993 Label: MCA Records Formats: CD, cassette	—	—	—
Fearless Heart	Release date: 1995 Label: MCA Records Special Products Formats: CD	—	—	—
Ain't Ever Satisfied: The Steve Earle Collection	Release date: July 30, 1996 Label: Hip-O Records Formats: CD, cassette	—	—	—
Angry Young Man: The Very Best of Steve Earle	Release date: April 20, 1999 Label: Universal International Formats: CD, cassette	—	—	—
The Devil's Right Hand: An Introduction to Steve Earle	Release date: May 8, 2001 Label: Universal International Formats: CD	—	—	—
Side Tracks	Release date: April 9, 2002 Label: E-Squared/Artemis Records Formats: CD	9	109	6
The Collection	Release date: 2002 Label: Spectrum Music Formats: CD	—	—	—
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Steve Earle	Release date: August 19, 2003 Label: MCA Records Formats: CD	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

1980s

Year	Single	Peak chart positions					Album
		US Country [24]	US Main Rock [25]	CAN Country [26]	AUS [27]	UK [7]
1983	"Nothin' But You"	70	—	—	—	—	N/A
1984	"Squeeze Me In"	—	—	—	—	—
	"What'll You Do About Me"	76	—	—	—	—
1985	"A Little Bit in Love"	—	—	—	—	—
1986	"Hillbilly Highway"	37	—	46	—	—	Guitar Town
	"Guitar Town"	7	—	7	—	—
	"Someday"	28	—	31	—	—
1987	"Goodbye's All We've Got Left"	8	—	10	—	—
	"I Ain't Ever Satisfied"	—	26	—	—	—	Exit 0
	"Nowhere Road"	20	—	7	—	—
	"Sweet Little '66"	37	—	19	—	—
1988	"Copperhead Road"	—	10	—	23	45	Copperhead Road
	"Back to the Wall"	—	20	—	—	—
	"Johnny Come Lately"	—	—	—	—	75
	"Six Days on the Road"	29	—	33	—	—	Planes, Trains and Automobiles (soundtrack)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s

Year	Single	Peak chart positions			Album
		US Main Rock [25]	CAN [28]	UK [7]
1990	"The Other Kind"	37	29	88	The Hard Way
	"Justice in Ontario"	—	85	—
1996	"I Feel Alright"	—	—	—	I Feel Alright
	"More Than I Can Do"	—	39	—
1997	"Telephone Road"	—	—	—	El Corazón
	"Johnny Too Bad" (with The V-Roys)	—	—	—	N/A
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s and 2010s

Year	Single	Peak positions	Album
		US AAA [29]
2000	"Transcendental Blues"	18	Transcendental Blues
	"I Can Wait"	39
2002	"Some Dreams"	—	Side Tracks
	"Jerusalem"	—	Jerusalem
2004	"The Revolution Starts Now"	15	The Revolution Starts Now
2005	"Rich Man's War"	—
2007	"City of Immigrants"	—	Washington Square Serenade
2008	"Days Aren't Long Enough" (with Allison Moorer)	—
2011	"I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive"	—	I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive
	"Every Part of Me"	—
2013	"Invisible"	—	The Low Highway
	"21st Century Blues"	—
2015	"Mississippi, It's Time"[30]	—	N/A
2017	"Fixin' to Die" / "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way" (live)	—	Record Store Day exclusive release[31]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Video/DVD

Year	Title
2002	Transcendental Blues
2004	Just An American Boy
	Live From Austin, TX 1986
2005	20th Century Masters - DVD Collection
2006	Live at Montreux 2005
2008	Live From Austin, TX 2000

Music videos

Year	Title	Director
1986	"Guitar Town"	Gerry Wenner
	"Someday"	Jim Hershleder
1987	"I Ain't Ever Satisfied"
	"Nowhere Road"
1988	"Copperhead Road"	Tony Vanden Ende
1989	"Back to the Wall"	Meiert Avis
1990	"The Other Kind"
1991	"Billy Austin"	Christopher Cleveland
1996	"I Feel Alright"	Jim Hershleder
1998	"Telephone Road"
2000	"Transcendental Blues"[32]	Amos Poe
2001	"I Don't Want to Lose You Yet"[33]	Dennis Saunders
2002	"Some Dreams"	Trey Fanjoy
	"Jerusalem"	Maripol & Amos Poe
2003	"What's So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding"
2005	"Rich Man's War"	Jonathan Demme
2007	"City of Immigrants"	Alex Peacock
2013	"Invisible"[34]	Tim Blake Nelson
2015	"You're the Best Lover That I Ever Had"[35]	Alexander Peacock
	"Mississippi, It's Time"[36]
2017	"Lookin' For A Woman"	Cody Ground
	"So You Wannabe An Outlaw"

Notes

• A^ Transcendental Blues also peaked at number 8 on the Canadian RPM Country Albums/CDs[3] and number 28 on the Canadian RPM Top Albums/CDs chart.[4]
• B^ J.T. was initially released to digital platforms on January 4, 2021, in honor of what would have been Justin Townes Earle's 39th birthday. CD and LP versions will follow on March 19, 2021.[37]

References

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3. "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada - Country Albums/CDs". RPM. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
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11. "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
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13. "Steve Earle Chart History - Folk Albums". Billboard. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
14. "Steve Earle Chart History - Rock Albums". Billboard. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
15. Ryan, Gavin (February 28, 2015). "ARIA Albums: 50 Shades Of Grey No 1 For Third Week". Noise11. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
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17. "Review: Steve Earle, 'So You Wannabe An Outlaw'". NPR.org.
18. Bjorke, Matt (July 17, 2017). "Top 10 Country Albums Sales Chart: July 17, 2017". Roughstock.
19. Bjorke, Matt (April 15, 2019). "Top 10 Country Albums Chart: April 15, 2019". Roughstock. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
20. Ryan, Gavin (February 28, 2015). "ARIA Albums: 50 Shades Of Grey No 1 For Third Week". Noise11. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
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22. Ryan, Gavin (February 28, 2015). "ARIA Albums: 50 Shades Of Grey No 1 For Third Week". Noise11. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
23. "Canadian Albums - May 14, 2011". Billboard. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
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30. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-steve-earle-denounce-confederate-flag-in-mississippi-its-time-20150910
31. https://www.discogs.com/Steve-Earle-And-The-Dukes-Live/release/10176068
32. "CMT : Videos : Steve Earle : Transcendental Blues". Country Music Television. Retrieved October 14, 2011.
33. "CMT : Videos : Steve Earle : I Don't Want To Lose You Yet". Country Music Television. Retrieved October 14, 2011.
34. "CMT : Videos : Steve Earle : Invisible". Country Music Television. Retrieved February 27, 2013.
35. "CMT : Videos : Steve Earle : You're the Best Lover That I Ever Had". Country Music Television. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
36. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt_mzTGUomg
37. http://www.steveearle.com/news/2020/11/18/steve-earle-amp-the-dukes-new-album-jt