The Rodney Crowell Collection

The Rodney Crowell Collection
The Rodney Crowell Collection
Compilation album by Rodney Crowell
Released	August 8, 1989
Genre	Country
Length	46:32
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	various
Rodney Crowell chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic -	^[2]

The Rodney Crowell Collection is the title of the first compilation album by American country music artist Rodney Crowell. It was released in 1989 (see 1989 in country music) by Crowell's former label, Warner Bros. Records, following the huge success of his album Diamonds & Dirt. It features selections from his first three albums that were released under the Warner Bros. label between 1978 and 1981. It charted #65 on the Top Country Albums chart.

The album is the first release of Crowell singing "I Don't Have to Crawl" The Crowell-penned tune was recorded by Emmylou Harris and released in 1981 on her album. Evangeline. Crowell recorded his version in 1984 for what was to be a new album for Warner Bros., Street Language. That album was never released and instead was re-recorded in 1986 for Crowell's new label, Columbia, but without "I Don't Have to Crawl".^[3]

Track listing

Tracklengths vary slightly from album versions with no change to the actual song.

"Ashes by Now" (Rodney Crowell) - 4:09
"'Til I Gain Control Again" (Crowell) - 5:07
"Voilá, An American Dream" (Crowell) - 3:49
"Queen of Hearts" (Hank DeVito) - 3:39
"Shame on the Moon" (Crowell) - 4:35
"Old Pipeliner" (Tommy Hill, Ray King) - 2:59
"Stars on the Water" (Crowell) - 3:42
"Heartbroke" (Guy Clark) - 3:33
"I Don't Have to Crawl" (Crowell) - 3:59
"Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight" (Donivan Cowart, Rodney Crowell) - 3:24
"Victim or a Fool" (Crowell) - 2:57
"I Ain't Living Long Like This" (Crowell) - 4:50

Notes

Tracks 3, 10 & 12 taken from Ain't Living Long Like This (1978)
Tracks 1, 4 & 8 taken from But What Will the Neighbors Think (1980)
Tracks 2, 5 - 7 & 11 taken from Rodney Crowell (1981)
Track 9 previously unreleased

Chart performance

Chart (1989)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	65

Sources

^ AOL Music profile
^ Allmusic - review
^ Bill DeYoung. The Ballad of Rodney Crowell" at About the Arts. May 27, 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2018.

[1] AOL Music profile

[2] Allmusic - review

[3] Bill DeYoung. The Ballad of Rodney Crowell" at About the Arts. May 27, 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2018.

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v t e Rodney Crowell
Studio albums	Ain't Living Long Like This But What Will the Neighbors Think Rodney Crowell Street Language Diamonds & Dirt Keys to the Highway Life Is Messy Let the Picture Paint Itself Jewel of the South The Houston Kid Fate's Right Hand The Outsider Sex & Gasoline Old Yellow Moon Tarpaper Sky The Traveling Kind Close Ties The Chicago Sessions
Compilation albums	The Rodney Crowell Collection Greatest Hits
Singles	"Elvira" "Song for the Life" "(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I" "Ashes by Now" "Ain't No Money" "It's Such a Small World" "I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried" "She's Crazy for Leavin'" "After All This Time" "Above and Beyond" "Many a Long & Lonesome Highway" "If Looks Could Kill" "My Past Is Present" "Now That We're Alone" "Lovin' All Night" "What Kind of Love" "Please Remember Me" "I Walk the Line Revisited"
Other songs	"The Answer Is Yes" "Heartbroke" "I Ain't Living Long Like This" "Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight" "Making Memories of Us" "Queen of Hearts" "Voilá, An American Dream"
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