I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive (Steve Earle album)

I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive

Studio album by Steve Earle

Released

April 26, 2011

Genre

Alternative country, folk, rock

Length

37:42

Steve Earle chronology

Townes
(2009)

I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive
(2011)

The Low Highway
(2013)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	74/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
Telegraph
BBC	Mixed
Allmusic

I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive is the 14th studio album by alternative country singer Steve Earle, released in 2011, produced by T-Bone Burnett. All of the songs are written by Earle, with the exception of the title track, which is included as a download-only bonus track.

Four of the songs were originally written for other projects. "This City", was originally written for the David Simon show Treme and appears on its soundtrack. It was nominated for a Grammy in 2011 for "Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media". "Lonely are the Free" was written and recorded for the 2010 Tim Blake Nelson film Leaves of Grass, in which Earle had a small part. This earlier version was played over the closing credits and appeared on the film soundtrack. Earle originally wrote the tracks "God is God" and "I am a Wanderer" for Joan Baez's Day After Tomorrow album.

Earle has said that the title for the album was inspired by the Hank Williams song of the same name which is available as a bonus track from iTunes. Earle also wrote a novel with the same title.

All tracks written by Steve Earle, except Track 12 on the iTunes version.

All tracks written by Steve Earle, except Track 12.

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