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Washington Square Serenade

Washington Square Serenade
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Studio album by Steve Earle
Released September 25, 2007
Genre Alt-country, heartland rock, Americana
Label New West
Producer John King
Steve Earle chronology
The Revolution Starts Now
(2004)
Washington Square Serenade
(2007)
Townes
(2009)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 72/100
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars
Guardian Unlimited 3/5 stars
Pitchfork Media (5.0/10)
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars
Uncut 4/5 stars

Washington Square Serenade is the 12th studio album by alternative country singer Steve Earle, released in 2007. The album features the singer's wife Allison Moorer on the track "Days Aren't Long Enough," and the Brazilian group Forro in the Dark on the track "City of Immigrants." The track "Way Down in the Hole," by Tom Waits, was used as the opening theme song for the fifth and final season of the HBO series The Wire, on which Earle plays a recurring character named Walon. The album was released on September 25, 2007, on New West Records. In February 2008 it won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album.

All songs written by Steve Earle unless otherwise noted.


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