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Copperhead Road | 
| Artist: Steve Earle
Label: Universal / Island
Category: Music
List Price: £5.99
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 5825
Media: Audio CD
Running Time: 43
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 008811921323
EAN: 0008811921323
ASIN: B000026E2V
Release Date: March 20, 1999
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| Tracks:
| • | Copperhead Road | | • | Snake Oil | | • | Back To The Wall | | • | Devil's Right Hand | | • | Johnny Come Lately | | • | Even When I'm Blue | | • | You Belong To Me | | • | Waiting On You | | • | Once You Love | | • | Nothing But A Child |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
It happens to every hardened party goer--your lifestyle eventually catches up to you. For Steve Earle, this third effort from the then-roué-ish troubadour was a pretty glaring rehab-ahead warning light. The sloppiness was beginning to show: half the disc bogs down in throwaways, cheap echoes of Guitar Town's country-rock acumen. The rest, fortunately, is prime, focused Earle: the Vietnam-vet title track, the Wild West-themed "Snake Oil", the rousing "Johnny Come Lately" which features backing from the Pogues and the oft-covered classic "The Devil's Right Hand", in which the composer achieves that perfect balance of city-slick pop and hillbilly twang. Earle would hit that one-two combo again, but not until he shook that party monkey a few albums later. --Tom Lanham
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| Customer Reviews:
 MUSIC PENNED BY THE DEVIL'S RIGHT HAND March 10, 2003
10 out of 13 found this review helpful
Steve Earle music is best described as country-rock. The skull and cross bones that form the cover of Copperhead Road album warn of what is to come, a heavy mix of potent music shot through with the reflections of an wild young man who is older than his years. Inserts show a relaxed Earle, fag in mouth, black shades and dressed in denim.A strong start with 'Copperhead Road' on which you can apparently 'smell the whisky burnin'; 'The Devil's Right Hand' refers to a pistol and though the song has a strange lyrical resonace it isn't until 'Johnny Come Lately' (on which the Pogues play) when the album begins to rock.. 'Johnny Come Lately' tells the story of a soldier off to Vietnam who hopes to return to his girl in London and take her home to the USA. In 'Even Whem I'm Blue' Earle sings of a long lost love and is determined to find her again. But listen to the words, for example 'Waiting On You' with the chorus 'Breathing out, breathing in, Holding in, Holding out, Doing with or without, For a lifetime, just a lifetime, I cant let go, I wait for you, Till hell goes cold, I'll wait for you, You're all I know and I wait for you' says it all; 'Once You Love', again the chorus, 'once you love you trust it, once you give your soul is bare, One false move and you're busted, once you love you care' The Christmas sounding 'Nothing But A Child' is a gentle number, with Earle's strong vocals offset with female vocals to give a kind of mystical feel. I'll admit this album did nothing for me initially, and however hard I try I can't see anything in some of the tracks ... yet there are some rough diamonds, like the man himself, which, with time, I can see why people treasure.
 ROARING COUNTRY ROCK November 1, 2000
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
Wow! This is country with a roaring rock 'n roll heart, and a delicious concept album packed with melodic, emotional but very literate songs. At times it reminds me of the best work of The Rolling Stones. Every track is great, but my favorites include the title track, Snake Oil, The Devil's Right Hand, Johnny Come Lately and You Belong To Me. I investigated Steve Earle because of Emmylou Harris' cover of his song Goodbye on her Wrecking Ball album, and I've not been disappointed. His growling voice is full of feeling and the band is brilliant. Sometimes bitter, sometimes tender, this is a masterpiece of breath-taking beauty.
ignore country - just buy! June 13, 2000
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
Try to ignore the fact that this classic is filed under "country" and try out the best work that Earle has produced. There is not one tune that you will not be stomping and singing to in days. The only caveat is that most of his other work is not this accesssible. This was the first album I bought on two formats (vinyl and CD). Enough said.
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