# I Feel Alright

I Feel Alright is the sixth studio album by Steve Earle, released in 1996.
The title track was featured in the closing scenes of "Port in a Storm", the final episode of The Wire season 2.

## Critical reception

Professional ratings :
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Christgau's Consumer Guide | |
| Entertainment Weekly | A |
| Los Angeles Times | |
| The New Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Spin | 9/10 |
Writing for Entertainment Weekly, Alanna Nash gave I Feel Alright an "A" grade. She wrote, "If I Feel Alright doesn’t deliver the grit that has been Earle’s gift to rock and country, his roots-rock joie de vivre sends no apologies, only a healthy message for the ’90s: Don’t feel bad about feeling good."

### Accolades

| Organization/Publication | Year | Accolade | Position |
| Eye Weekly (Canada) | 1996 | "Albums of the year" | 8 |
| Guitar Player (USA) | 1997 | "Best Country Guitar album" | 3 |
| Nashville Music Awards (USA) | 1997 | best rock album | * |
| Spin (USA) | 1999 | "Top 90 Albums of the 90s" | 75 |

## Track listing

All tracks are written by Steve Earle

## Personnel
### Musicians

* Steve Earle — guitars, harmonica, vocals
* Richard Bennett, Ray Kennedy - guitar
* Kelly Looney, Garry Tallent, Roy Huskey, Jr., Ric Kipp - bass
* Kurt Custer, Greg Morrow - drums
* Ken Moore - organ
* Richard Bennett - harmonium
* Lucinda Williams - vocals on "You're Still Standin' There"
* Kurt Custer, Richard Bennett, Greg Morrow, Dub Cornett - percussion
* Custer & Logan, The Fairfield Four (musical director: Mark Prentice), Lucinda Williams, Ms. Williams' stunt double Siobhan Maher - vocals
* Kris Wilkerson - string arrangement and conductor
* Carl Gordetzky, Pamela Sixfin, Richard Grosjean - violin
* Lee Larrison - viola
* Robert Mason - cello

### Cover Art

* Album Artwork - Tony Fitzpatrick

### Production

Ray Kennedy and Richard Bennett (tracks: 1, 5, 8 to 12), Richard Dodd (tracks: 2 to 4, 6 and 7)

## Releases

| year | format | label | catalog # |
| 1996 | CD | Warner Bros. Records | 46201 |
| 1996 | cassette | Warner Bros. Records | 46201 |
| 1996 | CD | Transatlantic | 227 |

## Charts

| year | chart | peak |
| 1996 | The Billboard 200 | 106 |

## Notes and sources

* 1 2 3 Kurt Wolf, Review: I Feel Alright", Allmusic
* 1 2 3 Nash, Alanna (1996-03-08). "I Feel Alright". Entertainment Weekly.
* ↑ Christgau, Robert (2000-10-15). Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. p. 92. ISBN 9780312245603.
* ↑ Appleford, Steve (1996-03-09). "Album Reviews: Earle's Back With New Ease, Naturalness on 'Alright'". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
* ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. p. 268. ISBN 9780743201698.
* ↑ McLeese, Don (1998-02-02). "Steve Earle: I Feel Alright". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2007-04-01. Retrieved 2018-05-17.
* ↑ Aaron, Charles (April 1996). "Steve Earle: I Feel Alright". Spin. SPIN Media LLC. p. 105. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
* ↑ Eye Weekly (Canadian cross-country critics poll), 1996
* ↑ "27th Annual Guitar Player Readers Poll", Guitar Player, 31:2, February 1997, p. 40-41 (tie for 3rd place w/ Dwight Yoakam's Gone, behind Junior Brown's Semi Crazy, and Steve Wariner's No More Mr. Nice Guy)
* ↑ Deborah Evans Price, "Nashville Awards Celebrate More Than Just Country", Billboard, 109:8, February 22, 1997, p. 26,28
* ↑ "Spin's Top 90 Albums of the 90's"