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I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive is the 14th studio album by American singer-songwriter 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.

I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive
Studio album by Steve Earle
Released	April 26, 2011
Recorded	May, November 2010
Genre	Country rockabilly[1] blues[1]
Length	37:42
Label	New West
Producer	T-Bone Burnett
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[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
BBC	Mixed[3]
Telegraph	[4]

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".[5] "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.[1]

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.[6] Earle also wrote a novel with the same title.

Track listing

iTunes exclusive

Chart performance

Chart (2011)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	24
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	4
U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums	4
U.S. Billboard Top Rock Albums	7
Canadian Albums Chart	17

Personnel

• Steve Earle - vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo, bouzouki, mandolin, harmonica
• Sara Watkins - vocals, fiddle
• T Bone Burnett - vocals, electric guitar
• Jay Bellerose - drums
• Dennis Crouch - bass
• A. Michael Brown - euphonium
• Roland Guerin - acoustic bass
• Keefus Ciancia - Mellotron
• Jackson Smith - electric guitar
• Sammie Williams - trombone
• Tim Robbins
• Jonathan Gross - tuba
• Tracey Griffin - flugelhorn
• Allison Moorer - backing vocals

References

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