Ain't Living Long Like This (studio album) by Rodney Crowell

Ain't Living Long Like This by Rodney Crowell
Year: 1978
Overall rank: 26,879th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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70/100 (from 14 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (320th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (3,113th)
Award Best albums of all time (26,879th)
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Rodney Crowell bestography

Ain't Living Long Like This is ranked 3rd best out of 21 albums by Rodney Crowell on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Rodney Crowell is The Houston Kid which is ranked number 14199 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 80.

Rodney Crowell album bestography « Higher ranked (15,967th) This album (26,879th) Lower ranked (29,205th) »
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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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From 03/28/2017 05:03
Rodney Crowell's debut had a large impact. It would begin his career of writing stellar songs that didn't really go up the charts until they were covered by hitmakers. Nearly every song here, according to Allmusic, was covered by other musicians.

The production here is classic 70s folk/country rock. It fits, but loses Rodney's music to a forgotten radio era. Rodney would continue to conform with many radio accessible styles until fitting into a comfortable acoustic niche later in his career.

Crowell has really strong material here. If it wasn't for the three so-so covers, this would rival Diamonds & Dirt as his best album.

Track Pick: Song for the Life
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3. The Cars by The Cars
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