Rodney Crowell discography

Rodney Crowell discography
Studio albums 13
Compilation albums 4
Music videos 15
Singles 36
No.1 Single (U.S.) 5

The discography of Rodney Crowell, an American country music artist, consists of 13 studio albums and 36 singles. Although he first charted on Hot Country Songs in 1978, he did not reach top 40 on that chart until 1981, with "Stars on the Water". His 1988 album Diamonds & Dirt produced five consecutive number-one singles, the only ones of his career.

Studio albums

1970s and 1980s

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
CAN Country
[3]
Ain't Living Long Like This
But What Will the Neighbors Think
  • Release date: 1980
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
  • Formats: LP, 8-track, CD, cassette
64 155
Rodney Crowell
  • Release date: 1981
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
  • Formats: LP, 8-track, CD, cassette
47 105
Street Language 38 177
Diamonds & Dirt
  • Release date: March 30, 1988
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
8 9
Keys to the Highway
  • Release date: October 10, 1989
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
15 180
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s

Title Album details Peak chart positions
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
CAN Country
[3]
Life Is Messy
  • Release date: May 19, 1992
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
30 155 9
Let the Picture Paint Itself
  • Release date: May 10, 1994
  • Label: MCA Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
Jewel of the South
  • Release date: June 20, 1995
  • Label: MCA Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s

Title Album details Peak chart positions
US Country
[1]
US
Heat

[6]
US
Indie

[7]
The Houston Kid 32 19
Fate's Right Hand
  • Release date: July 29, 2003
  • Label: DMZ/Epic Records
  • Formats: CD
29 14
The Outsider
  • Release date: August 16, 2005
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
37 12
Sex and Gasoline
  • Release date: September 2, 2008
  • Label: Yep Roc Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
38 35
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2010s

Title Album details Peak chart positions
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
US
Indie

[7]
Kin: Songs by Mary Karr
& Rodney Crowell
32 37
Old Yellow Moon
(with Emmylou Harris)
  • Release date: February 26, 2013
  • Label: Nonesuch Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
4 29
Tarpaper Sky
  • Release date: April 15, 2014
  • Label: New West Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
25 168 32
The Traveling Kind
(with Emmylou Harris)
  • Release date: May 12, 2015
  • Label: Nonesuch Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
8 78
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

Title Album details Peak positions
US Country
[8]
The Rodney Crowell Collection
  • Release date: August 8, 1989
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
65
Greatest Hits
  • Release date: November 2, 1993
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
Soul Searchin'
  • Release date: December 1, 1995
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
Super Hits
  • Release date: 1995
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
The Essential Rodney Crowell
  • Release date: November 16, 2004
  • Label: Columbia/Legacy
  • Formats: CD, music download
The Platinum Collection
  • Release date: June 26, 2006
  • Label: Rhino/WEA UK
  • Formats: CD, music download
Playlist: The Very Best of Rodney Crowell
  • Release date: May 29, 2012
  • Label: Columbia/Legacy
  • Formats: CD, music download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

1970s and 1980s

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US Country US CAN Country
1978 "Don't Need No Other Now" N/A
"Elvira" 95 Ain't Living Long Like This
"Baby Better Start Turnin' 'Em Down"
1979 "(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I" 90
1980 "Ashes by Now" 78 37 But What Will the Neighbors Think
"Ain't No Money"
"Here Comes the 80's"
1981 "Stars on the Water" 30 105 21 Rodney Crowell
"Victim or a Fool" 34
1986 "Let Freedom Ring" Street Language
"When I'm Free Again" 38
1987 "She Loves the Jerk" 71
"Looking for You" 59
1988 "It's Such a Small World" (with Rosanne Cash) 1 1 Diamonds & Dirt
"I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried" 1 1
"She's Crazy for Leavin'" 1 1
1989 "After All This Time" 1 1
"Above and Beyond" 1 1
"Many a Long and Lonesome Highway" 3 1 Keys to the Highway
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US Country US AC CAN Country CAN CAN AC
1990 "If Looks Could Kill" 6 4 Keys to the Highway
"My Past Is Present" 22 12
"Now That We're Alone" 17 13
1991 "Things I Wish I'd Said" 72
1992 "Lovin' All Night" 10 9 Life Is Messy
"What Kind of Love" 11 9 2 47 5
"It's Not for Me to Judge"[9]
"Let's Make Trouble" 78
1993 "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" Greatest Hits
1994 "Let the Picture Paint Itself" 60 50 Let the Picture Paint Itself
"Big Heart" 75 70
"I Don't Fall in Love So Easy"
1995 "Please Remember Me" 69 Jewel of the South
1998 "I Walk the Line Revisited" (with Johnny Cash) 61 The Houston Kid
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s and 2010s

Year Single Peak positions Album
US Country
2003 "Earthbound" 60 Fate's Right Hand
2004 "Fate's Right Hand"
2005 "The Obscenity Prayer (Give It to Me)" The Outsider
2006 "Say You Love Me"
2008 "Sex and Gasoline" Sex and Gasoline
2012 "I'm a Mess" Kin: Songs by Mary Karr & Rodney Crowell
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Guest singles

Year Single Artist Album
2011 "Hard Time Movin' On" David Bradley Movin' On

Music videos

Year Title Director
1986 "Let Freedom Ring"[10] David Hogan
1988 "It's Such a Small World" (with Rosanne Cash) Edd Griles
"I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried" Bill Pope
1989 "After All This Time"
"Many a Long and Lonesome Highway"
1990 "If Looks Could Kill" Wayne Miller
1991 "Things I Wish I'd Said"
1992 "Lovin' All Night" Joanne Gardner
1993 "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues"
1994 "Let the Picture Paint Itself" Gerry Wenner
"Big Heart" Joanne Gardner
1995 "Please Remember Me" Bud Schaetzle
2000 "I Walk the Line Revisited" (with Johnny Cash) Hannah Crowell/Stephen McCord/Dawn Nepp
2003 "Earthbound" Nigel Dick
"Fate's Right Hand" Deb Haus/Jerad Sloan

References

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