20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Steve Earle

20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Steve Earle
Greatest hits album by
ReleasedAugust 19, 2003
RecordedSeptember 30, 1985 – May 1988
GenreCountry, Country rock
LabelMCA Records
Steve Earle chronology
The Devil's Right Hand: An Introduction to Steve Earle
(2001)
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Steve Earle
(2003)

20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Steve Earle is a compilation album by Steve Earle. The album was released on August 19, 2003.

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic[1]

Chip O'Brien of PopMatters, in a review that also examined the driving force behind Best Of compilations, considered this album to be an attempt by MCA to "make a couple of bucks off the portion of his catalog they still had legal access to."[2] Similarly William Ruhlmann of AllMusic said that this album "predictably treats Earle's career as if it lasted only from 1985-1988 and consisted only of his earlier MCA Records recordings."[3]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Steve Earle, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Guitar Town" 2:34
2."Good Ol' Boy (Gettin' Tough)"Richard Bennett, Steve Earle3:59
3."Hillbilly Highway"Steve Earle, Jimbeau Hinson3:38
4."Someday" 3:48
5."Goodbye's All We've Got Left" 3:23
6."I Ain't Ever Satisfied" 3:53
7."Nowhere Road"Steve Earle, Reno Kling2:49
8."The Rain Came Down"Steve Earle, Michael Woody4:14
9."The Week of Living Dangerously" 4:27
10."Continental Trailways Blues" 3:09
11."Six Days on the Road"Earl Green, Carl Montgomery3:07
12."Copperhead Road" 4:30

References

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  1. ^ 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Steve Earle Steve Earle Allmusic.com William Ruhlmann
  2. ^ O'Brien, Chip. "Steve Earle: The Best of Steve Earle (20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection)". < PopMatters. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
  3. ^ Ruhlmann, William. "20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Steve Earle - Steve Earle". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-08-23.