20th Century Masters The Millenium Collection: The Best Of [Digipak]

Performer: Steve Earle
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Personnel includes: Steve Earle (vocals, guitar). Producers: Tony Brown, Richard Bennett, Emory Gordy, Jr., Steve Earle. Compilation producer: Andy McKaie. Recorded between 1985 & 1987. Includes liner notes by Andy McKaie. This is part of "20th Century Masters: The Millenium Collection" series. The Steve Earle installment of the 20TH CENTURY MASTERS best-of series forgoes Earle's later political material, and instead collects 12 key tracks from the early part of his career when he was battling drug addiction and establishing himself as a maverick Nashville singer-songwriter. Among the cuts are signature Earle tunes such as "Guitar Town," "Someday," and the country-rock anthem "Copperhead Road." While it doesn't offer a complete picture, the set does a solid job of presenting the formative days of this "hardcore troubadour."

Steve Earle did for country in the 1980s what Waylon Jennings did for it in the '70s--released it from the shackles of commerciality and overproduction by introducing a bad-ass, rock-friendly outlaw aesthetic. Besides his talents as a singer/songwriter, Earle is a producer/entrepreneur who's worked with many other artists (some on his own label) and helped foster a new wave of progressive country. He's also a dedicated political activist who's done much for a variety of progressive causes.

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