Transcendental Blues — Steve Earle

A resilient and melodic journey through travel, heartache, and hard-won peace.

Tracklist · 19 Tracks

Transcendental Blues

4:13

Everyone’s in Love With You

3:30

Another Town

2:22

I Can Wait

3:16

The Boy Who Never Cried

3:46

Steve’s Last Ramble

3:38

The Galway Girl

3:05

Lonelier Than This

3:12

Wherever I Go

1:58

When I Fall

4:35

I Don’t Want to Lose You Yet

3:23

Halo ’round the Moon

2:13

Until the Day I Die

3:23

All of My Life

3:28

Over Yonder (Jonathan’s Song)

3:52

Copperhead Road

5:14

The Galway Girl

3:38

Steve’s Last Ramble

3:57

Feel Alright

3:37

Moments Worth Listening For

The sudden, joyous burst of the Sharon Shannon Band's accordion and fiddle on The Galway Girl.

The psychedelic, Revolver-indebted guitar drone that opens the title track.

The stark, heartbreaking intimacy of the vocal delivery on Lonelier Than This.

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