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I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive
Studio album by Steve Earle
Released	April 26, 2011
Recorded	May, November 2010
Genre	Country rockabilly blues
Length	37:42
Label	New West
Producer	T Bone Burnett
Steve Earle chronology
Townes (2009) I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive (2011) The Low Highway (2013)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	74/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
BBC	Mixed
Telegraph

I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive is the 14th studio album by American singer-songwriter Steve Earle, released in 2011, produced by T Bone Burnett. All of the songs are written by Earle, with the exception of the title track, which is included as a download-only bonus track.

Four of the songs were originally written for other projects. "This City", was originally written for the David Simon show Treme and appears on its soundtrack. It was nominated for a Grammy in 2011 for "Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media". "Lonely are the Free" was written and recorded for the 2010 Tim Blake Nelson film Leaves of Grass, in which Earle had a small part. This earlier version was played over the closing credits and appeared on the film soundtrack. Earle originally wrote the tracks "God Is God" and "I am a Wanderer" for Joan Baez's Day After Tomorrow album.

Earle has said that the title for the album was inspired by the Hank Williams song of the same name which is available as a bonus track from iTunes. Earle also wrote a novel with the same title.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Steve Earle, except Track 12 on the iTunes version

iTunes exclusive

All tracks are written by Steve Earle, except Track 12

Chart performance

Personnel

• Steve Earle - vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo, bouzouki, mandolin, harmonica
• Sara Watkins - vocals, fiddle
• T Bone Burnett - vocals, electric guitar
• Jay Bellerose - drums
• Dennis Crouch - bass
• A. Michael Brown - euphonium
• Roland Guerin - acoustic bass
• Keefus Ciancia - Mellotron
• Jackson Smith - electric guitar
• Sammie Williams - trombone
• Tim Robbins
• Jonathan Gross - tuba
• Tracey Griffin - flugelhorn
• Allison Moorer - backing vocals

References

1. ^ Jurek, Thom. "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive review". AllMusic. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
2. "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive by Steve Earle". Retrieved 1 October 2016.
3. "Steve Earle: I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive: CD review". The Telegraph. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
4. Dunnett, Ninian. "BBC - Music - Review of Steve Earle - I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive". Retrieved 1 October 2016.
5. Bailey, Jason (March 29, 2011). "Treme: The Complete First Season (Blu-Ray)". DVD Talk. Retrieved April 2, 2011.
6. Steve Earle On World Cafe: NPR, July 4, 2011

• 2011 albums
• Steve Earle albums
• Albums produced by T Bone Burnett
• New West Records albums