Jerusalem (Steve Earle album)

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Jerusalem
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 24, 2002
GenreRock[1]
LabelE-Squared Records
ProducerTwangtrust (Steve Earle and Ray Kennedy)
Steve Earle chronology
Transcendental Blues
(2000)
Jerusalem
(2002)
The Revolution Starts Now
(2004)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic78/100 link
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Pitchfork Media5.6/10[1]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

Jerusalem is the 10th studio album by American singer-songwriter Steve Earle, released in 2002. A concept album, it has a political theme, and contains songs about a post–September 11, 2001 world.

Track listing[edit]

All tracks composed by Steve Earle; except where indicated

  1. "Ashes to Ashes" – 4:02
  2. "Amerika V. 6.0 (The Best We Can Do)" – 4:19
  3. "Conspiracy Theory" – 4:14 (Duet with Siobhan Kennedy)
  4. "John Walker's Blues" – 3:41
  5. "The Kind" – 2:04
  6. "What's A Simple Man To Do?" – 2:29
  7. "The Truth" – 2:21
  8. "Go Amanda" – 3:34 (Earle, Sheryl Crow)
  9. "I Remember You" – 2:53 (Duet with Emmylou Harris)
  10. "Shadowland" – 2:52
  11. "Jerusalem'" – 3:56

Personnel[edit]

Chart performance[edit]

Chart (2002) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 7
U.S. Billboard 200 59
U.S. Billboard Independent Albums 1

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (2002) Position
Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[4] 72

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Steve Earle: Jerusalem". Pitchfork.
  2. ^ "Jerusalem - Steve Earle | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  3. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (February 12, 2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. p. 268 – via Internet Archive. Jerusalem (Steve Earle album) 2002 rolling stone.
  4. ^ "Top 100 country albums of 2002 in Canada". Jam!. Archived from the original on December 4, 2003. Retrieved March 28, 2022.