DISCOGRAPHY
Although many of his songs became hits for other singers, Rodney Crowell was the first to record nearly all of them. His highly influential records have spawned dozens of classic country songs.

The Texas native first achieved prominence as a member of Emmylou Harris’ touring group, The Hot Band, and she was the first to popularize him as a tunesmith. In 1977, Crowell formed his own group, The Cherry Bombs, and in 1978 released his first album. In 1980, Crowell issued his own first hit song, "Ashes by Now," which was a Top 40 pop crossover success; the follow-up, "Stars on the Water," was popular with both pop and country listeners. In 1988, Crowell finally broke through commercially with "Diamonds and Dirt," a record that generated an unbroken record of five number-one singles.

Already a Grammy® award winner for "After All This Time" (1989, for Best Country Song), Rodney’s band The Notorious Cherry Bombs recently snagged a nomination for Top Vocal Group for the 40th annual Academy of Country Music Awards.



2005
THE OUTSIDER
Say You Love Me
The Obscenity Prayer
The Outsider
Epic Tetus Speaks
Beautiful Despair
Don't Get Me Started
Ignorance Is The Enemy
Glasgow Girl
Things That Go Bump In The Day
Shelter From The Storm
We Can't Turn Back

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2004
THE ESSENTIAL RODNEY CROWELL
I Ain't Living Long Like This (Crowell)
Stars On The Water (Crowell)
Shame On The Moon (Crowell)
Oh King Richard (Crowell)
I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried (Crowell)
After All This Time (Crowell)
The Last Waltz (Crowell/Jennings)
She's Crazy For Leaving (Crowell/Clark)
Many A Long & Lonesome Highway (Crowell/Jennings)
What Kind Of Love (Crowell/Jennings/Orbison)
Lovin' All Night (Crowell)
Please Remember Me (Crowell/Jennings)
I Walk The Line (Revisited) (Crowell)
Fate's Right Hand (Crowell)
Still Learning How To Fly (Crowell)
'Til I Gain Control Again (Crowell)



2004
THE NOTORIOUS CHERRY BOMBS
Let It Roll, Let It Ride (Crowell/Gill)
If I Ever Break Your Heart (Crowell)
Wait A Minute (Crowell/DeVito)
Making Memories Of Us (Crowell)
Oklahoma Dust (Gill/Satcher)
Dangerous Curves (Crowell/Gill)
Forever Someday (Gill)
On The Road To Ruin (Crowell)
Heart Of A Jealous Man (Gill/Barnes)
It's Hard To Kiss The Lips At Night That Chew Your Ass Out All Day Long (Crowell/Gill)
Sweet Little Lisa (Cowart/DeVito/Cowart)
Let It Roll, Let It Ride (Reprise)



2003
FATE'S RIGHT HAND
Still Learning How To Fly (Crowell)
Fate's Right Hand (Crowell)
Earthbound (Crowell)
Time To Go Inward (Crowell)
The Man In Me (Crowell)
Riding Out The Storm (Crowell)
Preaching To The Choir (Crowell)
It's A Different World Now (Crowell)
Come On Funny Feeling (Crowell)
Adam's Song (Crowell)
This Too Will Pass (Crowell)



2001
THE HOUSTON KID
Telephone Road (Crowell)
The Rock Of My Soul (Crowell)
Why Don't We Talk About It (Crowell)
I Wish It Would Rain (Crowell)
Wandering Boy (Crowell)
I Walk The Line (Revisited) (Crowell)
Highway 17 (Crowell)
U Don't Know How Much I Hate U (Crowell/Lukather)
Banks Of The Old Bandera (Crowell)
Topsy Turvy (Crowell)
I Know Love Is All I Need (Crowell)



2001
DIAMONDS AND DIRT | REISSUE
Crazy Baby (Crowell/Jennings)
I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried (Crowell)
She's Crazy for Leavin' (Clark/Crowell)
After All This Time (Crowell)
I Know You're Married (Crowell)
Above and Beyond (Howard)
It's Such a Small World (w/Rosanne Cash) (Crowell)
I Didn't Know I Could Lose You (Crowell)
Brand New Rag (Crowell/Jennings)
Last Waltz (Crowell/Jennings)
I've Got My Pride But I Got to Feed the Kids (Crowell)
It's Lonely Out (Crowell)
Lies Don't Lie (Crowell)



1997
THE CICADAS
When Losers Rule The World (Crowell/Vaughn)
Blonde Ambition (Willoughby/Hinson)
We Want Everything (Crowell)
Tobacco Road (Loudermilk)
Through With The Past (Crowell/Lynch)
Nothing (Crowell/Lauderdale)
Our Little Town (Crowell/Clark)
Wish You Were Her (Burnett/Bono)
Nobody's Gonna Tear My Playhouse Down (Crowell/Leventhal)
Still Learning How To Fly (Crowell)



1995
JEWEL OF THE SOUTH
Say You Love Me (Crowell)
Candy Man (Fredericks/Ross)
Please Remember Me (Crowell/Jennings)
The Ballad of Possum Potez (Crowell)
Thinking About Leaving (Crowell)
The Ladder of Love (Crowell/Parnell)
Just Say Yes (Crowell/Sykes)
Storm of Love (Howard/Owens)
Love to Burn (Crowell/Jennings/DeVito)
Jewel of the South (Crowell)
Que' Es Amor (What Is Love) (Jennings/Orbison/Crowell)
(Guest Musicians: Kim Richey, Vince Gill, Raul Malo, Bela Fleck, Billy Joe Walker Jr., Matt Rollings)



1995
SUPER HITS
Lovin' All Night (Crowell)
It's Such A Small World (w/Rosanne Cash) (Crowell)
Life Is Messy (Crowell)
I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried (Crowell)
After All This Time (Crowell)
She's Crazy for Leaving (Crowell/Clark)
Above & Beyond (The Call of Love) (Howard)
The Last Waltz (Crowell/Jennings)
Alone But Not Alone (Crowell/Klein)
Things I Wish I'd Said (Crowell)



1994
LET THE PICTURE PAINT ITSELF
Let The Picture Paint Itself (Crowell)
Give My Heart A Rest (Crowell)
Stuff That Works (Crowell/Clark)
Big Heart (Crowell)
Loving You Makes Me Strong (Crowell)
The Best Years Of Our Lives (Crowell)
I Don't Fall In Love So Easy (Crowell)
That Ol' Door (Crowell)
The Rose of Memphis (Crowell/Clark)
Once in a While (Crowell/Leventhal)
(Guest Musicians: Patty Loveless, Trisha Yearwood)



1994
SOUL SEARCHIN'
Above and Beyond (Howard)
Soul Searchin' (Crowell)
She Loves the Jerk (Hiatt)
The Last Waltz (Crowell/Jennings)
Stay (Don't Be Cruel) (Crowell/Sykes)
Looking for You (Crowell/Cash)
The Faith Is Mine (Crowell)
We Gotta Go On Meeting Like This (Crowell/Willoughby)
Crazy Baby (Crowell/Jennings)
Now That We're Alone (Crowell)



1993
GREATEST HITS
Lovin' All Night (Crowell)
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (Crowell)
What Kind of Love (Crowell/Jennings/Orbison)
I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried (Crowell)
After All This Time (Crowell)
Talking to a Stranger (w/Mary Chapin Carpenter)(Crowell/Sykes)
She's Crazy For Leaving (Crowell/Clark)
Many A Long & Lonesome Highway (Crowell/Jennings)
If Looks Could Kill (Crowell)
It's Such A Small World (w/Rosanne Cash) (Crowell)
Things I Wish I'd Said (Crowell)
Standing On a Rock (Crowell)
(Guest Musicians: Mary Chapin Carpenter, Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris, Don Henley, Linda Ronstadt, Lari White, Rosanne Cash, Mark O'Connor, Take 6)



1992
LIFE IS MESSY
It's Not for Me to Judge (Crowell)
What Kind of Love (Crowell/Jennings/Orbison)
Lovin' All Night (Crowell)
Life Is Messy (Crowell)
I Hardly Know How to Be Myself (Crowell/Cash)
It Don't Get Better Than This (Crowell/Leventhal)
Alone But Not Alone (Crowell/Klein)
Let's Make Trouble (Crowell)
The Answer Is Yes (Crowell)
Maybe Next Time (Crowell/Leventhal)
(Guest Musicians: Sam Phillips, Marc Cohn, Lari White, Linda Ronstadt, Don Henley, Jim Lauderdale, Steve Winwood, Shawn Colvin)


1989
COLLECTION
Ashes By Now (Crowell)
'Til I Gain Control Again (Crowell)
Voila, An American Dream (Crowell)
Queen of Hearts (DeVito)
Shame On the Moon (Crowell)
Old Pipeliner (King/Hill)
Stars on the Water (Crowell)
Heartbroke (Clark)
I Don't Have to Crawl (Crowell)
Leaving Louisiana In the Broad Daylight (Crowell/Cowart)
Victim or a Fool (Crowell)
I Ain't Living Long Like This (Crowell)
(Guest Musicians: Vince Gill, Mac Rebennack [Dr. John], Rosanne Cash, Emmylou Harris, Albert Lee, Nicolette Larson)



1989
KEYS TO THE HIGHWAY
My Past Is Present (Crowell/Smith)
If Looks Could Kill (Crowell)
Soul Searchin' (Crowell)
Many A Long & Lonesome Highway (Crowell/Jennings)
We Gotta Go On Meeting Like This (Crowell/Willoughby)
The Faith Is Mine (Crowell)
Tell Me the Truth (Crowell/Hanson/Smith/Santoro)
Don't Let Your Feet Slow You Down (Crowell)
Now That We're Alone (Crowell)
Things I Wish I'd Said (Crowell)
I Guess We've Been Together For Too Long (Crowell/Clark)
You Been On My Mind (Crowell)
(Guest Musicians: Rosanne Cash, Mark O'Connor, Vince Gill)



1988
DIAMONDS & DIRT
Crazy Baby (Crowell/Jennings)
I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried (Crowell)
She's Crazy for Leaving (Crowell/Clark)
After All This Time (Crowell)
I Know You're Married (Crowell)
Above and Beyond (Howard)
It's Such a Small World (w/Rosanne Cash) (Crowell)
I Didn't Know I Could Lose You (Crowell)
Brand New Rag (Crowell/Jennings)
The Last Waltz (Crowell/Jennings)
(Guest Musicians: Rosanne Cash, Mark O'Connor, Vince Gill)



1986
STREET LANGUAGE
Let Freedom Ring (Crowell/Sykes)
The Ballad of Fast Eddie (Crowell/E. Gordy Jr.)
When I'm Free Again (Crowell/Jennings)
She Loves the Jerk (Hiatt)
When the Blue Hour Comes (Crowell/Jennings/Orbison)
Oh, King Richard (Crowell)
Looking For You (Crowell/Cash)
Stay (Don't Be Cruel)(Crowell/Sykes)
Best I Can (Crowell/DeVito/E. Gordy Jr.)
Past Like A Mask (Crowell)
(Guest Musicians: Vince Gill, John Hiatt, Billy Joe Walker, Booker T. Jones, Dave Loggins)



1981
RODNEY CROWELL
Stars on the Water (Crowell)
Just Wanta Dance (Sykes)
She Ain't Going Nowhere (Clark)
Don't Need No Other Now (Crowell)
Shame on the Moon (Crowell)
Only Two Hearts (Crowell/DeVito)
Victim or a Fool (Crowell)
All You've Got to Do (Crowell/DeVito)
'Til I Gain Control Again (Crowell)
Old Pipeliner (King/Hill)
(Guest musicians: Vince Gill, Rosanne Cash, Albert Lee, Emory Gordy Jr., Tony Brown)



1980
BUT WHAT WILL THE NEIGHBORS THINK?
Here Come the 80s (Crowell)
Ain't No Money (Crowell)
Oh, What a Feeling (Sykes)
It's Only Rock and Roll (Crowell)
On a Real Good Night (Crowell)
Ashes By Now (Crowell)
Heartbroke (Clark)
Queen of Hearts (DeVito)
Blues in the Daytime (Crowell)
The One About England (Crowell)



1978
AIN'T LIVING LONG LIKE THIS
Elvira (Frazier)
(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such As I (Trader)
Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight (Crowell/Cowart)
Voila, An American Dream (Crowell)
I Ain't Living Long Like This (Crowell)
Baby, Better Start Turnin' them Down (Crowell)
Song for the Life (Crowell)
I Thought I Heard You Callin' My Name (Emerson)
California Earthquake (Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On)(Crowell)
(Guest musicians: Emmylou Harris, Ricky Skaggs, Willie Nelson, Nicolette Larson, Mac Rebennack [Dr. John], Albert Lee)



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