1. Intro - Steve Earle,
2. Good Ol' Boy (Gettin' Tough) - Steve Earle, Bennett, Richard
3. Devil's Right Hand
4. I Ain't Ever Satisfied
5. Someday
6. West Nashville Boogie
7. Snake Oil
8. Standin' on the Corner - Steve Earle, Rodgers, Jimmie [1]
9. The Other Kind
10. Billy Austin
11. Copperhead Road
12. Fearless Heart
13. Guitar Town
14. I Love You Too Much
15. She's About a Mover - Steve Earle, Sahm, Doug
16. The Rain Came Down
17. Dead Flowers - Steve Earle, Jagger, Mick
Shut Up and Die Like an Aviator
- Audio CD: 0 pages (1991-09-17)
- Publisher: Mca
- Label: Mca
- Format: Live
- Studio: Mca
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 13 reviews
- Sales Rank in Music: #70516
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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Live album with overdubs 2005-06-18
Comment: This is a live CD that has been overdubbed in parts due to "technical difficulties". It gives the CD a strange sound, like someone playing along to their favorite songs.
This is Steve Earle just before he fell completely over the deep end. Normally, that might not be a bad thing. People like Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan have actually lost thier spark once they cleaned up. Sad to say, but some of the greatest music of all time comes from the drug addicted, including Jerry Garcia, Carlos Santana, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix.
But, the problem with Earle is that he may have been too far gone. The other guys kept it under control and let it out in their music. Earle is paranoid and edgy.
Because of the sound problems and the performance, this not a great live CD. I think the studio versions of these songs are much better.
Earle does have a lot to say. But, I'm not sure that I always agree with Earle's good ol' boy, loser, paranoic view that the world is out to get you and that there is nothing you can do. I am also not so sure about his anti-death penalty stance. I don't favor making sympathetic characters out of murderers.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Not one of Earle's best 2003-10-28
Comment: There is a generous amount of music--over 74 minutes which is a lot for the typical Steve Earle CD but you can find better renditions of these songs on his other CDs. Get Guitar Town and Copperhead Road if you want to hear most of these songs done in a studio. Also, I had eagerly anticipated hearing Earle's version of Dead Flowers but it isn't nearly as good as the original by The Stones.
3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Raw and ragged 2003-01-03
Comment: This is a loose collection of live Earle music circa 1991. The band is just going through the motions and Earle's voice is at its most ragged, but it still remains an interesting time capsule of where Earle's career was at the time and some of the songs really thrive in the live setting. A good summation of Earle's earlier work and glimpse of an artist close to the edge of self destruction. Probably not the best example of his ability but an intriguing look at an artist whose life has had more than a few ups and downs.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Interesting Live CD 2002-03-15
Comment: Recorded during a Canadian tour of the early 90's, this appears to be a fan's dream: a greatest hits package recorded live with Earle and the experienced Dukes performing at their peak-Earle, however, was in the depths of his drug addiction during this tour, so the performances are restless at best. A live reference to an incident in Ottawa points to Earle's growing spirit of social conscienceness. His stellar writing rescues this project, with new tour staples such as the anti-death penalty anthem "Billy Austin," the auto-biographical "I'm The Other Kind," and "West Nashville Boogie," (all from "The Hard Way") providing shining moments. A teasing "Guitar Town" is tell-tale: there are only shreds remaining of the exhuberant 27-year-old laureate who took the country and rock communities by storm only 4 years earlier. Most frightening is a transcending, gut-level version of Jimmy Rogers' "Blue Yodel #9," showing that Earle remembers from whenst he came, but leaving the listener wondering where Earle is going. Or if he'll survive the journey.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: One of my favorite live-recordings ever. 2001-12-14
Comment: This is THE essential Steve Earle recording. The set is stellar and the Dukes just flat-out rock live. Steve may have been a strung-out addict at the time but he sure does deliver. In fact, there isn't a trace of half-assing here. He does it all with heart and the gruffness in his voice gives tunes like "Billy Austin" an even bigger impact. I really loved the live version of "the Rain Came Down" and "Fearless Heart" has never sounded better. This is one of the first cds I ever bought (I was eleven) and after a decade, it has yet to lose it's charm. The only difference, is now, I'm quite a bit older and the songs have much more meaning.
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