1. Transcendental Blues
2. Everyone's In Love With You
3. Another Town
4. I Can Wait
5. The Boy Who Never Cried
6. Steve's Last Ramble
7. The Galway Girl
8. Lonlier Than This
9. Wherever I Go
10. When I Fall
11. I Don't Want To Lose You Yet
12. Halo 'Round The Moon
13. Until The Day I Die
14. All Of My Life
15. Over Yonder (Jonathan's Song)
Amazon.com's Best of 2000
While Steve Earle's last album, The Mountain, was an all-acoustic collection of folk and bluegrass, his latest project returns to the trademark stylistic eclecticism that he displayed on El Corazon (1997). Transcendental Blues flows from gentle folk to British invasion pop, from Celtic-flavored jaunts to hard-edged country-rock and bluegrass romps, and as always Earle deftly blurs these lines. --Marc Greilsamer
Amazon.com
After Steve Earle redrew a handful of musical maps with 1997's El Corazon, it was surprising to hear the troubadour team with Del McCoury on the unabashed bluegrass set The Mountain. In truth, El Corazon paved the way for Transcendental Blues. Here Earle returns back to the sprawl of El Corazon. There's Spartan, yearning folk in "Over Yonder," boot-scooting 'grass on "Until the Day I Die," and ear-pinning rock on "Everyone's in Love with You." Earle rescues the connection between Ireland and American traditionalism with the mandolin-driven "Galway Girl" and even seems inspired by fables with "The Boy Who Never Cried." Earle shows again and again that he's a consummate indexer, demonstrating how American music crisscrosses distinct styles. As a singer, Earle is alternately snarly, wispy, guttural, and earnest. In short, he's able to shake the ear with a fresh musical twist and then settle the listener with all the broad-minded smarts he's relied upon since his mid-'90s comeback. --Andrew Bartlett
Album Description
Dutch version of the country rocker's 2000 album which combines rock, country, punk, bluegrass, and the blues, as only Steve Earle can. First pressing includes a 4 track bonus live CD which features 'Copperhead Road', 'Galway Girl', 'Steve's Last Ramble'
Album Details
Limited Edition Version. Includes Bonus Disc with Four Exclusive Live Tracks Recorded with the Dukes (Steve's Backing Band) at Sxsw in Austin, Texas Last March.
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Transcendental Blues
- Audio CD: 0 pages (2000-06-06)
- Publisher: Artemis Records
- Label: Artemis Records
- Studio: Artemis Records
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 115 reviews
- Sales Rank in Music: #10255
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Summary: halo 'round the man 2007-11-15
Comment: I just listened to this today for the first time in a few years; I'd forgotten how great an album it is.
I've been a follower of Steve Earle's career since his first New York City shows, at the old Lone Star, in the mid-eighties. Saw him again as the opening act for Bob Dylan, and again at a rally outside the Republican convention in 2004. I always try to catch his rare TV appearances. I'm a fan of his radio show. I have all the albums, and they're all exceptional. It's like being asked to pick your favorite child, but for me, "Trancendental Blues" is his greatest achievement. At about the point this afternoon when "I Don't Want To Lose You Yet" faded into "Halo 'Round the Moon", I was reminded again of this simple fact: If anyone has made a better record since, I haven't heard it.
He's one of the truly underrated greats.
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Summary: Listen to the words, not the noise. 2007-10-11
Comment: Are any of those one-star reviewers actually listening to the words? I can't believe the number of interesting songs on this. (And no, I'm not a raving Earle fan. I like him, but I don't assume I'm going to like everything he, or any of my other favorite musicians, records.) The music is not subtle--lots of drums and heavy guitar--so if you're looking for more typical singer/songwriter fingerstyle guitar, etc., this ain't it. You've been warned. He's not in the same family as John Prine or Jimmy Dale Gilmore or the rest.
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Summary: transcends easy categorization 2007-01-10
Comment: Earle continues his exploration of loves won, lost and longing as well as fables, road tunes, blue grass and a heartfelt perspective from death row executioning.
Any fan will appreciate Steve's forays into world sounds.
This is a must have. Don't miss out.
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Summary: One of his very best and one of this decades best 2006-08-24
Comment: His best since El Corazon and one of this decades best. You can't go wrong with this one if you are already a Steve Earle fan.
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Summary: For the Fences 2006-04-25
Comment: I love performers who follow their own path no matter what. Lucinda Williams,Lyle Lovett and Steve Earle are the best current examples of this admirable quality.
This group swings for the fences,no compromises.As a result recordings that are unpredictable and unique and sometimes uneven characterise their work.
This cd covers so much ground it took me monthes to get a handle on it. It still feels like three seperate discs.
Still,it contains some of Steve's best work.Every emotion is here.Heartbreak,rage,teen angst,love,hate,sorrow.loss...all from a great story-teller who,trust me, has experianced them all by the truckload.
Give him a shot,this is one of those RARE recordings that offers you more with each listening.
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