Steve Earle & Supersuckers [Single, EP]

Supersuckers, Steve Earle | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 6, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single, EP
• Label: Sub Pop
• ASIN: B0000035IQ
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #119,415 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #28 in Music > Indie Music > Rock > Singer-Songwriters
  • #93 in Music > Indie Music > Folk > Folk Rock

Track Listings

1. Creepy Jackalope Eye

2. Angel Is the Devil

3. Before They Make Me Run

4. Creepy Jackalope Eye

5. Angel Is the Devil

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

On the ambitious El Corazón, Steve Earle enlisted the Seattle-based punk outfit for the thundering "N.Y.C.", perhaps Earle's most ferocious performance. This Sub Pop EP furthers that punk/country collision, but the union is brief and inconclusive. Earle kicks off with a biting, acoustic reading of the Suckers' weird "Creepy Jackalope Eye" and almost makes sense out of lines like "I've got a jackalope face / I'm a jackalope guy." The Supersuckers then scorch through Earle's "Angel Is the Devil," a frantic rock-out that was probably more fun to record than it is to hear. The Stones' "Before They Make Me Run" marks their final collaboration, and though the song feels truncated, the lyrics are well suited to Earle's snarling delivery. The rest of the EP is filled out by original album versions of "Creepy Jackalope Eye" (from La Mano Cornuda) and "Angel Is the Devil" (from Train a Comin'). --Roy Kasten

Product Description

STEVE EARLE & THE SUPERSUCKERS (Deleted 1997 US 5-track Sub Pop label PICTURE DISC CD single including Creepy Jackalope Eye Angel Is The Devil & Before They Make Me Run picture sleeve with deletion hole through the barcode SP388)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A small gem, November 30, 1999

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Dale Wetzel "Dale Wetzel" (Bismarck, ND United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Steve Earle & Supersuckers (Audio CD)

Earle's cover of "Before They Make Me Run," a Keith Richards song from the Rolling Stones' "Some Girls" album, is worth the price by itself. "Angel is the Devil" is also excellent.

For those of you who like Earle and the Rolling Stones, I would suggest buying a compilation album called "Cover You: A Tribute to the Rolling Stones." It has Steve Earle and the Dukes covering "Dead Flowers," the song on the Stones' Sticky Fingers album. In my opinion, Steve Earle is one of the few singers who can do Rolling Stones songs better than the Stones themselves.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars wish there were more, June 1, 2000

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ric siler (nyack, ny United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Steve Earle & Supersuckers (Audio CD)

My only problem with this disc is I wish there were more of it. I ordered it because I liked their collaboration on 'NYC' (from El Corazon), and it doesn't disappoint in quality at all. Especially 'Before they make me run' (maybe Steve should do an album of Keith Richards covers - just for fun). Definately a must for Steve completists.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A must for Steve Earle fanatics, February 27, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Steve Earle & Supersuckers (Audio CD)

All Steve Earle fans need to locate a copy of this ep. A great rocking cover of Kieth Richard's "Before They Make Me Run" and the bizarre "Creepy Jackalope Eye" make this recording a must have for Earle fans.