The Good Life

Justin Townes Earle | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: March 25, 2008
• Label: Bloodshot Records
• Total Length: 30:43
• Genres: Alternative Rock/Singer-Songwriters, Country/Alt-Country & Americana, Country/Bluegrass, Pop/Singer-Songwriters, Rock/Singer-Songwriters
• ASIN: B0013MFGUI
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,342 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)
  • #8 in MP3 Downloads > MP3 Albums > Country > Bluegrass
  • #20 in MP3 Downloads > MP3 Albums > Country > Alt-Country & Americana
  • #28 in MP3 Downloads > MP3 Albums > Pop > Singer-Songwriters

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unexpected, April 28, 2008

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Justin (Stone Mountain, Ga United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Good Life (Audio CD)

I really had no idea what to expect from this album. I knew the lineage but hadn't heard anything about it when I put on the headphones at my local shop's listening station. It sounded really great from the start and the amount of "country" it contained blew me away. I guess I thought there would be some amount of over-production or pretention given who His parent(s) and in-laws are. If there is any, I can't find it. This album is creative and really goes back to what I would call "old-school" country. Ya, ya think Hank Williams Sr. I can't come up with a better example but I never claimed to be at all creative. Lucky for us Justin Townes Earle is and this album hasn't lost it's shine even after I listened to it through a number of times. "The Good Life" stands alone as a great album by a creative artist regardless of how he may be compared to his father. That being said, He does a great job living up to his namesake(s)!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great CD, December 23, 2008

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clutj "John" (Houston, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Good Life (Audio CD)

I think Justin has a couple songs that show dad's influence: particularly the civil war ballad, and another 1 or 2 (Who Am I To Say sounds a bit like SE, as does Turn Out the Light). But he is definitely his own man -- by no means a Steve Earle imitator. I love the harkening back to Tin Pan Alley (Hard Livin) and a variety of other styles, from pretty straight C&W (Good Life and Lonesome & You, with all that pedal steel) to bluegrass (Glad I'm Leaving -- although there is another country style that sounds like this, too -- can't think of the name), to country swing (What Do You Do When You're Lonesome is great!) and a little Muscle Shoals (South Georgia Sugar Babe, although I am never completely clear on what I think Muscle Shoals sound is...).

In addition to Americana and Alt-Country folks, I think the Dwight Yoakum fans might like this CD. Also fans of old country blues like Lightnin' Hopkins and Mance Lipscomb.

Last word: I think Far Away in Another Town is a great, great song. Just pitch perfect. A bit of SE as well in this one. Dozens of top stars would be proud to have produced a song like this.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Favorite Justin Townes Earle, April 14, 2010

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S. Nash "Linux ALSA music forever !" (Nashville, TN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Good Life (Audio CD)

This CD,"The Good Life", is my all time favorite JTE CD. You must listen to the song, "Who am I to say" and read the lyrics. And also, "Far away in another town". Both songs have startling lyrics. The entire CD is well produced and engineered.