Jerusalem (Steve Earle album)

Jerusalem is the 10th studio album by alternative country singer Steve Earle, released in 2002. A concept album, it has a political theme, and contains songs about a post–September 11, 2001 world.

Jerusalem
Studio album by
Steve Earle
ReleasedSeptember 24, 2002
GenreCountry rock
LabelE-Squared
Artemis[1]
ProducerTwangtrust (Steve Earle and Ray Kennedy)
Steve Earle chronology
Transcendental Blues
(2000)		 Jerusalem
(2002)		 The Revolution Starts Now
(2004)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic78/100 link
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Pitchfork Media5.6/10[3]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Steve Earle; except where indicated

  1. "Ashes to Ashes" – 4:02
  2. "Amerika V. 6.0 (The Best We Can Do)" – 4:19
  3. "Conspiracy Theory" – 4:14 (Duet with Siobhan Kennedy)
  4. "John Walker's Blues" – 3:41
  5. "The Kind" – 2:04
  6. "What's A Simple Man To Do?" – 2:29
  7. "The Truth" – 2:21
  8. "Go Amanda" – 3:34 (Earle, Sheryl Crow)
  9. "I Remember You" – 2:53 (Duet with Emmylou Harris)
  10. "Shadowland" – 2:52
  11. "Jerusalem'" – 3:56

Personnel

Chart performance
Chart (2002) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 7
U.S. Billboard 200 59
U.S. Billboard Independent Albums 1

References
  1. Daniel, Josh (September 23, 2002). "Steve Earle's obnoxious 9/11 album". Slate Magazine.
  2. "Jerusalem - Steve Earle | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  3. "Steve Earle: Jerusalem". Pitchfork.
  4. Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (February 12, 2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. p. 268 – via Internet Archive. Jerusalem (Steve Earle album) 2002 rolling stone.


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