''The Rodney Crowell Collection'' is the title of the first compilation album by

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artist

Rodney Crowell Rodney Crowell (born August 7, 1950) is an American musician, known primarily for his work as a singer and songwriter in country music. Crowell has had five number one singles on Hot Country Songs, all from his 1988 album '' Diamonds & Dirt''. ...

. It was released in 1989 (see

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) by Crowell's former label,

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, following the huge success of his album '' Diamonds & Dirt''. It features selections from his first three albums that were released under the Warner Bros. label between 1978 and 1981. It charted #65 on the

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chart. The album is the first release of Crowell singing "I Don't Have to Crawl" The Crowell-penned tune was recorded by

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and released in 1981 on her album. '' Evangeline''. Crowell recorded his version in 1984 for what was to be a new album for

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, ''Street Language''. That album was never released and instead was re-recorded in 1986 for Crowell's new label, Columbia, but without "I Don't Have to Crawl".Bill DeYoung
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Track listing

Tracklengths vary slightly from album versions with no change to the actual song. #"

Ashes by Now "Ashes by Now" is a song written by Rodney Crowell. It has since been recorded several by times by various musical artists in the country music format. The song was first recorded by Crowell himself, eventually releasing it as a single in 1980. ...

" (Rodney Crowell) - 4:09 #"'Til I Gain Control Again" (Crowell) - 5:07 #"Voilá, An American Dream" (Crowell) - 3:49 #"Queen of Hearts" (Hank DeVito) - 3:39 #"Shame on the Moon" (Crowell) - 4:35 #"Old Pipeliner" (Tommy Hill, Ray King) - 2:59 #"Stars on the Water" (Crowell) - 3:42 #"Heartbroke" ( Guy Clark) - 3:33 #" I Don't Have to Crawl" (Crowell) - 3:59 #"Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight" (Donivan Cowart, Rodney Crowell) - 3:24 #"Victim or a Fool" (Crowell) - 2:57 #"I Ain't Living Long Like This" (Crowell) - 4:50

Notes

*Tracks 3, 10 & 12 taken from ''

Ain't Living Long Like This ''Ain't Living Long Like This'' is the debut studio album by United States, American country music singer-songwriter Rodney Crowell, released in 1978 by Warner Bros. Records. It failed to enter the Top Country Albums chart. The songs, "Elvira (son ...

'' (1978) *Tracks 1, 4 & 8 taken from ''

But What Will the Neighbors Think ''But What Will the Neighbors Think'' is the second studio album by American country music artist Rodney Crowell. It was released in 1980 (see 1980 in country music) by Warner Bros. Records. It reached #64 on the Top Country Albums chart and #1 ...

'' (1980) *Tracks 2, 5 - 7 & 11 taken from ''

'' (1981) *Track 9 previously unreleased

Chart performance

Sources

* CMT *

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