hypersongs

Ain't Living Long Like This

His debut: nine songs with a Los Angeles and Nashville cast, including "Song for the Life".
Rodney Crowell, 1978

The singles were "Elvira", "Song for the Life" and "(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I", none of which reached the country top forty. The album was reissued in 2002. Crowell sang and played acoustic guitar; we could not find studio or recording dates, and the reissue credits Dave Nives as producer. Christgau's Record Guide gave it an A-minus in 1981.

Track listing

  1. Elvira4:26
  2. (Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I3:14
  3. Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight3:26
  4. Voila, An American Dream3:53
  5. I Ain't Living Long Like This5:04
  6. Baby, Better Start Turnin' 'Em Down4:31
  7. Song for the Life4:43
  8. I Thought I Heard You Callin' My Name3:13
  9. California Earthquake (A Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On)6:20

More from Rodney Crowell

But What Will The Neighbors Think (1980), Rodney Crowell (1981), Street Language (1986), Diamonds & Dirt (1988), Keys To The Highway (1989), Life Is Messy (1992), Let The Picture Paint Itself (1994), Jewel Of The South (1995), The Houston Kid (2001), Fate's Right Hand (2003), The Outsider (2005), Sex & Gasoline (2008), Tarpaper Sky (2014), Close Ties (2017), Acoustic Classics (2018), Christmas Everywhere (2018), Texas (2019), Triage (2021), Airline Highway (2025), Then Again (2026)

Sources

  1. Ain't Living Long Like This, Wikipedia
  2. Rodney Crowell, Wikipedia