Shut Up and Die Like an Aviator Steve Earle & the Dukes

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  • Release Date: 09/17/1991
  • Sales Rank: 46,830
  • Label: MCA
  • UPC: 008811031527

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Shut Up and Die Like an Aviator

1LISTENIntro / Steve Earle 0:53
2LISTENGood Ol' Boy (Gettin' Tough) 4:23
3LISTENDevil's Right Hand 3:06
4LISTENI Ain't Ever Satisfied 4:07
5LISTENSomeday 3:54
6LISTENWest Nashville Boogie 7:25
7LISTENSnake Oil 3:02
8LISTENStandin' on the Corner Blue Yodel No. 9 1:36
9LISTENThe Other Kind 5:35
10LISTENBilly Austin 7:08
11LISTENCopperhead Road 4:34
12LISTENFearless Heart 4:36
13LISTENGuitar Town 3:36
14LISTENI Love You Too Much 5:37
15LISTENShe's About a Mover 4:14
16LISTENThe Rain Came Down 4:50
17LISTENDead Flowers 8:15

Editorial Reviews

After Steve Earle's 1990 album The Hard Way stumbled in the marketplace and his drug addiction became a poorly kept secret in Nashville, he was on the outs with his record label, MCA, who decided to let him out of his contract in the time-honored fashion, with a live album. Shut Up and Die Like an Aviator was recorded in October 1990 during a pair of shows in Ontario, Canada, where Earle had become an arena-level star, and features him and his band rolling through a set of his biggest hits. While Earle's voice was starting to show signs of strain on The Hard Way, here it ranges between sandy and ragged, and there are moments on this album where he sounds like he's running on fumes (most notably "Guitar Town" and "The Other Kind"). At the same time, there are other numbers where he's sharp and committed; he wrenches every ounce of drama he can from "Billy Austin," his short but pointed cover of Jimmie Rodgers' "Blue Yodel #9" is great, and the long, ominous creepy crawl through "West Nashville Boogie" easily trumps the version on The Hard Way. Earle's band is solid and picks up the slack when he gets winded, especially guitarist Zip Gibson and Bucky Baxter on steel and six-string, but while his audience is behind him all the way, Earle himself isn't at his best here. It wasn't until four years after Shut Up and Die Like an Aviator was released that Steve Earle's "vacation in the ghetto" ended and he came back with a vengeance on Train a Comin', and Earle started living up to the potential that the best moments of this album proved he still had in reserve. Mark Deming, All Music Guide

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Shut Up and die Like an Aviator.....Steve earleby princessofhesse

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February 16, 2009: Granted, I am a Steve Earle fan from way, way back and this album was probably the one that was most difficult for me to listen to, knowing how sick he was with his addictions and what at terrible place his life had landed.

all of that aside, and granted some of the tracks are not very comforting or even easy to listen to, Steve Earle gave, and gives, 100% to his fans with his music all the time. He treats each song, no matter what, like his first born child. Even when he was barely able to sing, he put more passion into his work than a lot of "clean" singers ever have done. His shows, his music, his overall craftsmanship have made him consistently one of the best singer/songwriters alive today. They will be playing Steve Earle's music 100 years from now when people are asking, "Garth who?"

This album will not fail to impress you, coming from a man who was probably at the lowest point in his life, but still sharing the gifts God so richly blessed him with. No doubt, Steve Earle was, and remains, the best at what he does.

I Also Recommend: 20th Century Masters: The Best of Steve Earle, Steve Earle: Live From Austin TX, Steve Earle: Just an American Boy, Steve Earle: Live at Montreux 2005.