Transcendental Blues

Transcendental Blues
Studio album by
Steve Earle
ReleasedJune 6, 2000
Recorded2000
Genre
Length49:48
LabelE-Squared
ProducerSteve Earle, Ray Kennedy
Steve Earle chronology
The Mountain
(1999) 		Transcendental Blues
(2000) 		Jerusalem
(2002)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic86/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[2]
The Music Box[6]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide[7]
Pitchfork8.1/10[3]
Rolling Stone[8]
The Village Voice(1-star Honorable Mention)[9]

Transcendental Blues is the ninth studio album by Steve Earle, released in 2000. It features Sharon Shannon on the track "The Galway Girl". The album was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Contemporary Folk Album category.

  1. ^ a b c Cusanelli, Michael. "Transcendental Review". AllMusic.
  2. ^ a b c Johnson, Beth (2000-06-05). "Transcendental Blues". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  3. ^ a b Kearney, Ryan (2000-07-31). "Steve Earle: Transcendental Blues Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
  4. ^ "Transcendental Blues". Metacritic.
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958.
  6. ^ Metzger, John (August 2000). "Transcendental Blues (Album Review)". The Music Box. Vol. 7, no. 8.
  7. ^ Kot, Greg (2004). "Steve Earle". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. p. 268. ISBN 9780743201698.
  8. ^ Puterbaugh, Parke (2000-06-22). "Transcendental Blues". Rolling Stone.
  9. ^ Christgau, Robert (2000-09-26). "Afropop Worldwide". The Village Voice.