Life Is Messy

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Life Is Messy
Life is Messy Alt..jpg
Studio album by Rodney Crowell
Released May 19, 1992[1]
Genre Country pop
Length 42:27
Label Columbia
Producer Bobby Colomby
Rodney Crowell
Larry Klein
John Leventhal
Jeffrey Vanston
Rodney Crowell chronology
Keys to the Highway
(1989)Keys to the Highway1989
Life Is Messy
(1992)
Greatest Hits
(1993)Greatest Hits1993
Alternative cover
2000 reissue cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars link
Chicago Tribune 3.5/4 stars link
Entertainment Weekly C+ link

Life Is Messy is the title of the seventh studio album released by American country music artist Rodney Crowell, released in 1992 by Columbia Records. It peaked at number 30 on the Top Country Albums chart. The songs, "Lovin' All Night", "What Kind of Love", "It's Not for Me to Judge", and "Let's Make Trouble" were released as singles. This album was seen by many as a return to form after his previous album, Keys to the Highway was not characteristic of Crowell's style. Many famous musicians contributed instruments or vocals to this album such as Linda Ronstadt, Don Henley, Booker T. Jones and Steve Winwood.

"The Answer Is Yes" was covered by Michelle Wright on her 1996 album For Me It's You, while "Lovin' All Night" was covered by Patty Loveless on her 2003 album On Your Way Home.

The album was reissued in 2000 under the Lucky Dog label with a different logo and the border cropped around the picture.

Track listing

All songs written By Rodney Crowell except when noted

  1. "It's Not for Me to judge" – 4:01
  2. "What Kind of Love" (Crowell, Will Jennings, Roy Orbison) – 3:58
  3. "Lovin' All Night" – 3:50
  4. "Life is Messy" – 4:34
  5. "I Hardly Know How to Be Myself" (Rosanne Cash, Crowell) – 4:45
  6. "It Don't Get Better Than This" (Crowell, John Leventhal) – 2:44
  7. "Alone But Not Alone" (Crowell, Larry Klein) – 5:08
  8. "Let's Make Trouble" – 4:27
  9. "The Answer Is Yes" – 4:19
  10. "Maybe Next Time" (Crowell, Leventhal) – 4:58

Personnel

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1992) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 30
U.S. Billboard 200 155
Canadian RPM Country Albums 9

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions
US Country US AC CAN Country CAN CAN AC
1992 "Lovin' All Night" 10 9
"What Kind of Love" 11 9 2 47 5
"It's Not for Me to Judge"
"Let's Make Trouble" 78

Sources

  1. AOL Music Profile for "Life is Messy"