
Special low price import edition of his 1990 album released through MCA. 'I defend the Hard Way to the death, because I almost died in the process of making it', Steve Earle told a reporter in 2000 & he wasn't just being melodramatic. Earle's well-documented addiction to heroin & cocaine was spiraling out of control in 1990 while he was holed up in Memphis recording the Hard Way. 13 tracks in all.
1) The Other Kind
2) Promise You Anything
3) Esmeraldas Hollywood
4) Hopeless Romantics
5) The Highways Mine (Roadmaster)
6) Billy Austin
7) Justice in Ontario
8) Have Mercy
9) When People Find Out
10) Country Girl
11) Regular Guy
12) West Nashville Boogie
13) Close Your Eyes