Jerry Jeff
by Steve Earle & The Dukes
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Steve Earle & The Dukes bestography
Jerry Jeff is ranked 18th best out of 29 albums by Steve Earle on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Steve Earle is Guitar Town which is ranked number 3251 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 469.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Jerry Jeff track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Jerry Jeff rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2022 | 79/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | henrygreen0203 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2020s | 86/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 56 Music Albums of 2022 | 34/56 | 2 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top albums of the ‘20’s (101 - 200) | 51/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 2022 | 66/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | henrygreen0203 | Top 83 Music Albums of 2022 | 18/83 | 4 |
| 2023 | Johnnyo | Heartland | 55/100 | - |
| 2023 | cicadelic | Erik Valebrokk: Årets beste album 2022 | 42/52 | - |
| 2023 | DJStuart79 | Country Music People Magazine Albums Of The Year | 48/50 | - |
| 2022 | Buscadero | Best albums of 2022 | 18/44 | 3 |
| 2022 | arnellarsen | more 2022 best-albums (301-400) | 8/100 | - |
| 2022 |  skelter54 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2022 | 81/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 12 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 16 | |||
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Jerry Jeff ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/09/2024 22:24 | Pluto11 | 12,259 | 72/100 |
| ! | 02/22/2023 04:21 | zags7000 | 20,568 | 64/100 |
| ! | 01/16/2023 20:08 | Johnnyo | 9,903 | 77/100 |
| ! | 08/17/2022 08:21 | LosWochos | 47,365 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/02/2022 02:00 | henrygreen0203 | 873 | 74/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.1/100, a mean average of 74.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.7.
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Hardcore troubadour Steve Earle has built up string of tribute albums. Earle followed up his 2009 tribute to Townes Van Zandt with a 2019 tribute to another Texas singer-songwriter named Guy Clark. The untimely death of Earle's son JT prompted another tribute.
Jerry Jeff is a spirited tribute to a wonderful songwriter. Walker's folk beginnings yielded songs like Mr Bojangles and My Old Man, while his move to Texas produced more laid back songs a-la Jimmy Buffet, like Charlie Dunn and Sangria Wine.
Earle's selections are primarily from Walker's debut album, titled Mr. Bojangles, as well as his 1972 self-titled album and his 1973 album Viva Terlingua. Earle pleasantly reminds the listener of Walker's charming compositions, chill and bittersweet, cheerful and tearful.
The songs are fairly live and straightforward and do not stray far from the sound of the originals. Earle especially outdoes himself on the sweeter songs like Little Bird and Wheels, an intriguing mid-tempo song that builds up to a nice climax.
Recommended.
Condensed to a 7" Single:
A-Side: Hill Country Rain
B-Side: Wheel
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