Copperhead Road
by Steve Earle

Copperhead Road by Steve Earle
Year: 1988
Overall rank: 5,185th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 82 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1988 (72nd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (756th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,185th)

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Steve Earle bestography

Copperhead Road is ranked 2nd best out of 29 albums by Steve Earle on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Steve Earle is Guitar Town which is ranked number 3218 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 467.

Steve Earle album bestography « Higher ranked (3,218th)
Guitar Town
This album (5,185th)
Copperhead Road
Lower ranked (7,121st) »
Jerusalem

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Copperhead Road rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,185th | 1980s rank: 756th | 1988 rank: 72nd

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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 82 votes)
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3 days ago DaveH68  Ratings distribution  1,36376/100
 
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10/22/2025 22:29 EyeKanFly  Ratings distribution  8,41965/100
 
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07/20/2025 16:14 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  12,06473/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 16% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.1/100, a mean average of 73.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.3.

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75/100
From 11/01/2019 17:08 | #244344
It's fitting that Steve Earle playing a recovering junkie sponsor in the Wire...
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From 07/10/2016 13:43 | #171012
Great country rock album from Steve Earle. A superb Americana record full of great sweaty and dusty rock'n'roll. Enjoyable.
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From 06/23/2012 20:07 | #45203
The title track alone is worth the price of admission. The rest of the CD is hit and miss.
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From 06/14/2011 12:57 | #23103
The title track is as good as alt country gets. The rest is a slow decline. Kind of like heroin. Thankfully, Earle cleaned up not too long afterwards.
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From 08/21/2010 01:58 | #14557
An excellent A-side followed by a B-side containing nothing but filler. Ask the store if you can pay half price if you promise to stop listening after track five.
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