Fate's Right Hand (album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Fate's Right Hand
| type = studio
| artist = Rodney Crowell
| cover = fatesrighthand.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2003|07|29}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Country
| length =
| label = DMZ/Epic
| producer = Peter Coleman, Rodney Crowell
| prev_title = The Houston Kid
| prev_year = 2001
| next_title = The Outsider
| next_year = 2005
}}
Fate's Right Hand is the eleventh studio album by American country music singer Rodney Crowell. It was released on July 29, 2003 via Epic Records. The album includes Crowell's last charting single, "Earthbound", which spent one week at the number 60 position on Hot Country Songs.
Critical reception
Thom Jurek of Allmusic gave the album four-and-a-half stars out of five. His review said that it was "the finest record Crowell has issued since Diamonds & Dirt and may turn out to be the finest of his entire career".{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/fates-right-hand-r646522/review|title=Fate's Right Hand review|last=Jurek|first=Thom|work=Allmusic|accessdate=22 January 2011}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline =
| total_length =
| all_writing = Rodney Crowell
| title1 = Still Learning How To Fly
| length1 = 4:10
| title2 = Fate's Right Hand
| length2 = 5:26
| title3 = Earthbound
| length3 = 4:24
| title4 = Time To Go Inward
| length4 = 5:23
| title5 = The Man In Me
| length5 = 4:20
| title6 = Ridin' Out The Storm
| length6 = 4:36
| title7 = Preachin' To The Choir
| length7 = 5:08
| title8 = It's A Different World Now
| length8 = 4:01
| title9 = Come On Funny Feelin'
| length9 = 3:47
| title10 = Adam's Song
| length10 = 4:54
| title11 = This Too Will Pass
| length11 = 4:16
}}
Personnel
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- Richard Bennett – electric guitar, hi-string guitar
- Pat Buchanan – electric guitar
- John Cowan – background vocals
- Rodney Crowell – bouzouki, acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, electric guitar, lead vocals
- Jerry Douglas – Dobro
- Béla Fleck – banjo
- Tony Harrell – organ
- John Hobbs – organ
- Carl Jackson – background vocals
- John Jorgenson – electric guitar, mandolin
- Will Kimbrough – accordion, Dobro, baritone guitar
- Trey Landrey – drums
- Paul Leim – djembe, drums, percussion
- Billy Livsey – harmonium, keyboard programming, organ
- Charlie McCoy – harmonica
- Jerry McPherson – electric guitar
- Greg Morrow – drums
- Marcia Ramirez – background vocals
- David Rawlings – background vocals
- Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
- Kim Richey – background vocals
- Chris Rodriguez – acoustic guitar
- Barbara Santoro – background vocals
- Vince Santoro – drums, background vocals
- Russell Smith – background vocals
- Steuart Smith – electric guitar
- Randall Waller – background vocals
- Gillian Welch – background vocals
{{div col end}}
Chart performance
=Album=
| class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|Chart (2003) !align="center"|Peak |
| align="left"|U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=rodney crowell|chart=Country Albums C}}|title=Rodney Crowell Album & Song Chart History – Country Albums|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|accessdate=December 26, 2010}}
|align="center"|29 |
| align="left"|U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers
|align="center"|14 |
=Singles=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single ! colspan="1"| Peak chart positions |
|---|
| style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="40"| US Country{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|date=2008|page=109|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}} |
| 2003
| align="left"| "Earthbound" | 60 |