Album · Jason Isbell
Southeastern by Jason Isbell
Southeastern is an album by Jason Isbell, released in 2013. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 26 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Cover Me Up”, on 9 lists with a best position of #45.
Southeastern, Jason Isbell's fourth studio album, arrived on June 11, 2013, and it's the sound of a man who got sober and decided to look at everything head-on. The former Drive-By Truckers guitarist made it after a stint in rehab. Ryan Adams, a friend and road companion, was first lined up to produce, but Dave Cobb ended up in the chair.
Cobb keeps it lean and close, with plenty of air around the acoustic guitars, which leaves Isbell's plainspoken, bruised songwriting nowhere to hide. "Cover Me Up" became his signature song and won the Americana Music Honors & Awards prize for Song of the Year, with "Stockholm", "Relatively Easy" and "Elephant" cut from the same raw cloth. It was his solo commercial breakthrough, entering the Billboard 200 at No. 23, going gold and winning the Americana Award for Album of the Year in 2014. A 2023 deluxe edition added demos and a live Knoxville set.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Southeastern on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cover Me Up | 9 | #45 | – | 2013–2025 | |
| 2 | Stockholm | 12 | #2 | – | 2013–2025 | |
| 3 | Relatively Easy | 3 | #21 | – | 2013–2024 | |
| 4 | Elephant | 2 | #140 | – | 2013–2024 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.