- country
- 31 min
- 11 tracks
- Mercury Nashville
In Search of a Song is the fifth studio album by country singer-songwriter Tom T. Hall, released in 1971. The album includes eleven songs based on Hall's observations of rural life. It became a number eight top country album and the opening track, "The Year That Clayton Delaney Died," became a number one country single.
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Spare, classical in form, grave and intimate.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
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Tracks
- 1The Year That Clayton Delaney Died2:45
- 2Who’s Gonna Feed Them Hogs2:36
- 3Trip to Hyden2:54
- 4Tulsa Telephone Book2:24
- 5It Sure Can Get Cold in Des Moines2:54
- 6The Little Lady Preacher2:58
- 7L.A. Blues2:39
- 8Kentucky, February 27, 19713:17
- 9A Million Miles to the City2:51
- 10Second Handed Flowers2:56
- 11Ramona’s Revenge2:53
11 tracks, 31 minutes.
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- Artist
- Tom T. Hall
- Label
- Mercury Nashville
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
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