- country, honky tonk
- 32 min
- 12 tracks
- Capitol Records
Mama Tried is the seventh studio album by American country music singer and songwriter Merle Haggard and the Strangers, released on Capitol Records in 1968. It reached number 4 on Billboard's country albums chart. The title song was one of Haggard's biggest hit singles and won the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and intimate.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- sparerichly built
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Tracks
- A1Mama Tried2:10
- A2Green Green Grass of Home3:13
- A3Little Ole Wine Drinker Me2:36
- A4In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)2:43
- A5I Could Have Gone Right2:31
- A6I’ll Always Know2:20
- B1The Sunny Side of My Life2:08
- B2Teach Me to Forget3:13
- B3Folsom Prison Blues2:46
- B4Run ’Em Off2:50
- B5You’ll Never Love Me Now2:45
- B6Too Many Bridges to Cross Over2:26
12 tracks, 32 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Merle Haggard, The Strangers
- Label
- Capitol Records
- Released
- 1968
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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