- country, traditional country
- 29 min
- 12 tracks
- Capitol Records
Swinging Doors and the Bottle Let Me Down is the second studio album by American country music singer Merle Haggard and the Strangers, released in 1966 on Capitol Records. It is sometimes called Swinging Doors and has also been released with two fewer songs as High on a Hilltop.
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Classical in form, earnest, character-led and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
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Tracks
- 1Swinging Doors2:49
- 2If I Could Be Him2:49
- 3The Longer You Wait2:17
- 4I’ll Look Over You2:07
- 5I Can’t Stand Me2:13
- 6The Girl Turned Ripe2:16
- 7The Bottle Let Me Down2:44
- 8No More You and Me2:17
- 9Someone Else You’ve Known2:05
- 10High on a Hilltop2:55
- 11This Town’s Not Big Enough2:37
- 12Shade Tree (Fix It Man)2:14
12 tracks, 29 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Merle Haggard, The Strangers
- Label
- Capitol Records
- Released
- 1966
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Vinyl
- Country
- US
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