- country, traditional country
- 25 min
- 10 tracks
- Capitol Records
A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today is a studio album by American country music singer Merle Haggard and the Strangers, released in 1977. Even though Haggard had moved to the MCA label, Capitol created this release from tracks previously recorded in 1975 and 1976.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and character-led.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
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Tracks
- A1A Working Man Can’t Get Nowhere Today2:55
- A2Making Believe3:02
- A3Blues Stay Away From Me2:16
- A4Got a Letter From My Kid Today2:29
- A5When My Last Song Is Sung1:59
- B1Moanin’ the Blues2:03
- B2Goodbye Lefty2:39
- B3Blues for Dixie2:40
- B4Running Kind3:00
- B5I’m a White Boy2:05
10 tracks, 25 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Merle Haggard, The Strangers
- Label
- Capitol Records
- Released
- 1977
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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