Working in Tennessee

Working in Tennessee
Studio album by Merle Haggard
Released October 4, 2011
Genre Country
Length 35:06
Label Vanguard
Producer Lou Bradley
Merle Haggard
Merle Haggard chronology
I Am What I Am
(2010)		 Working in Tennessee
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Robert Christgau (A–)[2]
Spin [3]

Working in Tennessee is a studio album by American country music artist Merle Haggard. It was released on October 4, 2011 by Vanguard Records. This is also the second Merle Haggard album released by Vanguard Records, the first being I Am What I Am. Spin writes of the style, "Working in Tennessee glides along on its Bakersfield groove with the greatest of ease, despite the album's title."

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Working in Tennessee"   Merle Haggard 2:22
2. "Down on the Houseboat"   M. Haggard, Theresa Haggard, Doug Colosio 2:52
3. "Cocaine Blues"   T. J. Arnall 3:18
4. "What I Hate"   M. Haggard 3:51
5. "Sometimes I Dream"   M. Haggard, Jenessa Haggard 2:44
6. "Under the Bridge"   M. Haggard, T. Haggard 3:01
7. "Too Much Boogie Woogie"   M. Haggard 2:52
8. "Truck Driver's Blues"   M. Haggard, Tim Howard 2:55
9. "Laugh It Off"   M. Haggard, T. Haggard, Colosio 3:52
10. "Working Man Blues" (with Willie Nelson and Ben Haggard) M. Haggard 4:09
11. "Jackson" (with Theresa Haggard) Billy Edd Wheeler, Jerry Leiber 3:10

Chart performance

Chart (2011) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 30
U.S. Billboard 200 155
U.S. Billboard Independent Albums 25

References

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Working in Tennessee review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/working-in-tennessee-r2273656. Retrieved October 4, 2011. 
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (October 4, 2011). "Emperor X/Merle Haggard". MSN Music. Microsoft. http://social.entertainment.msn.com/music/blogs/expert-witness-blogpost.aspx?post=02cea79d-3433-4d07-8db1-358e962ec565. Retrieved 2011-10-06. 
  3. ^ http://www.spin.com/reviews/merle-haggard-working-tennessee-vanguard
Merle Haggard
The Strangers: Roy Nichols • Norman Hamlet • Biff Adam • Dennis Hromek • Bobby Wayne
Marcia Nichols · Eddie Burris · George French · Jerry Ward
Studio albums
Strangers · Swinging Doors · I'm a Lonesome Fugitive · Branded Man · Sing Me Back Home · The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde · Mama Tried · Pride in What I Am · Same Train, A Different Time · A Portrait of Merle Haggard · A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World (or, My Salute to Bob Wills) · Hag · Someday We'll Look Back · Let Me Tell You About a Song · It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) · If We Make It Through December · Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album · Keep Movin' On · It's All in the Movies · My Love Affair with Trains · The Roots of My Raising · Ramblin' Fever · A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today · My Farewell to Elvis · I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall · Serving 190 Proof · The Way I Am · Back to the Barrooms · Big City · Going Where the Lonely Go · That's the Way Love Goes · It's All in the Game · Kern River · Out Among the Stars · A Friend in California · Chill Factor · 5:01 Blues · Blue Jungle · 1994 · 1996 · If I Could Only Fly · Roots, Volume 1 · The Peer Sessions · Haggard Like Never Before · Unforgettable · Chicago Wind · The Bluegrass Sessions · I Am What I Am · Working in Tennessee
Live albums
Okie from Muskogee · The Fightin' Side of Me · I Love Dixie Blues · Rainbow Stew: Live at Anaheim Stadium · The Epic Collection · Amber Waves of Grain · Motorcycle Cowboy: Live at Billy Bob's Texas · Ol' Country Singer · Live from Austin, TX · Live from Austin, TX '78
Gospel albums
The Land of Many Churches · Songs for the Mama That Tried · Cabin in the Hills · Two Old Friends (with Albert E. Brumley, Jr.)
Holiday albums
The Strangers albums
Instrumental Sounds of Merle Haggard's Strangers · Introducing My Friends The Strangers · Getting to Know Merle Haggard's Strangers · Honky Tonkin' · Totally Instrumental (With One Exception...)
Singles
1960s
1970s
"The Fightin' Side of Me" · "Jesus, Take a Hold" · "I Can't Be Myself" · "Soldier's Last Letter" · "Someday We'll Look Back" · "Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)" · "Carolyn" · "Grandma Harp" · "It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)" · "I Wonder If They Ever Think of Me" · "The Emptiest Arms in the World" · "Everybody's Had the Blues" · "If We Make It Through December" · "Things Aren't Funny Anymore" · "Old Man from the Mountain" · "Kentucky Gambler" · "Always Wanting You" · "Movin' On" · "It's All in the Movies" · "The Roots of My Raising" · "Here Comes the Freedom Train" · "Cherokee Maiden" · "If We're Not Back in Love by Monday" · "Ramblin' Fever" · "A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today" · "From Graceland to the Promised Land" · "Running Kind" · "I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall" · "It's Been a Great Afternoon" · "The Way It Was in '51" · "Red Bandana" · "My Own Kind of Hat" ·
1980s – 1990s
"The Way I Am" · "Misery and Gin" · "I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink" · "Leonard" · "Rainbow Stew" · "My Favorite Memory" · "Big City" · "Dealing with the Devil" · "Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)" · "Going Where the Lonely Go" · "You Take Me for Granted" · "What Am I Gonna Do (With the Rest of My Life)" · "It's All in the Game" · "That's the Way Love Goes" · "Someday When Things Are Good" · "Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room" · "A Place to Fall Apart" · "Make-Up and Faded Blue Jeans" · "Kern River" · "Amber Waves of Grain" · "American Waltz" · "I Had a Beautiful Time" · "A Friend in California" · "Out Among the Stars" · "Almost Persuaded" · "Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star" · "Chill Factor" · "We Never Touch at All" · "You Babe" · "5:01 Blues" · "A Better Love Next Time" · "If You Want to Be My Woman" · "Broken Friend" · "When It Rains It Pours" · "In My Next Life"
Collaborations
Albums
Just Between the Two of Us (with Bonnie Owens) · A Taste of Yesterday's Wine (with George Jones) · Pancho & Lefty (with Willie Nelson) · Heart to Heart (with Leona Williams) · Walking the Line (with George Jones and Willie Nelson) · Seashores of Old Mexico (with Willie Nelson) · Kickin' Out the Footlights...Again (with George Jones) · Last of the Breed (with Willie Nelson and Ray Price)
Singles
"Just Between the Two of Us" (with Bonnie Owens) · "The Bull and the Beaver" with Leona Williams · "Bar Room Buddies" (with Clint Eastwood) · "Yesterday's Wine" (with George Jones) · "C.C. Waterback" (with George Jones) · "Reasons to Quit" (with Willie Nelson) · "Pancho and Lefty" (with Willie Nelson) · "We're Strangers Again" (with Leona Williams) · "If I Could Only Fly" (with Willie Nelson) · "That's the Way Love Goes" with (Jewel) · "Wreck on the Highway" (with Chester Smith)
Guest appearances
"Street Singer" (by The Strangers) · "Willie" (by Hank Cochran) · "Walking the Floor Over You" (by Ernest Tubb) · "I Can't Hold Myself in Line" (by Johnny Paycheck) · "Lefty" (by David Frizzell) · "Same Old Train" (from Tribute to Tradition) · "Politically Uncorrect" (by Gretchen Wilson)
Compilations
The Best of Merle Haggard · Close-Up · The Best of the Best of Merle Haggard · Songs I'll Always Sing · Eleven Winners · The Way It Was in '51 · Merle Haggard's Greatest Hits · His Epic Hits: The First 11 (To Be Continued...) · His Best · His Greatest and His Best · The Lonesome Fugitive · Untamed Hawk · Vintage Collections · Down Every Road · Yesterday's Wine 1981-1988 · A&E Biography · 16 Biggest Hits · For the Record: 43 Legendary Hits · Merle Haggard's Train Whistle Blues · 20 Greatest Hits · David Allan Coe Presents · 40 #1 Hits · The Essential Merle Haggard: The Epic Years · Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
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