Merle Haggard Album: “Way I Am”

As you listen to this CD, you won't find a less-than-perfect song on it. Haggard doesn't release bad CDs, so its hard to say that one is better than the others, but this comes awfully close. Listen to "The Way I Am " and feel your heart sigh with happiness. "Wake Up" is so melancholy, but so beautiful. "No One To Sing To But the Band" is a better road song than you're likely to hear anywhere else. "It Makes No Difference Now" is lovelorn, but not maudlin. And the last track, "Its Been So Long Darlin", is so good that I can't think of the right adjectives to say just how good it is. Merle Haggard has topped himself with this one.

Great CD!! The Way I Am is the best song on the CD. He does an amazing job on all the Ernest Tubbs songs!!!

This is not the item I was expecting when I clicked on this listing!

[The only reason I rated it 1 Star was I could not post without giving it a "rating"...]

I own a Merle LP entitled "The Way I Am' issued on the MCA label in 1980.

It has the same cover art as the listing shown here, but NONE of these songs!

The LP tracks are:

Side One ~

1...The Way I Am

2...Sky-Bo

3...No One To Sing For (But The Band)

4...(Remember Me) I'm The One Who Loves You

5...Life's Just Not The Way It Used To Be

Side Two ~

1...Wake Up

2...Where Have You Been

3...Take Me Back And Try Me One More Time

4...I'll Always Be Glad To Take You Back

5...It Makes No Difference Now

6...It's Been So Long, Darling

IAM ENJOY ING MY SECOND CHILD....HOOD THANKS FOR A 72 YR..I HOPE 73 IS ONPOSSITIVE OF HAG WHITESTOON OK

The one song on this album that will keep people coming back to

him for more is "wake up". It has his trademark fiddle, sax and

almost blues type of sound throughout this song. It's truly one

of the greatest songs he has ever written.