Merle Haggard Album: “40 Greatest Hits”

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Though this two-CD set is an unusually extensive survey of Merle Haggard's back catalog of songs, it barely scratches the surface of the singer's remarkable output. Nevertheless, four decades of recordings, like his first hit, "(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers", the redneck anthem "Okie From Muskogee," and the bleak "If We Make It Through December," as well as barroom classics like "Misery and Gin" and "It's Been a Great Afternoon," are proof that Haggard more than deserves his spot in the Country Music Hall of Fame.

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Track Listing :

1	(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers Video
2	I'm A Lonesome Fugitive Video
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4	Branded Man Video
5	I Threw Away The Rose Video
6	Sing Me Back Home Video
7	Mama Tried Video
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9	Hungry Eyes Video
10	I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am Video
11	Okie From Muskogee Video
12	Workin' Man Blues Video
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14	Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man) Video
15	Someday We'll Look Back Merle Haggard and Merle Haggard & the Strangers Video
16	Peach Pickin' Time in Georgia
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18	Carolyn Merle Haggard and Merle Haggard & the Strangers Video
19	If It's Wrong to Love You
20	It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) Video
2-1	Turnin' Off A Memory Merle Haggard and Johnny Paycheck Video
2-2	Everybody's Had The Blues
2-3	If We Make It Through December Video
2-4
2-5	Holding Things Together Video
2-6	Kentucky Gambler Video
2-7	Old Man From The Mountain Video
2-8	Things Aren't Funny Anymore
2-9	It Makes No Difference Now
2-10	Always Wanting You Video
2-11	It's All in the Movies Video
2-12	Cherokee Maiden
2-13	Shackles And Chains
2-14
2-15	From Graceland To The Promised Land
2-16	I'm Always On A Mountain When I Fall Video
2-17	It's Been A Great Afternoon Video
2-18	Misery And Gin Video
2-19	Way I Am, The
2-20	I Think I'll Stay Here And Drink

Album Information :

Title:

40 Greatest Hits

UPC:015095573728

Format:CD

Type:Performer

Genre:Country - Bakersfield

Artist:Merle Haggard

Label:Intersound

Distributed:Koch (Distributor USA)

Release Date:2004/05/25

Original Release Year:2004

Discs:2

Mono / Stereo:Stereo

Studio / Live:Studio

Cory L. Schwent (Bloomsdale, MO United States) - August 12, 2005

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

- Watch out on this one.

A few years ago, Merle Haggard sat down and remade almost all of his biggest hits in a mamoth recording session. Now all of these songs are spreading around to every cheap record company who repackages them.

Be careful, everything here is remakes.

SMP - July 25, 2012

- Must Have for Merle fans

Wow. This collection must have been hard for the record label to be excited about because it shows the REAL Merle, not the one the machine wanted to make him.