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Swinging Doors and the Bottle Let Me Down
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Merle Haggard's third album, Swinging Doors / The Bottle Let Me Down, was assembled from a variety of singles and session like its two predecessors, but it contained a stronger overall selection of material than either album.
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Haggard's first number one is truly worthy of it. Take everything good about his debut and multiply it. This album's hits, "Swinging Doors" and "The Bottle Let Me Down", are some of his best songs in his entire discography. The rest of the album, while not extraordinary, still showcases the best of Haggard's abilities without sounding boring.
"The Girl Turned Ripe" drags this album down a little bit as it is incredibly rape-y, but as long as I skip ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Swinging Doors 2:51 | |
| 2 | If I Could Be Him 2:51 | |
| 3 | The Longer You Wait 2:18 | |
| 4 | I'll Look Over You 2:07 | |
| 5 | I Can't Stand Me 2:16 | |
| 6 | The Girl Turned Ripe 2:17 | |
| 7 | The Bottle Let Me Down 2:45 | |
| 8 | No More You and Me 2:18 | |
| 9 | Somebody Else You've Known 2:07 | |
| 10 | High on a Hilltop 2:58 | |
| 11 | This Town's Not Big Enough 2:48 | |
| 12 | Shade Tree (Fix-It Man) 2:20 |
Total Length: 29 minutes
