Critic Score
Based on 3 reviews
1968 Ratings: #58 / 143
User Score
Based on 82 ratings
1968 Ratings: #80
September 3, 1968 / Release Date
LP / Format
Capitol / Label
Ken NelsonProducer
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Critic Reviews

OldTask
70

Some nice country that's palatable to those who are hesitant to the genre.

Recs:
- Mama Tried
- Little Ole Wine Drinker Me
- I Could Have Gone Right
- Folsom Prison Blues
- You'll Never Love Me Now

Jwallace1997
80

I don’t like country but I can get behind this.

Favorite Track: Mama Tried

Least Favorite Track: I’ll Always Know

Vice3707
80

All I can think about when I see that album cover is this one specific clip from Family Guy of an Italian guy yelling “I’M SORRY MAAAAA”

See, THIS is what I’ve been expecting this week. Merle Haggard hasn’t really been in my musical knowing until now. In fact, the first time I’ve ever even heard that he was a country singer was Rhett & Link’s Funeral (if ykyk). So in this case, this album was personally impressionable and I honestly have very ... read more

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