40 Greatest Hits

40 Greatest Hits

by Merle Haggard
40 Greatest Hits

40 Greatest Hits

by Merle Haggard

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Overview

Though this two-CD set of re-recordings 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 songs, 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. Hag's in great voice, and makes sure to give these songs a different treatment, so for fans who've heard the originals more times than they can count, this is a good place to turn.

Product Details

Release Date: 05/25/2004
Label: Intersound
UPC: 0015095573728
Rank: 357

Tracks

Disc 1

  1. (My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers
  2. I'm a Lonesome Fugitive
  3. The Bottle Let Me Down
  4. Branded Man
  5. I Threw Away the Rose
  6. Sing Me Back Home
  7. Mama Tried
  8. The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde
  9. Hungry Eyes
  10. I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am
  11. Okie from Muskogee
  12. Workin' Man Blues
  13. The Fightin' Side of Me
  14. Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)
  15. Someday We'll Look Back
  16. Peach Pickin' Time in Georgia
  17. The Farmer's Daughter
  18. Carolyn
  19. If It's Wrong to Love You
  20. It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)

Disc 2

  1. Turnin' Off a Memory
  2. Everybody's Had the Blues
  3. If We Make It Through December
  4. The Emptiest Arms in the World
  5. Holding Things Together
  6. Kentucky Gambler
  7. Old Man from the Mountain
  8. Things Aren't Funny Anymore
  9. It Makes No Difference Now
  10. Always Wanting You
  11. It's All in the Movies
  12. Cherokee Maiden
  13. Shackles and Chains
  14. The Roots of My Raising
  15. From Graceland to the Promised Land
  16. I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall
  17. It's Been a Great Afternoon
  18. Misery and Gin
  19. The Way I Am
  20. I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Merle Haggard   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Glenn Martin   Composer
Hank Cochran   Composer
Tommy "Snuff" Garrett   Composer
Bob Totten   Composer
Les Leverett   Photography
Tracy Wallner   Design,Art Direction
Glenn Meadows   Mastering
Kelli Haggard   Composer
Jimmie Davis   Composer
John Durrill   Composer
Liz Anderson   Composer
Roy Edward Burris   Composer
Sonny Throckmorton   Composer
Bonnie Dodd   Composer
Bonnie Owens   Composer
Chuck Howard   Composer
Clayton McMichen   Composer
Cindy Walker   Composer
Dolly Parton   Composer
Casey Anderson   Composer
Floyd Tillman   Composer
Charles Mitchell   Composer
Jimmie Rodgers   Composer
Merle Haggard   Composer
Tommy Collins   Composer
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