Best of Merle Haggard [Capitol 2009]
Merle Haggard - CD
- Artist: Merle Haggard
- Format: CD
- Year: 2009
- Number of Discs: 1
- UPC: 5099969422027
- Item Number: CAP942202
- Release date: 04/07/2009
- 1. Okie from Muskogee
- 2. Mama Tried
- 3. Carolyn
- 4. The Fightin' Side of Me
- 5. It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)
- 6. Workin' Man Blues
- 7. If We Make It Through December
- 8. Soldier's Last Letter
- 9. I'm a Lonesome Fugitive
- 10. Everybody's Had the Blues
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Best of Merle Haggard [Capitol 2009] by Merle Haggard on CD
As early as 1972, Merle Haggard hits albums bore titles that cracked jokes at the use of "best" in their names -- Truly the Best of Merle Haggard and The Best of the Best of Merle Haggard being his second two compilations -- so way down the line in 2009, after decades of albums called "The Best" and just three years after Capitol put out an excellent, generous single-disc called Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard, the label has stripped down to bare bones for 2009's The Best of Merle Haggard. The set is as basic as its title: just ten tracks, all hits, packaged in a thin "eco-friendly" sleeve that feels like an advertisement for its accompanying digital download version. The song selections ever so slightly favor '70s material, with "Soldier's Last Letter" and "Everybody's Had the Blues" standing in for "The Bottle Let Me Down" and "Sing Me Back Home," which may feel a bit off to some tastes, but everything here is superb, so it's a worthwhile sampler even if 2006's Hag paints a fuller, richer picture. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
- Artist: Merle Haggard
- Format: CD
- Year: 2009
- Number of Discs: 1
- UPC: 5099969422027
- Item Number: CAP942202
- Release date: 04/07/2009
- Label: Capitol
- Genre: Country
- Style: Traditional Country, Honky Tonk, Bakersfield Sound, Western Swing Revival
- Album Time: 27:05
- 16 Biggest Hits
- 16 Biggest Hits
- 18 Rare Classics
- 1996
- 20 #1 Hits
- 20 Greatest Hits
- 20 Hits, Vol. 1
- 20 Hits, Vol. 2
- 20 Legendary Hits
- 21 Years Of Number 1 Hits
- 24 Greatest Hits [2002]
- 40 #1 Hits
- 40 Greatest Hits
- All Night Long
- Back to the Barrooms
- Best of Merle Haggard [Columbia]
- Best of the '90s, Vol. 1 & 2
- Big City
- Blue Jungle
- Chicago Wind
- Classics
- Collection [EMI]
- Collector's Edition
- Country Music Legends [Cbuj Ent]
- Definitive Collection
- Down Every Road
- Drinkin'
- Essential Merle Haggard
- Going Where the Lonely Go/That's the Way Love Goes
- Golden Classics: 23 Classic Tracks
- Greatest Hits (Delta 2-CD set)
- Greatest Hits [Laserlight]
- Greatest Hits Collection
- Greatest Hits of the 80's
- Greatest Hits: Finest Performances
- Greatest Hits: Limited Edition [Curb]
- Hag/Let Me Tell You About a Song
- Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
- Hag: The Studio Recordings 1969-1976 (Import)
- Hag: The Studio Recordings 1969-1976 (Import)
- His Epic Hits: First Eleven to Be Continued
- Hits
- Hurtin'
- If I Could Only Fly
- Just Between the Two of Us/The Fightin' Side of Me
- Legends of American Music: The Original Outlaw
- Legends: Merle Haggard
- Live at Billy Bob's Texas: Motorcycle Cowboy
- Live at Billy Bob's Texas: Ol' Country Singer
- Live from Austin TX: 1985 [CD/DVD]
- Live from Austin, TX 1978
- Live from Austin, TX 1985
- Mama Tried/Pride in What I Am
- Merle Haggard : A Living Legend
- Merle Haggard [#2]
- Merle Haggard 1994
- Merle Haggard Collector's Edition
- Merle Haggard's Christmas Present
- Merle Haggard: 20 Great Hits
- Merle Haggard: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
- Merle Haggard: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
- Momma Tried (Blumountain)
- My Love Affair With Trains/The Roots of My Raising
- Number One Songs
- Playlist: The Very Best of Merle Haggard
- Presents His 30th Album/A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today
- Roots, Vol. 1
- Sing Me Back Home/Bonnie & Clyde
- Someday We'll Look Back/I Love Dixie Blues
- Strangers/Swinging Doors and The Bottle Let Me Down [Capitol]
- Super Hit Set
- Super Hits
- Super Hits, Vol. 2
- Super Hits, Vol. 2
- The Best of Country Blues
- The Best of the Best of Merle Haggard [Capitol]
- The Best of the Best of Merle Haggard [Federal]
- The Best of the Early Years
- The Bluegrass Sessions
- The Fightin' Side of Me: 15 #1 Hits
- The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde/Pride in What I Am
- The Peer Sessions
- Unforgettable
- Untamed Hawk: The Early Recordings of Merle Haggard (Import)
- What a Friend We Have in Jesus
- Workin' Man Blues
- Workin' Man Blues Live
- Country Music Hall of Fame
- Legendary
- Back 2 Back
- Two Old Friends
- Pancho & Lefty
- Seashores of Old Mexico
- Living Legends
- Serving 190 Proof
- HAGGARD/NELSON: MERLE HAGGARD & WILLIE NELSON
- Conway Twitty and Merle Haggard, Vol. 1
- Conway Twitty and Merle Haggard, Vol. 2
- HAGGARD,MERLE: VOL. 1-MERLE HAGGARD
- Troubadour (Import)
- The Land of Many Churches
- 10 Great Songs
- Swinging Doors and The Bottle Let Me Down
- Icon
- Live from Austin, TX 1978
- Haggard, Merle: Legendary Country Singer
- Merle Haggard : Two Old Friends
- Pancho & Lefty [Bonus Tracks]
- Strangers/Swinging Doors [EMI] (Import)
- 24 at No. 1
- Back 2 Back
- Okie from Muskogee [King Compilation]
- Sings Story Songs
- The Best of the Best of Merle Haggard [Federal]
- 22 All-Time Greatest Hits
- Super Hits: Haggard and Twitty
- Always Wanting You: The Best of the Ballads
- At His Best
- Super Hits
- Swinging Doors: Hits Collection
- California Country
- Sings His Best: Branded Man
- Fightin' Side of Me
- Capitol Rarities
- Complete 60's Capitol Singles
- Stars over Bakersfield: Early Recordings
- Sing Me Back Home: Greatest Hits [Golden Stars]
- Original Album Classics (Import)
- The Essential Merle Haggard: The Epic Years
- Living Legends
- Seashores of Old Mexico
- Pancho & Lefty
- Country: Merle Haggard
- 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Merle Haggard
- It's All in the Game
- Today I Started Loving You Again [King]
- Okie from Muskogee [King Compilation]
- Merle Haggard and George Jones
- Workin' Man Blues
- The Fightin' Side of Me [1996 King Compilation]
- Sings Story Songs
- Branded Man (King)
- 24 at No. 1
- Okie from Muskogee [Sun Compilation]
- 10 Top 10s Live
- 20 Hits
- I Am What I Am
- I Am What I Am
- Working in Tennessee
- Working in Tennessee
- Kickin' Out the Footlights...Again
- Roots of My Raising [Delta Compilation]
- Today I Started Loving You Again [Kingfisher]
- The One & Only
- 20 Number One Hits
- Cabin in the Hills
- Greatest Hits (Madacy)
- The Collection [Madacy]
- His Epic Hits: First Eleven to Be Continued
- Super Hits
- Super Hits/Super Hits, Vol. 2/Super Hits, Vol. 3
- Big City
- Super Hits, Vol. 2
- Super Hits, Vol. 3
- Merle Haggard's Greatest Hits
- Merle & Willie: Gospel's Best
- Rainbow Stew: Live at Anaheim Stadium
- Okie from Muskogee
- A Country Christmas with Merle Haggard
- Okie from Muskogee [Capitol Special Markets Compilation]
- For the Record: 43 Legendary Hits
- This Is for You
- A Taste of Yesterday's Wine
- More of the Best
- Greatest Hits [Collectables]
- Oh Boy Classics Presents: Merle Haggard
- Oh Boy Classics Presents: Merle Haggard Again
- Hag/Someday We'll Look Back
- I'm a Lonesome Fugitive/Branded Man
- Twelve #1 Hits, Vol. 2
- Ultimate Hits [2 Disc]
- Ultimate Hits [Single Disc]
- Ultimate #1 Hits [1]
- Ultimate #1 Hits [2]
- Country Legend, Vol. 1
- Country Legend, Vol. 2
- Country Legend, Vol. 3
- MERLE HAGGARD : COUNTRY LEGEND (2CD)
- Country Legend [3 Disc]
- Merle Haggard/Conway Twitty
- Merle Haggard [Platinum Disc]
- HAGGARD,MERLE: VOL. 2-MERLE HAGGARD
- Swinging Doors and The Bottle Let Me Down
- Sing Me Back Home
- Same Train, Different Time [Bear Family] (Import)
- Old Loves Never Die
- Merle Haggard [Castle Pulse]
- I'm a Lonesome Fugitive/Mama Tried
- Someday We'll Look Back/I Love Dixie Blues
- Portrait of Merle Haggard/Keep Movin' On
- It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)/If We Make It Through December
- A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World/It's All in the Movies
- Kern River/Amber Waves of Grain
- Out Among the Stars/A Friend in California
- Big City/Going Where the Lonely Go
- Hag's Christmas
- MERLE HAGGARD : VERY BEST OF
- Mama Tried
- This Is Merle Haggard
- Kern River/Chill Factor
- Merle Haggard : I'm A Lonesome Fugitive/branded Man
- Ultimate Live
- I Wish I Was Santa Claus
- Like Never Before
- Award Winning Gospel Hits
- David Allan Coe Presents Merle Haggard
- Best of the '90s, Vol. 1
- Best of the '90s, Vol. 2
- Okie from Muskogee [American Legends Compilation]
- Okie from Muskogee [American Legends Compilation]
- Poet of the Working Man
- The Best of the Best of Merle Haggard [Capitol]
- Country Classics: Merle Haggard
- Prison
- Cheatin'
- Branded Man
- Mama Tried
- Strangers
- Sing Me Back Home
- I'm a Lonesome Fugitive
- 20 Country Number Ones
- The Ultimate Collection
- Best of the 1960s
- In Concert
- 18 Greatest
- I'm a Lonesome Fugitive
- Today I Started Loving You Again [King]
- The Fightin' Side of Me [2004 King Compilation]
- Branded Man (King)
- Super Hits [Haggard/Twitty]
- Just Between the Two of Us [King]
- Best of the Best Gospel
- The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology (1963-1977)
- 20 Country Number Ones
- Love Songs
- MERLE HAGGARD : GOIN' HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
- Platinum & Gold Collection (Import)
- Collections, Vol. 2
- I'm a Lonesome Fugitive [Compilation]
- Live at the Concord Pavillion
- Live! [Acrobat] (Import)
- Goin' Home for Christmas
- The Music of Merle Haggard: The Epic Years
- Country Collection
- Composers:
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Credits:
- Casey Anderson - Composer
- Ernest Tubb - Composer
- Glenn Martin - Composer
- Kevin Bartley - Mastering
- Kristine L. McCullen - Design
- Liz Anderson - Composer
- Merle Haggard - Performer, Composer, Producer
- Redd Stewart - Composer
- Roy Edward Burris - Composer
- Sam Nelson - Compilation Producer
- Susan Lavoie - Art Direction
- The Strangers - Performer
- Tommy Collins - Composer
- Fuzzy Owen - Producer
- Hank Cochran - Composer, Producer
- Ken Nelson - Producer
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