20 Greatest Hits

Merle Haggard
Country · 2002

This LP traces Merle Haggard's journey from unknown ex-con to country music superstar, mixing proudly sung prison tunes ("Sing Me Back Home") with love songs as devastating as the finger-picked Christmas downer "If We Make It Through December." Then there’s "Okie From Muskogee," which sets wry, nationalist lyrics to clean, rock-influenced beats. And even though "What Have You Got Planned Tonight, Diana"—combining spoken-word narration with some of Haggard’s most glorious bellows—may have originally been a B-side, the warm odyssey of frontier romance holds its own amid genuine chart-toppers.
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2:11
2
2:35
3
2:42
4
3:07
5
2:55
6
2:58
7
3:06
8
2:33
9
2:42
10
2:54
11
2:48
12
2:46
13
2:20
14
3:13
15
2:41
16
2:48
17
3:08
18
2:55
19
3:27
20
2:18

January 1, 2002

20 Songs, 56 Minutes

This Compilation ℗ 2002 Capitol Records Nashville

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