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Working in Tennessee

Merle Haggard

Working in Tennessee

The latest album from the 74 year old country music veteran

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6.3

Label
Welk
UK Release date
17/10/2011
US Release date
04/10/2011
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  1. 8.0 |   Mojo

    A release that impresses throughout. Print edition only

  2. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Resonates with much of the cool, uncomplicated clarity of his very best work. Print edition only

  3. 7.0 |   BBC

    An album that is full of relaxed mastery
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  4. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    The album benefits from a relaxed, among-friends vibe
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  5. 6.8 |   Paste Magazine

    Those who’ve loved him all these years will find plenty to sink their teeth into
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  6. 6.0 |   The Scotsman

    Merle Haggard makes it all sound so easy
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  7. 6.0 |   Spin

    Glides along on its Bakersfield groove with the greatest of ease
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  8. 5.0 |   A.V. Club

    Haggard sounds like he’s enjoying himself. At this point, he’s more than earned the right to make an album that makes him happy
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  9. 5.0 |   PopMatters

    The singing is great, the playing solid, most of the songs, whatever their age, pretty good
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Merle Haggard: Working in Tennessee

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  • 2. Down On the Houseboat £0.99
  • 3. Cocaine Blues £0.99
  • 4. What I Hate £0.99
  • 5. Sometimes I Dream £0.99
  • 6. Under the Bridge £0.99
  • 7. Too Much Boogie Woogie £0.99
  • 8. Truck Driver's Blues £0.99
  • 9. Laugh It Off £0.99
  • 10. Workin' Man Blues (feat. Willie Nelson and Ben Haggard) £0.99
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