It's All in the Movies
It's All in the Movies | ||||
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Studio album by Merle Haggard and The Strangers | ||||
Released | February 1976 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 34:01 | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Producer | Ken Nelson, Fuzzy Owen | |||
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It's All in the Movies is the nineteenth studio album by American country music singer Merle Haggard and The Strangers, released in 1976.[2]
History
The album's title track became Haggard's eighth consecutive #1 country single and features the same pop-oriented sound that producer Ken Nelson had employed on the singer's recent chart topper "Always Wanting You." Two songs, "Stingeree" and "Hag's Dixie Blues, No. 2," had been recorded for a 1973 studio album I Love Dixie Blues, a project Haggard scrapped after deciding to record a live album in New Orleans.[citation needed] Haggard also returns to Bob Wills and western swing on "Living With the Shades Pulled Down" and Wills' own "Cotton Patch Blues." The album closes with the Dolly Parton-penned gospel song "The Seeker."
Reception
It's All in the Movies would become Haggard's third consecutive collection to top the Billboard country albums chart. AllMusic: "While the title track is a gentle, affecting ballad, It's All in the Movies doesn't contain enough similarly engaging material to make the record successful. The album is at its best when Haggard delves into western swing, such as 'Living with the Shades Pulled Down,' or when he delivers straightforward ballads like 'Nothing's Worse Than Losing' and 'I Know An Ending When It Comes,' but too many of the songs on the LP are pleasant, but inconsequential, filler."
Track listing
All tracks composed by Merle Haggard; except where indicated
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "It's All in the Movies" | 3:15 | |
2. | "Nothing's Worse Than Losing" | 2:58 | |
3. | "After Loving You" | Haggard, Ronnie Reno, Leona Williams | 3:10 |
4. | "Stingeree" | Charles Singleton, Larry Coleman | 4:03 |
5. | "I Know an Ending When It Comes" | Hank Cochran | 3:10 |
6. | "This Is the Song We Sing" | 2:45 | |
7. | "Living With the Shades Pulled Down" | 2:58 | |
8. | "Hag's Dixie Blues, No. 2" | 2:50 | |
9. | "Let's Stop Pretending" | 3:05 | |
10. | "Cotton Patch Blues" | Bob Wills, Tiny Moore, Billy Joe Moore | 2:57 |
11. | "The Seeker" | Dolly Parton | 2:50 |
Personnel
- Merle Haggard– vocals, guitar
The Strangers:
- Roy Nichols – lead guitar
- Norman Hamlet – steel guitar, dobro
- Tiny Moore – mandolin
- Eldon Shamblin– guitar
- Ronnie Reno – guitar
- Mark Yeary – piano
- James Tittle – bass
- Biff Adam – drums
- Don Markham – saxophone
with
- Bobby Wayne – guitar
- Marcia Nichols – guitar
- Dave Kirby – guitar
- Dennis Hromek – bass
- Johnny Gimble – fiddle
- Bonnie Owens – harmony vocals
and
- Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano, organ
- Glen D. Hardin – piano
- Chuck Berghofer – bass
- Bob Moore – bass
- Joseph Zinkan – bass
- Bill Puett – horns
Chart positions
Year | Chart | Position |
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1976 | Billboard Country albums | 1 |
References
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- The Strangers
- Biff Adam
- Jimmy Belken
- Eddie Burris
- Gary Church
- Wayne Durham
- George French
- Dennis Hromek
- Don Markham
- Johnny Meeks
- Marcia Nichols
- Ronnie Reno
- Clint Strong
- Jim Tittle
- Jerry Ward
- Bobby Wayne
- Mark Yeary
- Strangers
- Swinging Doors ‡
- I'm a Lonesome Fugitive ‡
- Branded Man ‡
- Sing Me Back Home ‡
- The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde ‡
- Mama Tried ‡
- Pride in What I Am ‡
- Same Train, a Different Time ‡
- A Portrait of Merle Haggard ‡
- A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World (or, My Salute to Bob Wills) ‡
- Hag ‡
- Someday We'll Look Back ‡
- Let Me Tell You About a Song ‡
- It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) ‡
- If We Make It Through December ‡
- Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album ‡
- Keep Movin' On ‡
- It's All in the Movies ‡
- My Love Affair with Trains ‡
- The Roots of My Raising ‡
- Ramblin' Fever
- A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today ‡
- My Farewell to Elvis
- I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall
- Serving 190 Proof
- The Way I Am
- Back to the Barrooms
- Big City
- Going Where the Lonely Go
- That's the Way Love Goes
- It's All in the Game
- Kern River
- Out Among the Stars
- A Friend in California
- Chill Factor
- 5:01 Blues
- Blue Jungle
- 1994
- 1996
- If I Could Only Fly
- Roots, Volume 1
- The Peer Sessions
- Haggard Like Never Before
- Unforgettable
- Chicago Wind
- The Bluegrass Sessions
- I Am What I Am
- Working in Tennessee
- Songs I'll Always Sing
- Merle Haggard's Greatest Hits
- His Epic Hits: The First 11 (To Be Continued...)
- Down Every Road 1962–1994
- 16 Biggest Hits
- Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
- Okie from Muskogee ‡
- The Fightin' Side of Me ‡
- I Love Dixie Blues ‡
- Rainbow Stew Live at Anaheim Stadium
- The Epic Collection (Recorded Live)
- Amber Waves of Grain
- The Land of Many Churches ‡
- Songs for the Mama That Tried
- Cabin in the Hills
- Two Old Friends (with Albert E. Brumley, Jr.)
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