| 词条 | Songs for the Mama That Tried | ||||
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| name = Songs for the Mama That Tried | type = Studio album | artist = Merle Haggard | cover = Songs for the Mama That Tried.jpg | alt = | released = September 1981 | recorded = Sound Emporium, Nashville Tennessee | venue = | studio = | genre = Country, Gospel | length = | label = MCA | producer = Merle Haggard | prev_title = Rainbow Stew Live at Anaheim Stadium | prev_year = 1980 | next_title = Big City | next_year = 1981 }}Songs for the Mama That Tried is the 32nd studio album by American country singer Merle Haggard with backing by The Strangers, released in 1981. A Gospel album, it reached Number 46 on the Billboard country albums chart.[1] BackgroundSongs for the Mama That Tried was Haggard's last principal release on MCA, having signed with Epic Records. The title alludes to Haggard's 1968 song "Mama Tried", a song which became a cornerstone of his career. Haggard had recorded a live gospel album in 1971 called The Land of Many Churches but this set is dedicated to his mother Flossie, who was seventy-nine years old when she posed with Haggard on the cover of the LP. Produced by Haggard, the album features background harmonies from both his second wife Bonnie Owens and his then current wife Leona Williams. The album yielded no hit singles and was not a big seller. In his 1999 memoir My House of Memories Haggard writes, "I love those songs as much as Mom did. I can't describe the comfort they've given me. I haven't listened to that album in years."{{sfn|Haggard, Merle; Carter, Tom|2002|p=204-205}}{{Full citation needed|date=March 2018}} Reception{{Album ratings|rev1 = Allmusic |rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}[2] }} Writing in the 2013 book The Running Kind, Haggard biographer David Cantwell calls the album "perfect," praising the singer's "reverent, soulful singing."[3] The album received five stars in the second edition of the Rolling Stone Record Guide.[4] Track listing
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References1. ^Allmusic chart entry for Songs for the Mama That Tried Retrieved December 2009. {{Merle Haggard}}2. ^[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r92514|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review] 3. ^{{cite book| last = Cantwell | first =David | authorlink = | title =Merle Haggard: The Running Kind| publisher = University of Texas Press | year = 2013| page = | isbn = 978-0-292-71771-8}} 4. ^5-Star albums listing. Rolling Stone Record Guide. 1983. Second Edition. 3 : 1981 albums|Merle Haggard albums|MCA Records albums |
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