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I Am What I Am (Merle Haggard album)

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Track listing
Personnel
Chart performance
References

{{Infobox album
| name = I Am What I Am
| type = studio
| artist = Merle Haggard
| cover = Merle Haggard - I Am What I Am - coverart.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|2010|04|20}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Country
| length = 40:25
| label = Vanguard
| producer = Lou Bradley
Merle Haggard
| prev_title = The Bluegrass Sessions
| prev_year = 2007
| next_title = Working in Tennessee
| next_year = 2011
}}{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}^[1]
}}I Am What I Am is the sixty-second studio album by American country music artist Merle Haggard. It was released on April 20, 2010 by Vanguard Records. The album peaked at number 18 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.^[2]

The final song, “It's Gonna Be Me,” was only released on Amazon.com, despite having received positive review as a song which stands out with a heavy bass line and social-critical lyrics.^[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Merle Haggard except where noted.

"I've Seen It Go Away" – 3:00
"Pretty When It's New" – 3:12
"Oil Tanker Train" – 3:02
"Live and Love Always" – 2:30
"The Road to My Heart" (Freddy Powers) – 2:50
"How Did You Find Me Here" (M. Haggard, Theresa Lane Haggard) – 3:55
"We're Falling in Love Again" – 3:31
"Bad Actor" (Doug Colosio, M. Haggard, Scott Joss) – 3:28
"Down at the End of the Road" – 3:10
"Stranger in the City" – 2:09
"Mexican Bands" – 3:27
"I Am What I Am" – 2:38
"It's Gonna Be Me" - 3:27 (Amazon Exclusive)

Personnel

Merle Haggard - fiddle, guitar, lead vocals, background vocals
Norm Hamlet - steel guitar
Biff Adam - bass guitar, drums
Don Markham - trumpet
Gary Church - trombone
Red Lane - guitar
Doug Colosio - piano
Ben Haggard - drums, guitar, soloist, background vocals
Theresa Lane Haggard - lead and background vocals
Tim Howard - guitar, soloist
Rob Ickes - dobro
Scott Joss - fiddle, guitar, background vocals
George Receli - drums, percussion, background vocals
Reggie Young - guitar

Chart performance

{{album chart|Billboard200|77|artist=Merle Haggard}}{{album chart|BillboardCountry|18|artist=Merle Haggard}}{{album chart|BillboardIndependent|11|artist=Merle Haggard}}

Chart (2010)	Peak position

References

1. ^{{cite web |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |title=I Am What I Am review |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=i-am-what-i-am-r1730149|pure_url=yes}} |work=Allmusic |accessdate=6 March 2011}}
2. ^{{cite web |title=I Am What I Am Charts |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=i-am-what-i-am-r1730149/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} |work=Allmusic |accessdate=6 March 2011}}
3. ^Best Music Writing 2010 p240 "One tune, called “It's Gonna Be Me,” stands out with its heavy bass line and lyrics that stake Haggard's claim to singing about what's wrong with the country today. “Who's gonna say the people's mad?” he growls. “Who's gonna say the music's .."

3 : 2010 albums|Merle Haggard albums|Vanguard Records albums

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