16 Biggest Hits

by Merle Haggard

Overview

One could easily get the impression, just perusing the front and back covers of this album, that it contains the original recordings of some of Merle Haggard's most popular recordings -- this is, as a sleeve note puts it, a "unique, chronological collection." In fact, 13 of the 16 tracks are re-recordings made by Haggard in October 1994; only "Big City," "Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)," and "Going Where the Lonely Go," three of the 12 number one country hits Haggard recorded for Epic Records in the 1980s, are the original recordings. Don't be fooled. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	01/18/2011
Label:	Sony Legacy / Sony Music
UPC:	0886978311429
Rank:	23455

Tracks

1. Swinging Doors
2. The Bottle Let Me Down
3. I'm a Lonesome Fugitive
4. Branded Man
5. Sing Me Back Home
6. Mama Tried
7. Hungry Eyes
8. Workin' Man Blues
9. Okie From Muskogee
10. The Fightin' Side of Me
11. Daddy Frank
12. I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink
13. Big City
14. Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)
15. Going Where the Lonely Go
16. Silver Wings

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Merle Haggard   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Dean Holloway   Composer,Producer,Original Recording Producer
Merle Haggard   Composer,Producer,Original Recording Producer
Denny Purcell   Mastering
Jonathan Russell   Assistant,Assistant Mastering Engineer
Don Cobb   Digital Editing
Liz Anderson   Composer
Roy Edward Burris   Composer
Carlos Grier   Digital Editing
Robert Goodman   Design,Art Direction
Norman Seeff   Photography
Casey Anderson   Composer
Arthur Levy   Liner Notes
Lewis Talley   Producer,Original Recording Producer