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Merle Haggard
Released 2001

Sing Me Back Home
02:50
981 plays

I'm A Lonesome Fugitive
02:54
890 plays

Mama Tried
02:12
870 plays

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- 1
- Mama Tried
- 02:12
- 870 plays

- 2
- Sing Me Back Home
- 02:50
- 981 plays

- 3
- Green Green Grass Of Home
- 03:14
- 725 plays

- 4
- Huntsville
- 03:06
- 647 plays

- 5
- I Made The Prison Band
- 02:31
- 573 plays

- 6
- Folsom Prison Blues
- 02:48
- 758 plays

- 7
- I'm A Lonesome Fugitive
- 02:54
- 890 plays

- 8
- Life In Prison
- 03:02
- 539 plays

- 9
- Will You Visit Me On Sundays?
- 02:50
- 458 plays

- 10
- Branded Man
- 03:06
- 515 plays

- 11
- Medley: Old Time Religion/Pass Me Not/Sweet By And By
- 03:04
- 437 plays

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album review

Following in the marketing footsteps of Columbia/Legacy's 2000 thematic Johnny Cash releases (Murder, Love, God), Capitol Records gave Merle Haggard's back catalog a similar treatment in 2001 with four separate installments: Hurtin', Drinkin', Prison, and Cheatin'. While it's impossible to narrow Haggard's Prison songs down to ten, the compilers did an admiral job mixing a few of the obvious hits ("Mama Tried," "Sing Me Back Home," "I'm a Lonesome Fugitive," and "Branded Man") with similarly themed songs that fell through the cracks -- great tunes but not necessarily hits. The cover art could be a bit snazzier, but still, this is a decent mid-line set. In fact, all four discs are recommended, and as it states on the back cover, "Collect all four and enjoy the pain." ~ Al Campbell, All Music Guide