Album
It's All In The Game
1984 · Folk, World, & Country
5 collectors on Gatefold own this
It's All In The Game is a Folk album by Merle Haggard, originally released in 1984. On Gatefold: 18 pressings tracked, owned by 5 collectors.
About
It's All in the Game is the 39th studio album by country music artist Merle Haggard backed by the Strangers, released in 1984 by Epic Records. The album peaked at #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. Haggard's only album from 1984 is dominated with songs co-written with Freddy Powers. The country singer's career was booming during this period like it hadn't since the early seventies, and It's All in the Game continued this roll, producing three #1 hits. The first of these, "Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room," recalls the shuffling rhythm of his 1981 hit "Big City" and finds the narrator attempting to playfully reignite the passion of his marriage. The other two chart toppers, "A Place to Fall Apart" (co-written with Willie Nelson and featuring Janie Fricke on background vocals) and the love song "Natural High," have a softer vocal approach more indicative of the album's overall sound. "Little Hotel Room" and "I Never Go Home Anymore" contain Haggard's oft-used themes of loss, loneliness and estrangement. The LP also includes his take on the recent Willie Nelson/Julio Iglesias smash "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" and "You Nearly Lose Your Mind," his tribute to Ernest Tubb, who died in September 1984.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Let's Chase Each Other Around The Room2:48
- A2A Place To Fall Apart3:36
- A3It's All In The Game3:45
- A4Little Hotel Room3:15
- A5I Never Go Home Anymore2:33
Side B
- B1All I Want To Do Is Sing My Song3:15
- B2Natural High3:05
- B3Thank Heaven For Little Girls2:29
- B4To All The Girls I've Loved Before2:54
- B5You Nearly Lose Your Mind2:21
Sound DNA
- Folk
- Traditional Folk
- warm
- earnest
- outlaw
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Biff AdamDRUMS MUSICIAN , DRUMS
- Bobby WoodKEYBOARDS MUSICIAN , KEYBOARDS
- Chet AtkinsFEATURING GUEST , GUITAR
- Dennis HromekELECTRIC BASS MUSICIAN , ELECTRIC BASS
- Don MarkhamHORNS MUSICIAN , HORNS
- Freddy PowersMUSICIAN , RHYTHM GUITAR RHYTHM GUITAR
- Grady MartinFEATURING GUEST , GUITAR
- Jimmy BelkenFIDDLE MUSICIAN , FIDDLE
- Lloyd LindrothHARP MUSICIAN , HARP
- Mark YearyKEYBOARDS MUSICIAN , KEYBOARDS
- Mike LeechBASS MUSICIAN , BASS
- Norman HamletMUSICIAN , STEEL GUITAR STEEL GUITAR
- Roy NicholsLEAD GUITAR MUSICIAN , LEAD GUITAR
- Tiny MooreFIDDLE, MANDOLIN MUSICIAN , FIDDLE, MANDOLIN
- Janie FrickeFEATURING VOCALS
5 collectors on Gatefold own this · 18 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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