A country music legend who epitomized the drifter persona and is considered perhaps the genre's greatest songwriter.
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Album Discography

Year Album Label AllMusic Rating User Ratings
Strangers 1965 Strangers Capitol / EMI Records
 
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Just Between the Two of Us 1966 Just Between the Two of Us King
 
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Swinging Doors and The Bottle Let Me Down 1966 Swinging Doors and The Bottle Let Me Down eOne / Koch
 
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Branded Man 1967 Branded Man Capitol / EMI Records
 
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I'm a Lonesome Fugitive 1967 I'm a Lonesome Fugitive Capitol / EMI Records
 
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Mama Tried 1968 Mama Tried Capitol / EMI Records
 
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Sing Me Back Home 1968 Sing Me Back Home Koch
 
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The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde 1968 The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde Capitol
 
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Killers Three 1968 Killers Three Tower
 
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Okie from Muskogee 1969 Okie from Muskogee Capitol / EMI Records
 
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Instrumental Sounds of Merle Haggard's Strangers 1969 Instrumental Sounds of Merle Haggard's Strangers Capitol
 
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A Portrait of Merle Haggard 1969 A Portrait of Merle Haggard Capitol
 
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Same Train, a Different Time 1969 Same Train, a Different Time Koch
 
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Introducing My Friends, the Strangers 1970 Introducing My Friends, the Strangers Capitol
 
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A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World (Or, My Salute to Bob Wills) 1970 A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World (Or, My Salute to Bob Wills) eOne / Koch
 
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The Land of Many Churches 1971 The Land of Many Churches Razor & Tie
 
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Sing a Sad Song 1971 Sing a Sad Song Capitol
 
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Someday We'll Look Back 1971 Someday We'll Look Back Capitol
 
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Honky Tonkin' 1971 Honky Tonkin' Capitol
 
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High on a Hilltop 1971 High on a Hilltop Capitol
 
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Hag 1971 Hag Capitol
 
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It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) 1972 It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) Capitol
 
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Let Me Tell You About a Song 1972 Let Me Tell You About a Song Capitol
 
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Merle Haggard's Christmas Present 1973 Merle Haggard's Christmas Present Curb
 
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I Love Dixie Blues...So I Recorded Live in New Orleans 1973 I Love Dixie Blues...So I Recorded Live in New Orleans Capitol
 
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Totally Instrumental with One Exception... 1973 Totally Instrumental with One Exception... Capitol
 
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Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album 1974 Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album Capitol
 
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If We Make It Through December 1974 If We Make It Through December Capitol
 
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Keep Movin' On 1975 Keep Movin' On Capitol
 
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It's All in the Movies 1975 It's All in the Movies Capitol
 
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My Love Affair with Trains 1976 My Love Affair with Trains Capitol
 
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The Roots of My Raising 1976 The Roots of My Raising Capitol
 
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My Farewell to Elvis 1977 My Farewell to Elvis Universal Special Products
 
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Ramblin' Fever 1977 Ramblin' Fever MCA / Nashville
 
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A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today 1977 A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today Capitol
 
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The Way It Was in '51 1978 The Way It Was in '51 Capitol
 
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I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall 1978 I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall MCA / Mercury / Universal
 
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Goin' Home for Christmas 1978 Goin' Home for Christmas BMG / Epic / Sony Music Entertainment
 
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Serving 190 Proof 1979 Serving 190 Proof MCA
 
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Back to the Barrooms 1980 Back to the Barrooms MCA
 
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The Way I Am 1980 The Way I Am MCA
 
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Rainbow Stew: Live at Anaheim Stadium 1981 Rainbow Stew: Live at Anaheim Stadium Universal Special Products
 
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Big City 1981 Big City Legacy
 
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Going Where the Lonely Go 1982 Going Where the Lonely Go Epic
 
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A Taste of Yesterday's Wine 1982 A Taste of Yesterday's Wine Epic
 
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Epic Collection (Recorded Live) 1983 Epic Collection (Recorded Live) Epic
 
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Heart to Heart 1983 Heart to Heart Polygram
 
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Pancho & Lefty 1983 Pancho & Lefty Epic
 
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That's the Way Love Goes 1983 That's the Way Love Goes DCC Compact Classics
 
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It's All in the Game 1984 It's All in the Game DCC Compact Classics
 
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Amber Waves of Grain 1985 Amber Waves of Grain Epic
 
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Kern River 1985 Kern River Epic
 
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A Friend in California 1986 A Friend in California Epic
 
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Chill Factor 1987 Chill Factor Epic
 
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Out Among the Stars 1987 Out Among the Stars Epic
 
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Seashores of Old Mexico 1987 Seashores of Old Mexico Epic
 
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5:01 Blues 1989 5:01 Blues Epic
 
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Blue Jungle 1990 Blue Jungle Curb
 
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All Night Long 1991 All Night Long Curb
 
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1994 1994 1994 Curb
 
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Pancho, Lefty and Rudolph 1995 Pancho, Lefty and Rudolph Columbia
 
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1996 1996 1996 Curb
 
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Live at Billy Bob's Texas: Motorcycle Cowboy 1999 Live at Billy Bob's Texas: Motorcycle Cowboy Smith Entertainment / Image Entertainment
 
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If I Could Only Fly 2000 If I Could Only Fly Anti- / Epitaph
 
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Cabin in the Hills 2001 Cabin in the Hills Relentless Nashville / Madacy
 
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Two Old Friends 2001 Two Old Friends Relentless Nashville / Madacy
 
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Roots, Vol. 1 2001 Roots, Vol. 1 Anti- / Epitaph
 
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Like Never Before 2003 Like Never Before Hag
 
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Live at Billy Bob's Texas: Ol' Country Singer 2004 Live at Billy Bob's Texas: Ol' Country Singer Smith Entertainment
 
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I Wish I Was Santa Claus 2004 I Wish I Was Santa Claus Smith Entertainment
 
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Unforgettable 2004 Unforgettable Liberty / EMI Music Distribution
 
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Chicago Wind 2005 Chicago Wind Capitol
 
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Kickin' Out the Footlights...Again 2006 Kickin' Out the Footlights...Again Bandit Records
 
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Last of the Breed 2007 Last of the Breed Lost Highway
 
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The Bluegrass Sessions 2007 The Bluegrass Sessions McCoury Music
 
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Live from the Last of the Breed Tour 2009 Live from the Last of the Breed Tour Image Entertainment
 
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I Am What I Am 2010 I Am What I Am Vanguard
 
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Working in Tennessee 2011 Working in Tennessee Vanguard / Welk
 
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Django and Jimmie 2015 Django and Jimmie Legacy
 
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