Going Where The Lonely Go/That's The Way Love Goes (CD)

• Category:  Music  »  Country  »  Bakersfield
• Format: CD   Learn more about the CD format using Tower WIKI.
• Release Date: March 15, 2005
• Label: S&P Records
• UPC: 739343071827
• WAPI (Tower ID): 105812794
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #42623 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #126586 in Country (See Top 100 Country Bestsellers)
• #23 in Bakersfield (See Top 100 Bakersfield Bestsellers)

2 LPs on 1 CD: GOING WHERE THE LONELY GO (1982)/THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES (1983).

Audio Remasterer: Steve Hoffman.

The 1980s weren't kind to Merle Haggard--the decade's air of ersatz optimism and its featherweight pop songs were anathema to his gritty, workingman ballads, while country music's newfound prissy puritan streak signaled the demise of the traditional drinking song that remained his forte. Despite his lack of chart success, however, Haggard's remarkable songwriting abilities are very much in evidence all over this budget-priced twofer--in GOING WHERE THE LONELY GO's title track, in "Why Am I Drinking" (the kind of barroom classic Haggard seemed to be able to write in his sleep), and in the painful honesty of "Half a Man." Though the focused production of THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES has the edge, Haggard's world-weary vocals and unerring ear for a turn of phrase make both these albums worthy of attention.

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