Mama Tried (studio album)
by Merle Haggard & The Strangers
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Merle Haggard & The Strangers bestography
The best album by Merle Haggard is Mama Tried which is ranked number 8857 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 137.
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Mama Tried track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 36 hours ago |  zags7000 | 20,416 | 64/100 |
| ! | 06/26/2025 11:49 |  travelful | 3,780 | 72/100 |
| ! | 03/20/2024 18:37 |  djnizzi | 2,858 | 80/100 |
| ! | 10/05/2023 16:40 | replacementlevel | 7,716 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/04/2023 21:56 |  jrisden | 180 | 78/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.6/100, a mean average of 77.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.5.
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Romanelli 06/25/2019 00:57 | #238205
Merle Haggard was as outlaw as they came. Unlike any of the others, he actually did time in prison (San Quentin), and many of his songs (listen to the title track here!...or "The Fightin' Side Of Me") are the actual definition of what outlaw country not was...is. you may not think he's outlaw...but everyone who IS outlaw knows that he's one of the KING outlaws.
Merle Haggard is kind of a classic country hero. He wasn't an outlaw like Waylon or Willie, but he's often put in that category because his music is sincere and real. Like most country, Haggard's singles were valued over completing solid albums. This is one I can sit all the way through. It's funny to hear the title track in the horror movie The Strangers (which coincidentally is the name of Haggard's band)
He passed in 2016.
Track Pick: Wine Drinker Me
This is just a great damn record.
junodog4 07/08/2014 02:59 | #116254
On par with Johnny Cash for songs of mistakes and regret.
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