Merle Haggard

Aliases: Merle Haggard & The Strangers.

The best album credited to Merle Haggard is I Am What I Am which is ranked number 24,795 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 39.

The best album credited to Merle Haggard taking into account any aliases or variations is Mama Tried by Merle Haggard & The Strangers which is ranked number 8,025 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 158.

Merle Haggard is ranked number 1,921 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 666.

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Merle Haggard best albums

The following albums by Merle Haggard are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:

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Mama Tried

Merle Haggard & The Strangers

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1968

Appears in:

61 charts

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158

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I'm A Lonesome Fugitive

Merle Haggard & The Strangers

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1967

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54 charts

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Swinging Doors (And The Bottle Let Me Down)

Merle Haggard & The Strangers

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1966

Appears in:

29 charts

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2010

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8 charts

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1980

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10 charts

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1981

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21 charts

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Going Where The Lonely Go

Merle Haggard

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1982

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6 charts

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Same Train, A Different Time

Merle Haggard

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1969

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1967

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18 charts

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Pride In What I Am

Merle Haggard & The Strangers

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1969

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7 charts

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1,921

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Total albums: 44. Page 1 of 5

This may not be a complete discography for Merle Haggard.This listing only shows those albums by this artist that appear in at least one chart on this site. If an album is 'missing' that you think deserves to be here, you can include it in your own chart from the My Charts page!

Merle Haggard bestography composition

Decade	Albums	%

1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	11	0%
1970s	14	0%
1980s	5	0%
1990s	4	0%
2000s	7	0%
2010s	3	0%
2020s	0	0%

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	36	82%
Yes	8	18%

Live?	Albums	%
No	43	98%
Yes	1	2%

Merle Haggard best tracks

Include tracks from compilations & live albums | Exclude tracks from compilations & live albums The same track can appear on multiple albums, so excluding tracks from compilations and live albums helps to remove duplicates from this list.

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Mama Tried

(from the album Mama Tried)

Average Rating: 85 (22 votes)Comments: 0

I'm A Lonesome Fugitive

(from the album I'm A Lonesome Fugitive)

Average Rating: 80 (18 votes)Comments: 0

I'll Always Know

(from the album Mama Tried)

Average Rating: 80 (14 votes)Comments: 0

Life In Prison

(from the album I'm A Lonesome Fugitive)

Average Rating: 80 (14 votes)Comments: 0

Little Ole Wine Drinker Me

(from the album Mama Tried)

Average Rating: 80 (13 votes)Comments: 0

Green, Green Grass Of Home

(from the album Mama Tried)

Average Rating: 79 (13 votes)Comments: 0

Okie From Muskogee

(from the album Okie From Muskogee)

Average Rating: 79 (8 votes)Comments: 0

In The Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)

(from the album Mama Tried)

Average Rating: 78 (14 votes)Comments: 0

I Could Have Gone Right

(from the album Mama Tried)

Average Rating: 78 (13 votes)Comments: 0

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Drink Up And Be Somebody

(from the album I'm A Lonesome Fugitive)

Average Rating: 78 (13 votes)Comments: 0

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Folsom Prison Blues

(from the album Mama Tried)

Average Rating: 77 (12 votes)Comments: 0

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I Threw Away The Rose

(from the album Branded Man)

Average Rating: 77 (6 votes)Comments: 0

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If You Want To Be My Woman

(from the album I'm A Lonesome Fugitive)

Average Rating: 77 (15 votes)Comments: 0

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My Rough And Rowdy Ways

(from the album I'm A Lonesome Fugitive)

Average Rating: 77 (15 votes)Comments: 0

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I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am

(from the album Pride In What I Am)

Average Rating: 77 (5 votes)Comments: 0

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Are The Good Times Really Over (I Wish A Buck Was Still Silver)

(from the album Big City)

Average Rating: 77 (3 votes)Comments: 0

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I'm Gonna Break Every Heart I Can

(from the album Strangers)

Average Rating: 77 (3 votes)Comments: 0

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Big City

(from the album Big City)

Average Rating: 77 (6 votes)Comments: 0

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Mary's Mine

(from the album I'm A Lonesome Fugitive)

Average Rating: 77 (16 votes)Comments: 0

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Run 'Em Off

(from the album Mama Tried)

Average Rating: 77 (12 votes)Comments: 0

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Merle Haggard ratings

Average Rating:

80/100 (from 9 votes)

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JOSweetHeart 04/06/2016 22:33 in In Remembrance Of Those Who Are Gone

“Sadly country music lost the legendary today. This is the first time that I know of someone going forward on their own birthday! I love to hear him sing "Pancho & Lefty" with the red headed stranger! For Merle to go now most definitely stands out for me because his son, Ben, actually placed his…”

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Martini 10/31/2020 01:07 | #259979

An amazing guitarist and songwriter with an incredible voice. Definitely one of the greatest and most influential country singers of all time. None of the modern country artists have come even close in twenty years to the greatness this man made in a decade.

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junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/08/2014 02:58 | #116253

Super-badass old-school country. Not quite on par with Waylon and Willie, but damn close, and leagues better than the rest.

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