Country 1-100
by briggs54

Warning! This list is highly revisionist. Alt-Country, Americana, Appalachian Folk, Bluegrass, and Country-Rock all qualify for this list in addition to the "classic" and "mainstream" country sounds. Think big umbrella with some holes: I include what I want to include and the rules are very arbitrary. Like a lot of lists, individual rankings mean very little after about #20, stuff gets added and removed all the time. I do not guarantee, nor care about, consistency with my other charts for this or any of my genre specific lists.

My Favorite Country Songs (i.e. Not Necessarily the "Greatest of All Time"):
1. Tammy Wynette: Stand By Your Man
2. Willie Nelson: Red Headed Stranger
3. David Allan Coe: You Never Even Called Me By My Name
4. Charlie Rich: Behind Closed Doors
5. George Jones: Darlin'
6. Flying Burrito Brothers: Sin City
7. Michael Hurley, The Unholy Modal Rounders, Jeffrey Fredericks & The Clamtones: Slurf Song
8. Willis Alan Ramsey: Ballad Of Spider John
9. John Prine: Sam Stone
10. Gene Clark: Life's Greatest Fool
11. Waylon Jennings: The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want To Get Over You)
12. Emmylou Harris: Evangeline
13. Terry Allen: Amarillo Highway
14. Gram Parsons: Return of the Grievous Angel
15. Vern Gosdin: Set 'Em Up Joe
16. Tanya Tucker: Delta Dawn
17. Tom T. Hall: The Last Country Song
18. Jerry Jeff Walker: Leavin' Texas
19. The Flatlanders: Keeper of the Mountain
20. Doug Sahm: Give Back The Key To My Heart
21. Gary Stewart: Single Again
22. Robert Earl Keen: Corpus Christi Bay
23. Michael Martin Murphey: Geronimo's Cadillac
24. Merle Haggard: (My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers
25. Kinky Friedman: Rapid City, South Dakota
26. Guy Clark: LA Freeway
27. Chip Taylor: (I Want) The Real Thing
28. Bobby Bare: Pretty Painted Ladies
29. Gillian Welch: Red Clay Halo
30. Johnny Paycheck: Slide Off Of Your Satin Sheets
31. Lefty Frizzell: I Never Go Around Mirrors (I've Got A Heartache To Hide)


Other Favorites and/or Songs That Would Be On My "Greatest Country Songs" List:
-Alabama: If You're Gonna Play In Texas (You Gotta Have A Fiddle In The Band); Mountain Music
-Alan Jackson: Chattahoochee; Don't Rock The Jukebox; Here In The Real World
-Arthur Russell: Close My Eyes; I Couldn't Say It To Your Face;
-The Band: Acadian Driftwood; The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down; The Weight
-Bill Monroe: Body & Soul; Uncle Pen
-Billy Joe Shaver: I Been To Georgia On A Fast Train; When I Get My Wings
-Bob Dylan: Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You
-Bobbie Gentry: Mississippi Delta; Ode To Billie Joe
-Bobby Bare: 500 Miles Away From Home; Marie Laveau; The Streets Of Baltimore; The Winner
-Brad Paisley: I'm Gonna Miss Her
-Brooks & Dunn: My Maria; Neon Moon
-Buck Owens: Act Naturally; Close Up The Honky Tonks; Foolin' Around; I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me); I've Got A Tiger By The Tail; Together Again
-Carter Family: Wildwood Flower; Will The Circle Be Unbroken
-Charlie Pride: Kiss An Angel Good Morning; Snakes Crawl At Night
-Charlie Rich: The Most Beautiful Girl; Who Will The Next Fool Be?
-Charlie Walker: Pick Me Up On Your Way Down
-Clint Black: Killin' Time
-Conway Twitty: Hello Darlin'
-Dale Hawkins: L.A. Memphis Tyler Texas
-Dale Watson: I Lie When I Drink
-Dave Dudley: Six Days On The Road
-David Allen Coe: Spotlight; Tennessee Whiskey
-Dolly Parton: I Will Always Love You
-Don Gibson: I Can't Stop Loving You
-Doug Sahm: Cowboy Peyton Place; I Can't Go Back To Austin; It's Gonna Be Easy; Wallflower; Wolverton Mountain
-Dwight Yoakam: Guitars, Cadillacs; Honky Tonk Man; I Sang Dixie
-Eddy Arnold: Anytime; Make The World Go Away; You Don't Know Me
-Emmylou Harris: If I Could Only Win Your Love; Queen of the Silver Dollar
-Ernest Tubb: Walking The Floor Over You; Waltz Across Texas
-Faron Young: Hello Walls
-The Flatlanders: Dallas
-Flatt & Scruggs: Foggy Mountain Breakdown; I'll Be Going to Heaven, Sometime
-Freddy Fender: Wasted Days And Wasted Nights
-Garth Brooks: Friends In Low Places
-Gary Stewart: Drinkin' Thing; She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)
-Gene Watson: Fourteen Carat Mind; Should I Come Home (Or Should I Go Crazy)
-George Strait: All My Ex's Live In Texas; Amarillo By Morning; Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind?
-Gillian Welch: Elvis Presley Blues
-Gram Parsons: Return Of The Grievous Angel
-Guy Clark: Desperados Waiting For The Train; Lone Star Hotel; Me I'm Feeling The Same
-Hank Snow: I Don't Hurt Anymore; I'm Movin' On
-Hank Thompson: Six Pack To Go; The Wild Side Of Life
-Hank Williams: Hey Good Lookin'; Honky Tonkin'; I Saw The Light; I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry; Move It On Over
-Hank Williams Jr.: Family Tradition
-International Submarine Band: Blue Eyes
-Jack Greene: There Goes My Everything
-James Talley: Got No Bread, No Milk, No Money, But We Sure Got A Lot Of Love
-Jamey Johnson: Set 'em Up Joe
-Jean Shepard: Twice The Lovin' (In Half The Time)
-Jeannie C. Riley: Harper Valley P.T.A.
-Jerry Jeff Walker: Jaded Lover; Mr. Bojangles; Night Rider's Lament
-Jerry Lee Lewis: She Still Comes Around (To Love What's Left Of Me)
-Jim Ed Brown: Pop A Top
-Jim Reeves: He'll Have To Go
-Jimmie Rodgers: Standin' On The Corner (Blue Yodel No. 9); T For Texas (Blue Yodel No. 1)
-Jimmy Martin: I Cried Again; Rock Hearts
-Joe Ely: Johnny's Blues; West Texas Waltz
-John Hartford: Steam Powered Aereo Plane
-Johnny Cash: I Came To Believe; I Walk The Line; Ring of Fire; There You Go
-Johnny Horton: Honky Tonk Man; I'm Ready If You're Willing
-Johnny Lee: Lookin' For Love
-Johnny Paycheck: 15 Beers; I'm The Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised); Take This Job And Shove It
-Kate & Anna Mcgarrigle: Dancer With Bruised Knees
-Keith Whitley: Tell Lorrie I Love Her; When You Say Nothing At All
-Kenny Rogers: The Gambler
-Kinky Friedman: Sold American; They Ain't Makin' Jews Like Jesus Anymore; We Reserve The Right To Refuse Service To You
-Kitty Wells: It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
-Kris Kristofferson: Best Of All Possible Worlds; For The Good Times; Me And Bobby Mcgee; Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down
-Larry Jon Wilson: Canoochee Revisited; Ohoopee River Bottomland
-Lefty Frizzell: I Want To Be With You Always; If You've Got The Money (I've Got The Time); She's Gone, Gone, Gone
-Leroy Van Dyke - Walk On By
-Little Feat: Willin'
-Loretta Lynn: Don't Come Home A Drinkin'; You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)
-Louvin Brothers: When I Stop Dreaming
-Lucinda Williams: Passionate Kisses
-Maddox Brothers & Rose: Philadelphia Lawyer
-Marty Robbins: El Paso
-Merle Haggard: The Bottle Let Me Down; I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink; Ramblin' Fever; Silver Wings; Today I Started Loving You Again
-Merle Travis: I Am A Pilgrim
-Michael Martin Murphey: Natchez Trace
-Mickey Newbury: Sunshine
-Mike Cooper: Country Water
-Moe Bandy: I Cheated Me Right Out Of You; It Was Always So Easy (To Find An Unhappy Woman); Just Good Ol' Boys
-Norman Blake: Hand Me Down My Walking Cane
-Osborne Brothers: Rocky Top
-Ozark Mountain Daredevils: If You Wanna Get To Heaven
-Palace Music: New Partner
-Patsy Cline: Crazy; Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue); I Fall To Pieces; She's Got You; Sweet Dreams
-Paul Siebel: Nashville Again
-Porter Wagoner: A Satisfied Mind
-Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton: The Last Thing On My Mind
-Randy Travis: Forever And Ever, Amen
-Ray Price: Crazy Arms; For The Good Times; I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)
-Ray Wylie Hubbard: Lovin' of the Game; Portales; West Texas Country Western Dance Band
-Robert Earl Keen: Paint The Town Beige; The Road Goes On Forever
-Rodney Crowell: California Earthquake (A Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On); Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight
-Roger Miller: King Of The Road
-Roy Acuff: Wabash Cannonball
-Ryan Adams: Call Me On Your Way Back Home
-Slim Whitman: Tumbling Tumbleweeds; Rose Marie
-Son Volt: Windfall
-Songs Ohia: Farewell Transmission
-Sons Of The Pioneers: Tumbling Tumbleweeds
-Steve Earle: Guitar Town; Hard-Core Troubadour
-Sturgill Simpson: Life of Sin
-Tennessee Ernie Ford: Sixteen Tons
-Tom T. Hall: Old Dogs Children And Watermelon Wine; That's How I Got To Memphis; What Have You Got To Lose; The Year That Clayton Delaney Died
-Tom Waits: Ol' 55; Old Shoes (& Picture Postcards); Rosie
-Tony Joe White: Polk Salad Annie
-Townes Van Zandt: Be Here To Love Me; No Deal; To Live Is To Fly
-Travis Tritt: Here's A Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares); The Whiskey Ain't Workin'
-Vince Gill: Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' Away; One More Last Chance
-Warren Zevon: Carmelita
-Webb Pierce: I Ain't Never; There Stands The Glass
-Wilco: Forget The Flowers
-Willard Grant Conspiracy: Christmas In Nevada
-Wynn Stewart: It's Such a Pretty World Today

• Chart updated: 05/11/2019 02:45
• (Created: 05/10/2015 16:32).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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John Prine 

 John Prine

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John Prine's acerbic wit is put on stunning display on the best songs of this album, and barely concealed behind an illegal smile on the lesser ones. No bad songs, just echelons of great.

Favorite John Prine Songs:
-Sam Stone [John Prine]
-Angel From Montgomery [John Prine]
-Paradise [John Prine]
-Pretty Good [John Prine]
-Blue Umbrella [Sweet Revenge]
-Fish And Whistle [Bruised Orange]
-Sabu Visits The Twin Cities Alone [Bruised Orange]
-The Late John Garfield Blues [Diamonds in the Rough]
-Yes I Guess They Oughta Name A Drink After You [Diamonds in the Rough]
-If You Don't Want My Love [Diamonds in the Rough]
-Souvenirs [Diamonds in the Rough] [First added to this chart: 05/10/2015]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

219 charts

Rank Score:

1,128

Rank in 1971:

39

Rank in 1970s:

291

Overall Rank:

1,510

Average Rating:

 79 (229 votes)

Comments:

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Willis Alan Ramsey 

 Willis Alan Ramsey

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Imagine if Nick Foles retired after tying the touchdown record in 2013 except instead of his 2nd season he did it in his first, in the first game, and he broke the record instead of tying it, and no one heard about it for a long time. That's kind of like this album... only the album is way better. [First added to this chart: 05/10/2015]

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

24 charts

Rank Score:

51

Rank in 1972:

270

Rank in 1970s:

2,504

Overall Rank:

20,077

Average Rating:

 75 (9 votes)

Comments:

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Red Headed Stranger 

 Willie Nelson

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The high-point of the outlaw country movement. Conceptually erudite and emotionally acute, Willie proves he is the master story teller of country western music (as if he had anything left to prove before he made this album). I give a paper-thin edge to Prine and Ramsey because they wrote all the songs on their albums, but in reality, it's a three way tie for first... Actually more like a 5 way tie.

Favorite Willie Nelson Songs:
-Red Headed Stranger [Red Headed Stranger]
-Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain [Red Headed Stranger]
-I Gotta Get Drunk [Both Sides Now]
-Nothing I Can Do About It Now [Horse Called Music]
-Pretend I Never Happened [Phases & Stages]
-Down At The Corner Beer Joint [Phases & Stages]
-Bloody Mary Morning [Phases & Stages]
-It's Not Supposed To Be That Way [Phases & Stages]
-Shotgun Willie [Shotgun Willie]
-Whiskey River [Shotgun Willie]
-You Left A Long, Long Time Ago [The Willie Way]
-Funny How Time Slips Away [...And Then I Wrote]
-Night Life [Single] [First added to this chart: 05/10/2015]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

219 charts

Rank Score:

1,069

Rank in 1975:

23

Rank in 1970s:

304

Overall Rank:

1,585

Average Rating:

 79 (227 votes)

Comments:

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The Band 

 The Band

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Is this really a country album? No, it's americana (like I said in my list intro). But it's ranked over John Prine in your main chart! I know (like I said in my intro) but this chart is specifically focusing on the country elements within the albums on the list. Country music generally values certain elements of song craft over others (e.g. lyrics over instrumental virtuosity). If you think this is a bad argument (you might be right) go make your own chart!

Favorite The Band Songs:
-Acadian Driftwood [Northern Lights-Southern Cross]
-Ophelia [Northern Lights-Southern Cross]
-Don't Do It [The Best of The Band]
-The Weight [Music From Big Pink]
-Long Black Veil [Music From Big Pink]
-The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down [The Band]
-Rockin' Chair [The Band] [First added to this chart: 05/10/2015]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

836 charts

Rank Score:

6,468

Rank in 1969:

12

Rank in 1960s:

40

Overall Rank:

249

Average Rating:

 81 (981 votes)

Comments:

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Phases And Stages 

 Willie Nelson

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Slightly less progressive and complex as RHS, but therefore, more restrained and focused and equally sharp of tongue and wit. If "Red Headed Stranger" is Nelson's "Ulysses" then this is his "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man". And yes, Willie is basically the James Joyce of country music. I wonder what would have happened if he had taken 17 years and made an album equivalent to "Finnegans Wake"? It probably would have sucked. [First added to this chart: 02/16/2017]

Year of Release:

1974

Appears in:

85 charts

Rank Score:

448

Rank in 1974:

53

Rank in 1970s:

586

Overall Rank:

3,329

Average Rating:

 77 (80 votes)

Comments:

3

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More A Legend Than A Band 

 The Flatlanders

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Originally recorded in 1972 as "All American Music" as released in a limited run of 8-tracks after the single "Dallas" didn't sell. It's difficult to imagine what kind of commercial success they were expecting from this collection of old-school, hillbilly originals anyway... except, of course, the fact that each song is amazing. It just took 20 years for everyone else to figure it out. [First added to this chart: 05/10/2015]

Year of Release:

1990

Appears in:

14 charts

Rank Score:

36

Rank in 1990:

345

Rank in 1990s:

4,055

Overall Rank:

25,777

Average Rating:

 70 (15 votes)

Comments:

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Have Moicy! 

 Michael Hurley, The Unholy Modal Rounders, and Jeffrey Frederick & The Clamtones

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Finally, an album with some flaws! But what earnest, charming, and comedic flaws!!! So yeah, Midnight in Paris might not be the greatest way to open the album, but it certainly sets a wacky tone that gets played upon in a slightly subdued, more successful, register throughout the rest of the album. Lots of other bands from Yo La Tengo to The Butthole Surfers have started with the weirdest/most challenging song on an album to deter the uninitiated. I can't say it's my favorite strategy, but one thing's for sure: this album will always leave you smilin'. Plus, Slurf Song might be the greatest song about food ever written (I, not so secretly, wish the album started with this song). [First added to this chart: 06/14/2015]

Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

28 charts

Rank Score:

140

Rank in 1976:

117

Rank in 1970s:

1,313

Overall Rank:

8,711

Average Rating:

 68 (30 votes)

Comments:

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Out Of Hand 

 Gary Stewart

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Get drunk, make bad decisions, and repeat. This is Gary Stewart's mantra on "Out of Hand", which continues to escalate throughout, culminating in the disturbing "Williamson County". Stewart has a keen sense of what he wants to do thematically, evidenced by the expert sequencing of the songs here (rare for a country album): party 'til the party turns sour, then wallow in what cannot be undone. These routine themes in country music become poignant and fresh again in this masterpiece.

Favorite Gary Stewart Songs:
-Drinkin' Thing [Out Of Hand]
-She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles) [Out Of Hand]
-Honky-Tonkin' [Out Of Hand]
-Williamson County [Out Of Hand]
-Single Again [Little Junior] [First added to this chart: 05/10/2015]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

14 charts

Rank Score:

8

Rank in 1975:

571

Rank in 1970s:

5,592

Overall Rank:

61,201

Average Rating:

 69 (16 votes)

Comments:

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The Grand Tour 

 George Jones

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The Possum didn't exactly have anything left to prove by 1974, in fact Wikipedia will tell you this album was released during his "Alcoholism and Decline" period, well it's just like Jones to be at his peak just as he is hitting bottom. The song "The Grand Tour" hit number 1 on the country charts and "Once You've Had the Best" hit number 3. Ok so, "Our Private Life" and, especially, "Mary Don't Go 'round" are in a different register and kind of ruin the pathos of the album at the end, but are good songs in their own right.

Favorite George Jones Songs:
-Darlin' [The Grand Tour]
-Grand Tour [The Grand Tour]
-Once You've Had the Best [The Grand Tour]
-Mr. Fool [Single]
-Why, Baby Why [Single]
-You're Still On My Mind [Single]
-She Thinks I Still Care [Single]
-A Picture Of Me (Without You) [A Picture Of Me] [First added to this chart: 05/10/2015]

Year of Release:

1974

Appears in:

36 charts

Rank Score:

43

Rank in 1974:

257

Rank in 1970s:

2,702

Overall Rank:

22,622

Average Rating:

 74 (36 votes)

Comments:

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Honky Tonk Heroes 

 Waylon Jennings

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Waylon has a voice to be reckoned with on this album and with, then unknown, Billy Joe Shaver writing the songs there was no stopping it from becoming a classic. Unfortunately for Shaver, he gave Waylon all his best songs and Waylon, as a superior arranger, made Shaver's own recordings of the songs (such as the ones on "Old Five and Dimers Like Me") pale in comparison. An album with a bit of everything made perfect by one artist at the height of his powers, and another hungry to be noticed.

Favorite Waylon Jennings Songs:
-Black Rose [Honky Tonk Heroes]
-Honky Tonk Heroes [Honky Tonk Heroes]
-Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way [Dreaming My Dreams]
-Dreaming My Dreams With You [Dreaming My Dreams]
-Let's All Help The Cowboys (Sing The Blues) [Dreaming My Dreams]
-Luckenbach, Texas (Back To The Basics Of Love) [Ol' Waylon]
-Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys [Waylon & Willie]
-The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want To Get Over You) [Waylon & Willie]
-Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line [Only the Greatest]
-Lonesome, Onry And Mean [Lonesome, Onry And Mean]
-Good Hearted Woman [Good Hearted Woman]
-I'm A Ramblin' Man [The Ramblin' Man]
-Rainy Day Woman [The Ramblin' Man]
-This Time [This Time] [First added to this chart: 05/10/2015]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

101 charts

Rank Score:

208

Rank in 1973:

107

Rank in 1970s:

992

Overall Rank:

6,258

Average Rating:

 77 (93 votes)

Comments:

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From craab 11/30/2021 01:18 | #276894

This is my favorite chart on BEA

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From bobbyb5 03/13/2017 21:18 | #187374

A lot of these are the kind of records that a person like me, who doesn't listen to much country, can remember from the days when country hits used to cross over onto Top 40 Pop AM radio. Great hits by Charlie Rich, Tanya Tucker etc. Or were covered by rock or pop artists.Like John Prine's Hello in There, or Delta Dawn. Both of which are on Bette Midler's debut album, which is a classic album in itself, tho nobody believes me. Its in my Top 100, that's how good it is. Joe Ely and Rodney Crowell I also got exposed to in the 80 s, and became a fan.I never became a fan of Jessi Colter tho, even tho she had a HUGE pop hit. She was married to one of those country stars, I think. Can't remember which one tho.

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From henrygreen0203 11/30/2016 01:09 | #179362

So many country essentials. I would recommend this list to anybody looking to hear good country and Americana music.

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From Decurso 08/30/2015 21:26 | #148881

A very unique genre specific chart...love seeing Hoyt Axton on there. A very under appreciated artist! You might like The Jack Grace Band if you are not already familiar with him/them.

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