Chicago Wind
2005 studio album by Merle Haggard
Chicago Wind | ||||
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Studio album by Merle Haggard | ||||
Released | October 25, 2005 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 40:46 | |||
Label | Capitol Records Nashville | |||
Producer | Mike Post Jimmy Bowen | |||
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Chicago Wind is the fifty-eighth studio album by American country singer and songwriter Merle Haggard, released in 2005. It peaked at number 54 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.[1] A video was made for the track "America First".
Critical reception
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Robert Christgau | (***) [2] |
Freight Train Boogie | [3] |
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic praised the album, writing "Chicago Wind is not the rough and rowdy honky tonk album some fans have been hankering for, but it is a poetic, thoughtful and empathic one that once more displays why Merle Haggard is the living king of country music."[1]
Track listing
All tracks composed by Merle Haggard; except where indicated
- "Chicago Wind" – 4:08
- "Where's All the Freedom" – 3:22
- "White Man Singin' the Blues" – 3:47
- "Leavin's Not the Only Way to Go" (Roger Miller) – 3:38
- "What I've Been Meaning to Say" – 2:36
- "Mexico" – 3:11
- "Honky Tonk Man" (Dewayne Blackwell) – 3:04
- "America First" – 2:43
- "It Always Will Be" (Willie Nelson) – 4:01
- "I Still Can't Say Goodbye" (Robert Blinn, James Moore) – 3:38
- "Some of Us Fly" (with Toby Keith) – 6:38
Personnel
- Merle Haggard – vocals, guitar
- Don Markham – trumpet
- Thom Bresh – acoustic guitar
- Doug Colosio – keyboards
- Shannon Forrest – drums
- Scott Joss – fiddle, mandolin
- Leland Sklar – bass
- Brent Mason – electric guitar
- Alti Ovarsson – piano
- Herb Pedersen – banjo, background vocals
- Mike Post – guitar, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer
- Michael Rhodes – bass
- John "JR" Robinson – drums
- Billy Joe Walker, Jr. – acoustic and electric guitar
- Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
- Gabe Witcher – fiddle
- Reggie Young – electric guitar
Chart performance
Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 54 |
References
- ^ a b c Jurek, Thom. "Chicago Wind > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Chicago Wind > Review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
- ^ Freight Train Boogie review
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- The Strangers
- Biff Adam
- Jimmy Belken
- Eddie Burris
- Gary Church
- Wayne Durham
- George French
- Dennis Hromek
- Don Markham
- Johnny Meeks
- Marcia Nichols
- Ronnie Reno
- Clint Strong
- Jim Tittle
- Jerry Ward
- Bobby Wayne
- Mark Yeary
- Strangers
- Swinging Doors ‡
- I'm a Lonesome Fugitive ‡
- Branded Man ‡
- Sing Me Back Home ‡
- The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde ‡
- Mama Tried ‡
- Pride in What I Am ‡
- Same Train, a Different Time ‡
- A Portrait of Merle Haggard ‡
- A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World (or, My Salute to Bob Wills) ‡
- Hag ‡
- Someday We'll Look Back ‡
- Let Me Tell You About a Song ‡
- It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) ‡
- If We Make It Through December ‡
- Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album ‡
- Keep Movin' On ‡
- It's All in the Movies ‡
- My Love Affair with Trains ‡
- The Roots of My Raising ‡
- Ramblin' Fever
- A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today ‡
- My Farewell to Elvis
- I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall
- Serving 190 Proof
- The Way I Am
- Back to the Barrooms
- Big City
- Going Where the Lonely Go
- That's the Way Love Goes
- It's All in the Game
- Kern River
- Out Among the Stars
- A Friend in California
- Chill Factor
- 5:01 Blues
- Blue Jungle
- 1994
- 1996
- If I Could Only Fly
- Roots, Volume 1
- The Peer Sessions
- Haggard Like Never Before
- Unforgettable
- Chicago Wind
- The Bluegrass Sessions
- I Am What I Am
- Working in Tennessee
- Songs I'll Always Sing
- Merle Haggard's Greatest Hits
- His Epic Hits: The First 11 (To Be Continued...)
- Down Every Road 1962–1994
- 16 Biggest Hits
- Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
- Okie from Muskogee ‡
- The Fightin' Side of Me ‡
- I Love Dixie Blues ‡
- Rainbow Stew Live at Anaheim Stadium
- The Epic Collection (Recorded Live)
- Amber Waves of Grain
- The Land of Many Churches ‡
- Songs for the Mama That Tried
- Cabin in the Hills
- Two Old Friends (with Albert E. Brumley, Jr.)
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‡ indicates a release performed with The Strangers