I've Got a Tiger By the Tail (album)

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I've Got a Tiger by the Tail
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Studio album by
Buck Owens and his Buckaroos
ReleasedMarch 10, 1965
RecordedDecember 1964
Studio Capitol (Hollywood)
Genre
Length31:59
Label Capitol ST-2283
Producer Ken Nelson
Buck Owens and His Buckaroos chronology
I Don't Care
(1964)		I've Got a Tiger by the Tail
(1965)		 Before You Go
(1965)
Singles from I've Got a Tiger By the Tail
  1. "I've Got a Tiger By the Tail"
    Released: December 28, 1964

I've Got a Tiger by the Tail is an album by Buck Owens and his Buckaroos, released in 1965. It reached Number one on the Billboard Country charts and Number 43 on the Pop Albums charts. [2]

Contents

It was re-released on CD in 1995 by Sundazed Records with two bonus tracks, both live performances recorded in Bakersfield, CA at the Civic Auditorium in October 1963. The album was included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. [1]

Style

The album was an example of Bakersfield sound, country music developed in the mid to late 1950s around Bakersfield, California, and influenced both by rock and what was called hillbilly music. [1] The album featured the distinctive sound of Don Rich playing the telecaster. [1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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In his Allmusic review, critic Cub Koda called the album "Owens' Bakersfield honky tonk sound at the height of its freight-train rumbling powers." [2] The album was Billboard's first #1 country album of the year, in 1965. [3]

Track listing

Side one
  1. "I've Got a Tiger By the Tail" (Harlan Howard, Buck Owens) – 2:12
  2. "Trouble and Me" (Howard) – 1:54
  3. "Let the Sad Times Roll On" (Owens, Red Simpson) – 2:14
  4. "Wham Bam" (Buck Owens, Bonnie Owens, Don Rich) – 2:01
  5. "If You Fall Out of Love With Me" (Owens, Owens) – 2:15
  6. "Fallin' for You" (Owens, Owens, Rich) – 2:01
Side two
  2. "We're Gonna Let the Good Times Roll" (Owens) – 2:15
  3. "The Band Keeps Playin' On" (Red Simpson, Fuzzy Owen) – 3:02
  4. "Streets of Laredo" – 2:55
  5. "Cryin' Time" (Owens) – 2:30
  6. "A Maiden's Prayer" (Bob Wills) – 2:33
  7. "Memphis" (Chuck Berry) – 2:27

1995 bonus tracks

  2. "This Ol' Heart" (Eddie Miller, Bob Morris) – 1:12
  3. "Act Naturally" (Johnny Russell, Voni Morrison) – 2:28

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (7 February 2006). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN   0-7893-1371-5.
  2. 1 2 3 Cub, Koda. "I've Got a Tiger By the Tail > Review". Allmusic . Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Year End Charts - Year-end Albums - Top Country Albums". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on 2006-10-20. Retrieved 2009-08-26.
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