Songs of the Brazos Valley

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Songs of the Brazos Valley
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Studio album by
Released1956
Genre Country
Label Capitol
Hank Thompson chronology
Songs of the Brazos Valley
(1956)
North of the Rio Grande
(1955)
Singles from Songs of the Brazos Valley
  1. "The Wild Side of Life"
    Released: January 12, 1952
  2. "Rub-A-Dub-Dub"
    Released: April 7, 1953

Songs of the Brazos Valley is a studio album by country music artist Hank Thompson and his Brazos Valley Boys. It was released in 1956 by Capitol Records (catalog no. T-418). It was Thompson's first album. [1]

AllMusic gave the album a rating of four stars. [1] Reviewer Bruce Eder called it "an entertaining combination of fast-paced novelty tunes ..., slow romantic ballads ..., covers ..., and surprisingly brisk adaptations of traditional material". [1]

Track listing

Side A

  1. "The Wild Side of Life"
  2. "Rub-A-Dub-Dub"
  3. "Yesterday's Girl"
  4. " When You're Lovin', You're Livin'"
  5. "John Henry"
  6. "I Saw My Mother's Name"

Side B

  1. "The New Green Light"
  2. "Simple Simon"
  3. "The Letter Edged in Black"
  4. "Mother, Queen of My Heart"
  5. "You Don't Have the Nerve"
  6. "At the Rainbow's End"

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Songs of the Brazos Valley – Hank Thompson". AllMusic . Retrieved December 18, 2020.