The Cold Hard Facts of Life

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The Cold Hard Facts of Life
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Studio album by
Released1967
Studio RCA Victor Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre Country
Label RCA Victor
Producer Bob Ferguson
Porter Wagoner chronology
Soul of a Convict and Other Great Prison Songs
(1967)
The Cold Hard Facts of Life
(1967)
Just Between You and Me
(1968)

The Cold Hard Facts of Life is a studio album by country music singer Porter Wagoner. It was released in 1967 by RCA Victor (catalog no. LSP-3797). [1]

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top Country Albums chart on June 10, 1967, peaked at No. 4, and remained on the chart for a total of 28 weeks. The album included the No. 2 hit, "The Cold Hard Facts of Life". [2]

AllMusic gave the album a rating of four stars. [3] Reviewer Dan Cooper called it "good, straight-ahead country" and referred to the cover art as "the hillbilly graphics howler of all time." [3]

Track listing

Side one [4]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The First. Mrs. Jones" Bill Anderson 2:43
2."Words and Music"Vance Bulla2:32
3."The Cold Hard Facts of Life" Bill Anderson 3:10
4."Sleep" Jack Clement 2:19
5."Hundred Dollar Funeral"Vic McAlpin2:45
6."If I Could Only Start Over"Faye Bradshaw1:57
Side two [4]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Tragic Romance" Grandpa Jones 2:29
2."Try Being Lonely"Charles Trent and George McCorkmick1:43
3."I'll Get Ahead Someday" Mack Magaha 2:00
4."I Just Can't Let You Say Goodbye" Willie Nelson 2:35
5."Shopworn"Ted Harris2:13
6."Julie" Waylon Jennings 2:34

References

  1. "Porter Wagoner - The Cold Hard Facts of Life". Discogs. 1967. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  2. Joel Whitburn's Top Country Albums 1964-1997. Record Research Inc. 1997. p. 184. ISBN   0898201241.
  3. 1 2 "The Cold Hard Facts of Life". AllMusic . Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  4. 1 2 Porter Wagoner (1967). The Cold Hard Facts (liner notes). United States: RCA Victor.