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| Released | November 7, 2025 | |||
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| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 39:01 | |||
| Label | Legacy | |||
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Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle is the 78th solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Willie Nelson. It was released on November 7, 2025, through Legacy Recordings. [1] Produced by Nelson and Mickey Raphael, the album contains eleven songs by Nelson's late frequent collaborator Merle Haggard. [2]
Nelson had recorded four studio duet albums with Haggard, from the 1983 Pancho & Lefty (which yielded a #1 hit with the title track) to Haggard's final studio album Django and Jimmie in 2015. This album includes Nelson's last recordings with Bobbie Nelson and Paul English, both long-serving members of his Family Band. [3]
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| AllMusic |    [4] |
Mark Deming at AllMusic praised the performances of Nelson and the band's "in the moment" approach to the performances (including studio chatter and ad-libs) but noted that Nelson chose to interpret Haggard's most familiar songs. [4]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Workin' Man Blues" | Merle Haggard | 5:15 |
| 2. | "Silver Wings" | Haggard | 5:58 |
| 3. | "The Bottle Let Me Down" | Haggard | 2:47 |
| 4. | "Today I Started Loving You Again" |
| 3:24 |
| 5. | "Swinging Doors" | Haggard | 2:52 |
| 6. | "Okie from Muskogee" |
| 2:49 |
| 7. | "Mama Tried" | Haggard | 2:18 |
| 8. | "I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink" | Haggard | 3:30 |
| 9. | "Somewhere Between" |
| 3:03 |
| 10. | "If We Make It Through December" | Haggard | 3:30 |
| 11. | "Ramblin' Fever" | Haggard | 3:35 |
| Total length: | 39:01 | ||
Credits adapted from Tidal. [5]
