Mama's Hungry Eyes: A Tribute to Merle Haggard

Mama's Hungry Eyes: A Tribute to Merle Haggard is a tribute album to American country music artist Merle Haggard. It was released in 1994 via Arista Nashville.[1] The album peaked at number 52 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.[1] Proceeds from the album go to Second Harvest Food Bank.[1]

Mama's Hungry Eyes: A Tribute to Merle Haggard
Studio album by
Various Artists
ReleasedOctober 11, 1994 (1994-10-11)
GenreCountry
Length50:17
LabelArista Nashville
Producer
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyC+[2]

Critical reception

An uncredited review from AllMusic gave the album three stars out of five, stating that "throughout the album, the listener is constantly reminded of country music's debt to Haggard's songwriting."[1] Alanna Nash of Entertainment Weekly gave it a C+, calling it "often mediocre."[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Merle Haggard except "Today I Started Loving You Again" written by Merle Haggard and Bonnie Owens.

No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
1."Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down"Brooks & Dunn3:14
2."I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am"Clint Black3:33
3."Silver Wings"Pam Tillis4:22
4."Everybody's Had the Blues"Randy Travis5:07
5."The Farmer's Daughter"Vince Gill4:47
6."Workin' Man Blues"Jed Zeppelin (Lee Roy Parnell, Diamond Rio and Steve Wariner)5:07
7."The Running Kind"Radney Foster4:23
8."Sing Me Back Home"Alabama2:43
9."Trying Not to Love You"Alan Jackson3:49
10."I Threw Away the Rose"Lorrie Morgan3:24
11."Mama Tried"John Anderson and Marty Stuart2:53
12."Today I Started Loving You Again"Willie Nelson3:17
13."Mama's Hungry Eyes"Emmylou Harris3:38

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1994) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Country Albums 22
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 52

Singles

Year Single Artist Peak
positions
US Country
1994 "The Running Kind" Radney Foster 64
"Workin' Man Blues" Jed Zeppelin 48

References

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