Merle Haggard - Its All In The Game '1984

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Artist	Merle Haggard Related artists
Album name	Its All In The Game
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Date	1984
Genre	Country
Play time	00:30:32
Format / Bitrate	24 BIT Stereo 2429 Kbps / 96 kHz
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Size	76 / 167 / 568 mb
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Tracklist

01. Lets Chase Each Other Around the Room
02. A Place to Fall Apart
03. Its All In the Game
04. Little Hotel Room
05. I Never Go Home Anymore
06. All I Want to Do Is Sing My Song
07. Natural High
08. Thank Heaven for Little Girls
09. To All the Girls IVe Loved Before
10. You Nearly Lose Your Mind


In the early 80s, Merle Haggards commercial star was about to be eclipsed by a
new wave of country performers such as Randy Travis and George Strait. On this
periods albums, however, such as 1984s ITS ALL IN THE GAME, Haggards talents as
a singer and songwriter show no signs of abating.

As always, the lean, no-nonsense Bakersfield sound predominates, but an overall
mood of pensiveness and melancholy seems to inform both the songwriting and the
performances here. Softer arrangements, a subdued vocal approach, and themes of
loss, loneliness and estrangement color cuts such as Little Hotel Room and I
Never Go Home Anymore. The tone set by the lilting title track and the aching
tenderness of Looking For a Place to Fall Apart (featuring the voice of Janie
Fricke) make the three covers that end the album--Thank Heaven For Little Girls,
To All the Girls Ive Loved Before and Ernie Tubbs You Nearly Lose Your Mind seem
oddly out of place. With these exceptions, the mood of the album is quite
unified. In another artists hands, ITS ALL IN THE GAME might have been a mere
crying-in-the-beer soundtrack. In Haggards, its deeply personal and emotionally
compelling music.

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Merle Haggard - Its All In The Game '1984

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