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Mama's Hungry Eyes: A Tribute to Merle Haggard

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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]

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]

Critical reception

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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

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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

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Album

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

Singles

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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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  1. ^ a b c d e "Mama's Hungry Eyes: Tribute to Merle Haggard – Various Artists". AllMusic. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Nash, Alanna (November 11, 1994). "Album Reviews: 'Mama's Hungry Eyes: A Tribute to Merle Haggard' and 'Tulare Dust: A Songwriters' Tribute to Merle Haggard'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved April 10, 2016.