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Most popular Honky Tonk albums of the 1970s

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Updated: 21 May
Average Ratings Reviews
Joe Ely - Honky Tonk Masquerade, Cover art
Honky Tonk Masquerade
Joe Ely
3.43 510 510 11 11
February 1978 Album
Outlaw Country Country Rock Honky Tonk
Country Rock
melodic love passionate uplifting playful lush pastoral energetic
510 Ratings 11 Reviews 3.43 Average
Gary Stewart - Out of Hand, Cover art
Out of Hand
Gary Stewart
3.77 345 345 8 8
January 1975 Album
Honky Tonk Nashville Sound
Nashville Sound
melodic alcohol melancholic romantic love
345 Ratings 8 Reviews 3.77 Average
Willie Nelson - To Lefty From Willie, Cover art
To Lefty From Willie
Willie Nelson
3.42 238 238 5 5
June 1977 Album
Honky Tonk Country
Traditional Country Outlaw Country
mellow melodic eclectic
238 Ratings 5 Reviews 3.42 Average
Merle Haggard and The Strangers - Someday We'll Look Back, Cover art
Someday We'll Look Back
Merle Haggard and The Strangers
3.65 237 237 7 7
9 August 1971 Album
Bakersfield Sound
Progressive Country
237 Ratings 7 Reviews 3.65 Average
Merle Haggard and The Strangers - Hag, Cover art
Hag
Merle Haggard & Strangers
3.61 219 219 4 4
22 April 1971 Album
Bakersfield Sound Country
Progressive Country
219 Ratings 4 Reviews 3.61 Average
Jerry Lee Lewis - She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye, Cover art
She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye
Jerry Lee Lewis
3.66 132 132 1 1
January 1970 Album
Honky Tonk
Rock & Roll Country Yodeling Nashville Sound
melodic romantic bittersweet rhythmic warm mellow sentimental ballad
132 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.66 Average
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen - Hot Licks, Cold Steel & Truckers Favorites, Cover art
Hot Licks, Cold Steel & Truckers Favorites
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
3.38 120 120 2 2
1972 Album
Truck Driving Country
Country Rock Rockabilly Country Boogie
120 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.38 Average
Jerry Reed - East Bound and Down, Cover art
East Bound and Down
Jerry Reed
3.56 100 100 1 1
August 1977 Album
Truck Driving Country Country
rebellious rhythmic lush energetic playful eclectic crime warm
100 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.56 Average
Merle Haggard - If We Make It Through December, Cover art
If We Make It Through December
Merle Haggard
3.52 91 91
February 1974 Album
Country Bakersfield Sound
Dixieland
warm sentimental
91 Ratings 3.52 Average
Hank Williams, Jr. - Family Tradition, Cover art
Family Tradition
Hank Williams, Jr.
3.40 89 89 4 4
17 April 1979 Album
Honky Tonk Country
Country Rock Outlaw Country
89 Ratings 4 Reviews 3.40 Average
Loggins & Messina - So Fine, Cover art
So Fine
Loggins & Messina
2.77 76 76 2 2
August 1975 Album
Country Rock Honky Tonk
76 Ratings 2 Reviews 2.77 Average
Gary Stewart - Your Place or Mine, Cover art
Your Place or Mine
Gary Stewart
3.77 76 76 4 4
1977 Album
Honky Tonk Country
Country Rock Nashville Sound
76 Ratings 4 Reviews 3.77 Average
Moe Bandy - I Just Started Hatin' Cheatin' Songs Today, Cover art
I Just Started Hatin' Cheatin' Songs Today
Moe Bandy
3.51 75 75
July 1974 Album
Nashville Sound Honky Tonk
lonely longing melancholic ballad breakup love
75 Ratings 3.51 Average
Lee Hazlewood - Movin' On, Cover art
Movin' On
Lee Hazlewood
2.87 60 60 1 1
1977 Album
Country Pop Truck Driving Country
60 Ratings 1 Reviews 2.87 Average
Red Steagall - Lone Star Beer & Bob Wills Music, Cover art
Lone Star Beer & Bob Wills Music
Red Steagall
3.92 59 59 3 3
June 1976 Album
Honky Tonk
Western Swing
alcohol lonely hedonistic nocturnal longing pessimistic breakup melodic
59 Ratings 3 Reviews 3.92 Average
George Jones - George Jones Sings the Great Songs of Leon Payne, Cover art
George Jones Sings the Great Songs of Leon Payne
George Jones
3.74 56 56 2 2
August 1971 Album
Country Honky Tonk
56 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.74 Average
C.W. McCall - Black Bear Road, Cover art
Black Bear Road
C.W. McCall
2.72 55 55 2 2
September 1975 Album
Truck Driving Country
Spoken Word
55 Ratings 2 Reviews 2.72 Average
Jerry Lee Lewis - There Must Be More to Love Than This, Cover art
There Must Be More to Love Than This
Jerry Lee Lewis
3.33 39 39 2 2
January 1971 Album
Country Honky Tonk
Nashville Sound
39 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.33 Average
Dick Curless - Hard Hard Traveling Man, Cover art
Hard Hard Traveling Man
Dick Curless
3.71 35 35 1 1
August 1970 Album
Truck Driving Country
Bluegrass Bakersfield Sound
35 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.71 Average
Jerry Lee Lewis - Who's Gonna Play This Old Piano, Cover art
Who's Gonna Play This Old Piano
Jerry Lee Lewis
3.36 35 35 2 2
December 1972 Album
Country Honky Tonk
Country Pop Rock & Roll
35 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.36 Average
Jerry Lee Lewis - Touching Home, Cover art
Touching Home
Jerry Lee Lewis
3.39 33 33 2 2
June 1971 Album
Country Honky Tonk
Rock & Roll
33 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.39 Average
Buck Owens and His Buckaroos - Bridge Over Troubled Water, Cover art
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Buck Owens / The Buckaroos
3.24 30 30 1 1
15 February 1971 Album
Country Pop Bakersfield Sound
30 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.24 Average
Johnny Rodriguez - Introducing Johnny Rodriguez, Cover art
Introducing Johnny Rodriguez
Johnny Rodriguez
3.64 29 29 1 1
1973 Album
Country Honky Tonk
29 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.64 Average
Gary Stewart - Steppin' Out, Cover art
Steppin' Out
Gary Stewart
3.82 28 28 2 2
1976 Album
Honky Tonk
Country Rock Southern Rock Rockabilly
28 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.82 Average
Red Simpson - Truckers' Christmas, Cover art
Truckers' Christmas
Red Simpson
3.10 24 24
1973 Album
Truck Driving Country Christmas Music
Christmas longing
24 Ratings 3.10 Average
C.W. McCall - Wolf Creek Pass, Cover art
Wolf Creek Pass
C.W. McCall
3.49 24 24
January 1975 Album
Truck Driving Country Country Pop
Novelty
24 Ratings 3.49 Average
Buck Owens and The Buckaroos - In the Palm of Your Hand, Cover art
In the Palm of Your Hand
Buck Owens
3.68 21 21 1 1
8 January 1973 Album
Bakersfield Sound
Country Pop
21 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.68 Average
Mel Street - Borrowed Angel, Cover art
Borrowed Angel
Mel Street
3.79 19 19 2 2
October 1972 Album
Honky Tonk Country
19 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.79 Average
Moe Bandy & Joe Stampley - Just Good Ol' Boys, Cover art
Just Good Ol' Boys
Moe Bandy & Joe Stampley
3.41 19 19 2 2
1979 Album
Country Honky Tonk
humorous
19 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.41 Average
Conway Twitty - Fifteen Years Ago, Cover art
Fifteen Years Ago
Conway Twitty
3.33 18 18 1 1
5 November 1970 Album
Country Honky Tonk
18 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.33 Average
Johnny Rodriguez - My Third Album, Cover art
My Third Album
Johnny Rodriguez
3.53 17 17
1974 Album
Country Honky Tonk
17 Ratings 3.53 Average
Buck Owens & The Buckaroos - (It's A) Monster's Holiday, Cover art
(It's A) Monster's Holiday
Buck Owens & The Buckaroos
3.18 17 17
September 1974 Album
Bakersfield Sound
Halloween Music
17 Ratings 3.18 Average
Johnny Paycheck - Bars - Booze - Blondes, Cover art
Bars - Booze - Blondes
Johnny Paycheck
3.33 17 17 1 1
1979 Album
Honky Tonk
Nashville Sound
17 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.33 Average
Red Simpson - I'm a Truck, Cover art
I'm a Truck
Red Simpson
3.55 16 16
January 1972 Album
Bakersfield Sound Truck Driving Country
16 Ratings 3.55 Average
Jerry Reed - Smokey and the Bandit, Cover art
Smokey and the Bandit
Jerry Reed
3.27 16 16
1975 Album
Country Film Soundtrack Truck Driving Country
16 Ratings 3.27 Average
C.W. McCall - Wilderness, Cover art
Wilderness
C.W. McCall
2.99 16 16
1976 Album
Truck Driving Country
16 Ratings 2.99 Average
Buck Owens - Buck 'Em, Cover art
Buck 'Em
Buck Owens
3.21 16 16 1 1
26 June 1976 Album
Country Bakersfield Sound
16 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.21 Average
Porter Wagoner - You Got-ta Have a License, Cover art
You Got-ta Have a License
Porter Wagoner
3.33 15 15
January 1970 Album
Honky Tonk Nashville Sound
15 Ratings 3.33 Average
Charlie Walker - Honky Tonkin', Cover art
Honky Tonkin'
Charlie Walker
3.87 15 15 1 1
August 1971 Album
Honky Tonk
15 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.87 Average
Buck Owens & Buddy Alan - Too Old to Cut the Mustard, Cover art
Too Old to Cut the Mustard
Buck Owens & Buddy Alan
3.43 15 15 2 2
January 1972 Album
Country Bakersfield Sound
15 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.43 Average
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    Nashville West
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    64 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.82 Average
    3.82 64 64 2 2
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    36 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.24 Average
    3.24 36 36 1 1
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    1972 Album
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    1972 Album
    10 Ratings 3.41 Average
    3.41 10 10
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    8 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.61 Average
    3.61 8 8 1 1
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