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Updated: 21 May
Average Ratings Reviews
Merle Haggard and The Strangers - Mama Tried, Cover art
Mama Tried
Merle Haggard / Strangers
3.67 893 893 14 14
3 September 1968 Album
Bakersfield Sound
Outlaw Country
acoustic melancholic pastoral introspective warm melodic passionate love
893 Ratings 14 Reviews 3.67 Average
Buck Owens and His Buckeroos - Together Again / My Heart Skips a Beat, Cover art
Together Again / My Heart Skips a Beat
Buck Owens / The Buckaroos
3.68 286 286 5 5
20 July 1964 Album
Bakersfield Sound
longing sentimental pastoral introspective melodic love bittersweet warm
286 Ratings 5 Reviews 3.68 Average
Merle Haggard - Same Train, a Different Time: Merle Haggard Sings the Great Songs of Jimmie Rodgers, Cover art
Same Train, a Different Time: Merle Haggard Sings the Great Songs of Jimmie Rodgers
Merle Haggard
3.66 338 338 8 8
1 May 1969 Album
Bakersfield Sound Traditional Country
Country Yodeling
calm melancholic acoustic melodic love pastoral soft
338 Ratings 8 Reviews 3.66 Average
Merle Haggard and The Strangers - Pride in What I Am, Cover art
Pride in What I Am
Merle Haggard & Strangers
3.66 239 239 5 5
3 February 1969 Album
Bakersfield Sound
breakup rebellious pastoral melodic warm introspective
239 Ratings 5 Reviews 3.66 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 - Swinging Doors and the Bottle Let Me Down, Cover art
Swinging Doors and the Bottle Let Me Down
Merle Haggard & Strangers
3.64 423 423 4 4
3 October 1966 Album
Bakersfield Sound
alcohol acoustic breakup pastoral
423 Ratings 4 Reviews 3.64 Average
Dwight Yoakam - Guitars, Cadillacs, etc., etc., Cover art
Guitars, Cadillacs, etc., etc.
Dwight Yoakam
3.61 897 897 20 20
19 August 1986 Album
Bakersfield Sound Neo-Traditionalist Country
sentimental energetic pastoral melodic love warm summer religious
897 Ratings 20 Reviews 3.61 Average
Dwight Yoakam - If There Was a Way, Cover art
If There Was a Way
Dwight Yoakam
3.59 406 406 9 9
19 October 1990 Album
Bakersfield Sound Neo-Traditionalist Country
Country Rock
alcohol introspective playful pastoral lonely warm breakup melodic
406 Ratings 9 Reviews 3.59 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
Merle Haggard and The Strangers - Branded Man, Cover art
Branded Man
Merle Haggard & Strangers
3.52 311 311 5 5
28 August 1967 Album
Bakersfield Sound
alcohol lonely introspective crime longing melancholic breakup melodic
311 Ratings 5 Reviews 3.52 Average
Red Simpson - Roll, Truck, Roll, Cover art
Roll, Truck, Roll
Red Simpson
3.45 172 172 3 3
March 1966 Album
Truck Driving Country Bakersfield Sound
calm novelty warm bittersweet soft pastoral
172 Ratings 3 Reviews 3.45 Average
Merle Haggard and The Strangers - Sing Me Back Home, Cover art
Sing Me Back Home
Merle Haggard & Strangers
3.49 183 183 2 2
2 January 1968 Album
Bakersfield Sound Country
183 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.49 Average
Merle Haggard - Strangers, Cover art
Strangers
Merle Haggard
3.44 249 249 5 5
6 September 1965 Album
Bakersfield Sound Country
Nashville Sound
249 Ratings 5 Reviews 3.44 Average
Waylon Jennings - Folk-Country, Cover art
Folk-Country
Waylon Jennings
3.46 152 152 6 6
March 1966 Album
Nashville Sound Bakersfield Sound
Nashville Sound
152 Ratings 6 Reviews 3.46 Average
Merle Haggard and The Strangers - I'm a Lonesome Fugitive, Cover art
I'm a Lonesome Fugitive
Merle Haggard & Strangers
3.29 849 849 13 13
4 March 1967 Album
Bakersfield Sound
Rockabilly
crime lonely sentimental pastoral warm breakup melodic love
849 Ratings 13 Reviews 3.29 Average
Dwight Yoakam - Buenas noches From a Lonely Room, Cover art
Buenas noches From a Lonely Room
Dwight Yoakam
3.28 567 567 17 17
1988 Album
Neo-Traditionalist Country Bakersfield Sound
Bakersfield Sound Country Rock
playful sentimental pastoral melodic love longing warm
567 Ratings 17 Reviews 3.28 Average
Buck Owens - Buck Owens, Cover art
Buck Owens
Buck Owens
3.69 102 102 2 2
30 January 1961 Album
Bakersfield Sound Country
longing
102 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.69 Average
Jesse Daniel - Rollin' On, Cover art
Rollin' On
Jesse Daniel
3.64 94 94 1 1
27 March 2020 Album
Neo-Traditionalist Country Bakersfield Sound
warm uplifting melodic passionate
94 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.64 Average
Buck Owens - Buck Owens Sings Harlan Howard, Cover art
Buck Owens Sings Harlan Howard
Buck Owens
3.55 110 110 2 2
28 August 1961 Album
Bakersfield Sound
Honky Tonk
110 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.55 Average
Buck Owens and His Buckaroos - I've Got a Tiger by the Tail, Cover art
I've Got a Tiger by the Tail
Buck Owens & The Buckaroos
3.08 716 716 16 16
1 March 1965 Album
Bakersfield Sound
Honky Tonk
melodic playful love
716 Ratings 16 Reviews 3.08 Average
Merle Haggard and The Strangers - A Portrait of Merle Haggard, Cover art
A Portrait of Merle Haggard
Merle Haggard & Strangers
3.58 105 105 2 2
2 September 1969 Album
Bakersfield Sound
105 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.58 Average
Merle Haggard & The Strangers - The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde, Cover art
The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde
Merle Haggard & Strangers
3.39 121 121 2 2
8 April 1968 Album
Bakersfield Sound Country
121 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.39 Average
Dwight Yoakam - Second Hand Heart, Cover art
Second Hand Heart
Dwight Yoakam
3.29 124 124 2 2
15 April 2015 Album
Bakersfield Sound Neo-Traditionalist Country
Rock & Roll
124 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.29 Average
Dwight Yoakam - Dwight Sings Buck, Cover art
Dwight Sings Buck
Dwight Yoakam
3.54 115 115 7 7
23 October 2007 Album
Bakersfield Sound Country Neo-Traditionalist Country
Honky Tonk
115 Ratings 7 Reviews 3.54 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
Vincent Neil Emerson - Fried Chicken & Evil Women, Cover art
Fried Chicken & Evil Women
Vincent Neil Emerson
3.59 68 68 3 3
13 September 2019 Album
Bakersfield Sound Neo-Traditionalist Country Americana
Singer-Songwriter Bakersfield Sound
mellow warm melodic
68 Ratings 3 Reviews 3.59 Average
Buck Owens and His Buckaroos - I Don't Care, Cover art
I Don't Care
Buck Owens & The Buckaroos
3.58 73 73 1 1
2 November 1964 Album
Bakersfield Sound
73 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.58 Average
Buck Owens - Buck Owens Sings Tommy Collins, Cover art
Buck Owens Sings Tommy Collins
Buck Owens
3.50 73 73 1 1
11 November 1963 Album
Bakersfield Sound Country
Honky Tonk
73 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.50 Average
Buck Owens - You're for Me, Cover art
You're for Me
Buck Owens
3.56 68 68 1 1
1 October 1962 Album
Bakersfield Sound
68 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.56 Average
Bonnie Owens and Merle Haggard with The Strangers - Just Between the Two of Us, Cover art
Just Between the Two of Us
Bonnie Owens, Merle Haggard & Strangers
3.35 75 75 1 1
4 April 1966 Album
Bakersfield Sound Country
75 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.35 Average
Buck Owens and His Buckaroos - Open Up Your Heart, Cover art
Open Up Your Heart
Buck Owens & The Buckaroos
3.66 57 57 1 1
27 December 1966 Album
Bakersfield Sound Country
love breakup
57 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.66 Average
Buck Owens and His Buckaroos - Roll Out the Red Carpet, Cover art
Roll Out the Red Carpet
Buck Owens & The Buckaroos
3.55 53 53
7 February 1966 Album
Bakersfield Sound
53 Ratings 3.55 Average
Desert Rose Band - Running, Cover art
Running
Desert Rose Band
3.49 54 54 2 2
1988 Album
Country Rock Bakersfield Sound
54 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.49 Average
Zephaniah OHora With The 18 Wheelers - This Highway, Cover art
This Highway
Zephaniah OHora With The 18 Wheelers
3.67 43 43 1 1
26 May 2017 Album
Bakersfield Sound Country
Progressive Country
mellow longing romantic uplifting melodic love
43 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.67 Average
Heather Myles - Highways & Honky Tonks, Cover art
Highways & Honky Tonks
Heather Myles
3.67 46 46
1 September 1998 Album
Bakersfield Sound Neo-Traditionalist Country
Bakersfield Sound
46 Ratings 3.67 Average
Buck Owens and His Buckaroos - Before You Go / No One but You, Cover art
Before You Go / No One but You
Buck Owens & The Buckaroos
3.46 47 47
26 July 1965 Album
Bakersfield Sound Country
Honky Tonk
47 Ratings 3.46 Average
The Derailers - Full Western Dress, Cover art
Full Western Dress
The Derailers
3.56 41 41 3 3
28 September 1999 Album
Honky Tonk Bakersfield Sound Country
Country
41 Ratings 3 Reviews 3.56 Average
Red Simpson - Truck Drivin' Fool, Cover art
Truck Drivin' Fool
Red Simpson
3.55 39 39 1 1
February 1967 Album
Bakersfield Sound Truck Driving Country
39 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.55 Average
Buck Owens and His Buckaroos - Christmas With Buck Owens and His Buckaroos, Cover art
Christmas With Buck Owens and His Buckaroos
Buck Owens & The Buckaroos
3.47 41 41
4 October 1965 Album
Christmas Music Bakersfield Sound
Christmas melodic playful
41 Ratings 3.47 Average
Nick 13 - Nick 13, Cover art
Nick 13
Nick 13
3.56 41 41 2 2
7 June 2011 Album
Country Bakersfield Sound
41 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.56 Average
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  • Various Artists - Killers Three, Cover art
    Killers Three
    1968 Album
    2 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.51 Average
    3.51 2 2 1 1
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    Live

  • Merle Haggard and The Strangers - Okie From Muskogee, Cover art
    Okie From Muskogee
    1969 Album
    173 Ratings 3 Reviews 3.76 Average
    3.76 173 173 3 3
  • Buck Owens and His Buckaroos - Carnegie Hall Concert, Cover art
    Carnegie Hall Concert
    1966 Album
    159 Ratings 10 Reviews 3.76 Average
    3.76 159 159 10 10
  • Nashville West - Nashville West, Cover art
    Nashville West
    1978 Album
    64 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.82 Average
    3.82 64 64 2 2
  • Dwight Yoakam - Dwight Live, Cover art
    Dwight Live
    1995 Album
    94 Ratings 3 Reviews 3.50 Average
    3.50 94 94 3 3
  • Buck Owens and His Buckaroos - In Japan!, Cover art
    In Japan!
    1967 Album
    49 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.68 Average
    3.68 49 49 1 1
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  • Don Rich - Don Rich Sings George Jones, Cover art
    Don Rich Sings George Jones
    2013 Album
    6 Ratings 3.71 Average
    3.71 6 6
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