The Cold Hard Facts of Life

The Cold Hard Facts of Life
Studio album by
Porter Wagoner
Released1967
StudioRCA Victor Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
GenreCountry
LabelRCA Victor
ProducerBob Ferguson
Porter Wagoner chronology
Soul of a Convict and Other Great Prison Songs
(1967) 		The Cold Hard Facts of Life
(1967) 		Just Between You and Me
(1968)

The Cold Hard Facts of Life is a studio album by country music singer Porter Wagoner. It was released in 1967 by RCA Victor (catalog no. LSP-3797).[1]

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top Country Albums chart on June 10, 1967, peaked at No. 4, and remained on the chart for a total of 28 weeks. The album included the No. 2 hit, "The Cold Hard Facts of Life".[2]

AllMusic gave the album a rating of four stars.[3] Reviewer Dan Cooper called it "good, straight-ahead country" and referred to the cover art as "the hillbilly graphics howler of all time."[3]

Track listing

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Side one[4]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The First. Mrs. Jones"Bill Anderson2:43
2."Words and Music"Jimmy Gateley2:32
3."The Cold Hard Facts of Life"Bill Anderson3:10
4."Sleep"Jack Clement2:19
5."Hundred Dollar Funeral"Vic McAlpin2:45
6."If I Could Only Start Over"Faye Bradshaw1:57
Side two[4]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Tragic Romance"Grandpa Jones2:29
2."Try Being Lonely"Charles Trent and George McCorkmick1:43
3."I'll Get Ahead Someday"Mack Magaha2:00
4."I Just Can't Let You Say Goodbye"Willie Nelson2:35
5."Shopworn"Ted Harris2:13
6."Julie"Waylon Jennings2:34

References

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  1. ^ "Porter Wagoner - The Cold Hard Facts of Life". Discogs. 1967. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  2. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Country Albums 1964-1997. Record Research Inc. 1997. p. 184. ISBN 0898201241.
  3. ^ a b "The Cold Hard Facts of Life". AllMusic. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  4. ^ a b Porter Wagoner (1967). The Cold Hard Facts (liner notes). United States: RCA Victor.


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