Songs of the Brazos Valley
Studio album by
Hank Thompson
Released1956
GenreCountry
LabelCapitol
Hank Thompson chronology
Songs of the Brazos Valley
(1956)		 North of the Rio Grande
(1955)

Songs of the Brazos Valley is a studio album by country music artist Hank Thompson and His Braos Valley Boys. It was released in 1956 by Capitol Records (catalog no. T-418).[1] It was Thompson's first album.[2]

AllMusic gave the album a rating of four stars.[2] Reviewer Bruce Eder called it "an entertaining combination of fast-paced novelty tunes ..., slow romantic ballads ..., covers ..., and surprisingly brisk adaptations of traditional material."[2]

Track listing

Side A

  1. "The Wild Side of Life"
  2. "Rub-A-Dub-Dub"
  3. "Yesterday's Girl"
  4. " When You're Lovin', You're Livin'"
  5. "John Henry"
  6. "I Saw My Mother's Name"

Side B

  1. "The New Green Light"
  2. "Simple Simon"
  3. "The Letter Edged in Black"
  4. "Mother, Queen of My Heart"
  5. "You Don't Have the Nerve"
  6. "At the Rainbow's End"

References

  1. ↑ "Hank Thompson - Songs of the Brazos Valley". Discogs. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Songs of the Brazos Valley". AllMusic. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
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