The Cold Hard Facts of Life
Studio album by
Porter Wagoner
Released1967
StudioRCA Victor Studios, Nashville
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

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

  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. 1 2 "The Cold Hard Facts of Life". AllMusic. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  4. 1 2
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