I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall
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{{Infobox album
| name = I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall
| type = Studio album
| artist = Merle Haggard
| cover = Im Always on a Mountain When I Fall.jpg
| alt =
| released = June 1978
| recorded = Fireside Recording Studio, Nashville, TN
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Country
| length = 29:32
| label = MCA
| producer = Fuzzy Owen, Hank Cochran
| prev_title = My Farewell to Elvis
| prev_year = 1977
| next_title = Serving 190 Proof
| next_year = 1979
}}
I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall is an album by American country music singer Merle Haggard, released in 1978.{{cite news |title=Rogers favorite for Country Crown |work=The Globe and Mail |agency=AP |date=13 Mar 1979 |page=P17}} It reached number 17 on the Country album chart.[http://www.allmusic.com/album/im-always-on-a-mountain-when-i-fall-mw0000313737/awards AllMusic chart for I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall.] Retrieved December 2009.
Background
In the span of two years, Haggard switched record labels, divorced Bonnie Owens, married backup singer Leona Williams, and moved to Nashville to record with Jimmy Bowen. In the CMT episode of Inside Fame dedicated to Haggard, Owens speculates that Haggard preferred climbing the ladder of success more than being at the top "'cause he did seem like he did everything he could to fall down again so he could climb back up."{{citation needed|date=March 2015}} I'm Always On A Mountain When I Fall was released in June 1978 and performed a career worst chart wise (Capitol's 1977 collection, A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today, had only reached number 28 but had been released after Haggard had left the label), but the album did produce two hits: both the title track and "It's Been A Great Afternoon" reached number 2.
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 =AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |title= I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall > Review |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000313737 |pure_url=yes}} |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=March 1, 2015}}
|rev2 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
|rev2score = {{rating|2|5}}{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=299}}
}}
AllMusic deems the album "well worth owning."
Track listing
{{Track listing
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| headline =
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| title1 = I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall
| writer1 = Chuck Howard
| length1 = 2:48
| title2 = It's Been a Great Afternoon
| writer2 = Merle Haggard
| length2 = 2:50
| title3 = Love Me When You Can
| writer3 = Haggard
| lengnth3 = 3:18
| title4 = There Won't Be Another Now
| writer4 = Red Lane
| length4 = 3:50
| title5 = Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)
| writer5 = Hank Cochran
| length5 = 3:22
| title6 = Life of a Rodeo Cowboy
| writer6 = Cochran, Jeannie Seely
| length6 = 2:57
| title7 = There Ain't No Good Chain Gang
| writer7 = Hal Bynum, Dave Kirby
| length7 = 2:55
| title8 = Dream
| writer8 = Haggard
| length8 = 2:01
| title9 = Immigrant
| writer9 = Haggard, Kirby
| length9 = 3:05
| title10 = Mama I've Got to Go to Memphis
| writer10 = Leona Williams
| length10 = 3:03
}}
Chart positions
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!Year !Chart !Position |
| 1978
|Billboard Country albums | 17 |
References
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