Are You Ready for the Country

Infobox Album
Name = Are You Ready for the Country
Type = Studio album
Artist = Waylon Jennings


Released = June 1976
Recorded = March 22, 1976 - April 21, 1976
Genre = Country
Outlaw country
Length = 36:06
Label = RCA Victor
Producer = Waylon Jennings
Ken Mansfield
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:76bsa9tgy238~T2 link]
* "Rolling Stone" (Not Rated) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/waylonjennings/albums/album/6223717/review/6212195/are_you_ready_for_the_country link]
Last album = "Mackintosh & T.J."
(1976)
This album = "Are You Ready for the Country"
(1976)
Next album = "Waylon Live"
(1976)

"Are You Ready for the Country" is an album by Waylon Jennings, released on RCA Victor in 1976. Its title track is a song from Neil Young's seminal 1972 album "Harvest". "Are You Ready for the Country" began an uninterrupted string of #1 albums for Jennings; although his previous two major releases, "Dreaming My Dreams" and "Wanted! The Outlaws", did hit #1, they were followed by the relatively unsuccessful "Mackintosh & T.J." soundtrack album. Despite the title, this outlaw country album features covers of rock songs, including "Can't You See" by the Marshall Tucker Band. "Old Friend" was written by Jennings about Buddy Holly; the latter had been a close friend of his until his death in 1959. Jennings chose the traditional gospel hymn "Precious Memories" as the album's closing track; prior to the record's release, he had included very few such songs on his records. The album was eventually certified gold, with four top ten singles: the title song (#7), "So Good Woman" (#7), "Can't You See" (#4) and "I'll Go Back to Her" (#4). The original record had no liner notes; the 2004 reissue on RCA Records contained extensive liner notes by Rich Kienzle, who provided a song-by-song summary of the album, along with background information on the latter's creation.

Track listing

#"Are You Ready for the Country?" (Neil Young) – 3:12
#"Them Old Love Songs" (Donnie Fritts, Troy Seals) – 3:13
#"So Good Woman" (Jennings) – 2:03
#"Jack-A-Diamonds" (Daniel Moore) – 3:27
#"Can't You See" (Toy Caldwell) – 3:46
#"MacArthur Park (Revisited)" (Jimmy Webb) – 6:39
#"I'll Go Back to Her" (Jennings) – 3:10
#"A Couple More Years" (Dennis Locorriere, Shel Silverstein) – 4:11
#"Old Friend" (Jennings) – 3:23
#"Precious Memories" (Jennings, Ken Mansfield) – 3:42