Will the Wolf Survive

Infobox Album
Name = Will the Wolf Survive
Type = Studio album
Artist = Waylon Jennings


Released = March 10, 1986
Recorded = 1986, Emerald Studio, Nashville
Genre = Country
Outlaw country
Length =
Label = MCA
Producer = Jimmy Bowen
Waylon Jennings
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:2uq3g4gttv5z link]
Last album = "Sweet Mother Texas"
(1986)
This album = "Will the Wolf Survive"
(1986)
Next album = "Heroes"
(1986)

"Will the Wolf Survive" is an album by Waylon Jennings, his debut for MCA Records after a twenty-year stay at RCA. First released in 1986, it proved a greater commercial success than the singer's previous several releases, the peak of Jennings' popularity having passed. The well-known title track, originally performed by Los Lobos, was the album's most successful single, reaching #5 on the country charts. The release's three charting singles all reached the country top ten, the remaining two being "Working Without a Net" and "What You'll Do When I'm Gone", which peaked at #7 and #8, respectively. Steve Earle's "The Devil's Right Hand", first performed on this album, would go on to be covered once more by Jennings, this time with The Highwaymen, on 1995's "The Road Goes on Forever". "Will the Wolf Survive", produced by Jimmy Bowen, was Jennings' last #1 album and his next-to-last top ten record, the final one being 1990's "The Eagle".

Track listing

#"Will the Wolf Survive" (David Hidalgo, Louie Pérez) – 3:29
#"They Ain't Got 'Em All" (John Scott Sherrill) – 2:44
#"Working Without a Net" (Don Cook, John Jarvis, Gary Nicholson) – 2:42
#"Where Does Love Go" (Steve Bogard, Rick Giles) – 2:16
#"That Dog Won't Hunt" (Roger Murrah, John Schweers) – 2:55
#"What You'll Do When I'm Gone" (Larry Butler) – 2:57
#"Suddenly Single" (Troy Seals, Max D. Barnes) – 2:46
#"Shadows of a Distant Friend" (Murrah, Steve Dean) – 4:01
#"I've Got Me a Woman" (Paul Kennerley) – 2:44
#"The Devil's Right Hand" (Steve Earle) – 3:28