I've Got a Tiger By the Tail (album)

I've Got a Tiger by the Tail is an album by Buck Owens and his Buckaroos, released in 1965. It reached Number one on the Billboard Country charts and Number 43 on the Pop Albums charts.^[1]

It was re-released on CD in 1995 by Sundazed Records with two bonus tracks, both live performances recorded in Bakersfield, CA at the Civic Auditorium in October 1963. The album was included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

In his Allmusic review, critic Cub Koda called the album "Owens' Bakersfield honky tonk sound at the height of its freight-train rumbling powers."^[1]

Track listing

Side one

"I've Got a Tiger By the Tail" (Harlan Howard, Buck Owens) – 2:12
"Trouble and Me" (Howard) – 1:54
"Let the Sad Times Roll On" (Owens, Red Simpson) – 2:14
"Wham Bam" (Buck Owens, Bonnie Owens, Don Rich) – 2:01
"If You Fall Out of Love With Me" (Owens, Owens) – 2:15
"Fallin' for You" (Owens, Owens, Rich) – 2:01

Side two

"We're Gonna Let the Good Times Roll" (Owens) – 2:15
"The Band Keeps Playin' On" (Red Simpson, Fuzzy Owen) – 3:02
"Streets of Laredo" – 2:55
"Cryin' Time" (Owens) – 2:30
"A Maiden's Prayer" (Bob Wills) – 2:33
"Memphis" (Chuck Berry) – 2:27

1995 bonus tracks

"This Ol' Heart" (Eddie Miller, Bob Morris) – 1:12
"Act Naturally" (Johnny Russell, Voni Morrison) – 2:28

Personnel

Buck Owens – guitar, vocals
Don Rich – guitar, fiddle, vocals (lead vocal on "Wham Bam")
Doyle Holly – bass, guitar, vocals (lead vocal on "Streets of Laredo")
Tom Brumley – pedal steel guitar, guitar
Willie Cantu – drums
Mel King – drums
Bob Morris – bass, vocals
Jay McDonald – pedal steel guitar
Jelly Sanders – fiddle, guitar

References

1 2 3 Cub, Koda. "I've Got a Tiger By the Tail > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
↑ ^ Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (23 March 2010). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2.

Preceded by none	Top Country Albums number-one album of the year 1965	Succeeded by My World by Eddy Arnold

Buck Owens

Studio albums	Buck Owens Buck Owens Buck Owens Sings Harlan Howard You're for Me On the Bandstand Buck Owens Sings Tommy Collins Together Again I Don't Care I've Got a Tiger by the Tail Before You Go Roll Out the Red Carpet Dust on Mother's Bible Open Up Your Heart Your Tender Loving Care It Takes People Like You Sweet Rosie Jones

Holiday albums	Christmas with Buck Owens Christmas Shopping

Live albums	Carnegie Hall Concert In Japan!

Compilation albums	The Fabulous Country Music Sound of Buck Owens The Best of Buck Owens Best of Buck Owens, Vol. 2 21 #1 Hits: The Ultimate Collection

Notable singles	"Under Your Spell Again" "Above and Beyond" "Excuse Me (I Think I've Got a Heartache)" "Foolin' Around" "Save the Last Dance for Me" "Act Naturally" "Love's Gonna Live Here" "My Heart Skips a Beat" "I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me)" "I've Got a Tiger By the Tail" "Before You Go" "Only You (Can Break My Heart)" "Buckaroo" "Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy" "Waitin' in Your Welfare Line" "Think of Me" "Open Up Your Heart" "Where Does the Good Times Go" "Sam's Place" "Your Tender Loving Care" "How Long Will My Baby Be Gone" "Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass" "Johnny B. Goode" "Tall Dark Stranger" "Big in Vegas" "Bridge Over Troubled Water" "Rollin' in My Sweet Baby's Arms" "Made in Japan"

Collaboration singles	"Love Is Strange"

Guest singles	"Streets of Bakersfield"

B-side singles	"Loose Talk" "Together Again

Related articles	Discography Capitol Records Dwight Sings Buck

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