Best of Buck Owens, Vol. 2 explained

Best of Buck Owens, Vol. 2
Type:	greatest
Artist:	Buck Owens
Cover:	Bestofbuckowensvol2.jpg
Released:	1968
Genre:	Country
Label:	Capitol ST-2897^[1]
Producer:	Ken Nelson
Prev Title:	It Takes People Like You
Prev Year:	1968
Next Title:	Sweet Rosie Jones
Next Year:	1968

Best of Buck Owens, Vol. 2 is a compilation album by Buck Owens, released in 1968.

The album peaked at #5 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.^[2]

Capitol deleted the album after Owens departed the label for Warner Bros. Records, in 1977.^[3]

Critical reception

AllMusic called the album "a must for any serious country & western fan."

Track listing

All songs by Buck Owens unless otherwise noted.

Side one

1. "I've Got a Tiger by the Tail" (Harlan Howard, Owens)
2. "Together Again"
3. "Act Naturally" (Johnny Russell, Voni Morrison)
4. "Before You Go" (Owens, Don Rich)
5. "Waitin' in Your Welfare Line" (Owens, Rich, Nat Stuckey)
6. "My Heart Skips a Beat"

Side two

1. "Open Up Your Heart"
2. "Think of Me" (Estelle Olson, Rich)
3. "Buckaroo" (Bob Morris)
4. "I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me)"
5. "Only You (Can Break My Heart)"
6. "Love's Gonna Live Here"

Personnel

• Harlan Howard - composer
• Bob Morris - composer
• Voni Morrison - composer
• Estella Olson - composer
• Buck Owens - composer, guitar, primary artist, vocals
• Buck Ram - composer
• Ande Rand - composer
• Don Rich - composer
• Johnny Russell - composer
• Nat Stuckey - composer

Notes and References

1. Book: Sisk, Eileen. Buck Owens: The Biography. August 11, 2010. Chicago Review Press. 9781556527685. Google Books.
2. Buck Owens. Billboard.
3. Book: The New Rolling Stone Record Guide . 1983 . Random House . 374.