Mama's Hungry Eyes: A Tribute to Merle Haggard explained

Mama's Hungry Eyes: A Tribute to Merle Haggard
Type:tribute
Artist:Various Artists
Cover:MamasHungryEyes.jpg
Genre:Country
Length:50:17
Label:Arista Nashville

Mama's Hungry Eyes: A Tribute to Merle Haggard is a tribute album to American country music artist Merle Haggard. It was released in 1994 via Arista Nashville. The album peaked at number 52 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. Proceeds from the album go to Second Harvest Food Bank.

Critical reception

An uncredited review from AllMusic gave the album three stars out of five, stating that "throughout the album, the listener is constantly reminded of country music's debt to Haggard's songwriting." Alanna Nash of Entertainment Weekly gave it a C+, calling it "often mediocre."

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1994)Peak
position
Canadian RPM Country Albums22
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums52

Singles

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YearSingleArtistPeak
positions
US Country
1994"The Running Kind"Radney Foster64
"Workin' Man Blues"Jed Zeppelin48