Chicago Wind

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Field	Value
name	Chicago Wind
type	Studio
artist	Merle Haggard
cover	Chicago_Wind_Haggard.jpg
released	October 25, 2005
genre	Country
length	40:46
label	Capitol Records Nashville
producer	Mike Post
Jimmy Bowen
prev_title	Unforgettable
prev_year	2004
next_title	Kickin' Out the Footlights...Again
next_year	2006
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::callout[type=note] the Merle Haggard album ::

| name = Chicago Wind | type = Studio | artist = Merle Haggard | cover = Chicago_Wind_Haggard.jpg | alt = | released = October 25, 2005 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Country | length = 40:46 | label = Capitol Records Nashville | producer = Mike Post Jimmy Bowen | prev_title = Unforgettable | prev_year = 2004 | next_title = Kickin' Out the Footlights...Again | next_year = 2006

Chicago Wind is the fifty-eighth studio album by American country singer and songwriter Merle Haggard, released in 2005. It peaked at number 54 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. A video was made for the track "America First".

Critical reception

| rev1 =Allmusic | rev1Score =
| rev2 =Robert Christgau | rev2Score = (***) | rev3 = Freight Train Boogie | rev3Score =
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic praised the album, writing "Chicago Wind is not the rough and rowdy honky tonk album some fans have been hankering for, but it is a poetic, thoughtful and empathic one that once more displays why Merle Haggard is the living king of country music."

Track listing

All tracks composed by Merle Haggard; except where indicated

1. "Chicago Wind" – 4:08
2. "Where's All the Freedom" – 3:22
3. "White Man Singin' the Blues" – 3:47
4. "Leavin's Not the Only Way to Go" (Roger Miller) – 3:38
5. "What I've Been Meaning to Say" – 2:36
6. "Mexico" – 3:11
7. "Honky Tonk Man" (Dewayne Blackwell) – 3:04
8. "America First" – 2:43
9. "It Always Will Be" (Willie Nelson) – 4:01
10. "I Still Can't Say Goodbye" (Robert Blinn, James Moore) – 3:38
11. "Some of Us Fly" (with Toby Keith) – 6:38

Personnel

• Merle Haggard – vocals, guitar
• Don Markham – trumpet
• Thom Bresh – acoustic guitar
• Doug Colosio – keyboards
• Shannon Forrest – drums
• Scott Joss – fiddle, mandolin
• Leland Sklar – bass
• Brent Mason – electric guitar
• Alti Ovarsson – piano
• Herb Pedersen – banjo, background vocals
• Mike Post – guitar, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer
• Michael Rhodes – bass
• John "JR" Robinson – drums
• Billy Joe Walker, Jr. – acoustic and electric guitar
• Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
• Gabe Witcher – fiddle
• Reggie Young – electric guitar

Chart performance

::data[format=table] | Chart (2005) | Peak position | |---|---| | U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 54 | ::

References

References

1. Jurek, Thom. "''Chicago Wind'' > Review". [[Allmusic]].
2. Christgau, Robert. "''Chicago Wind'' > Review". [[Robert Christgau]].
3. [http://www.freighttrainboogie.com/Archives/Archive-H.htm#ChicagoWind Freight Train Boogie review]

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