''Green, Green Grass of Home'' is the fifth album released in 1967 by
Tom Jones. It is his fourth studio album with Decca Records, produced by Peter Sullivan.
London Records (Parrot label) (USA, Canada) released an abridged version of this album as ''Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings'' (Parrot 71011), whilst that label's album titled ''Green, Green Grass of Home'' was largely made up of tracks from ''
From the Heart''.
Reception
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databa ...
notes with this album Jones "began to abandon his teenage pop audience to concentrate on a more mature, middle of the road group of listeners" but says the album is "inconsistent".
Track listing
Side one
# "
Riders in the Sky" (
Stan Jones)
# "
He'll Have to Go
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Background
The song is about a man who's talking by t ...
" (Audrey &
Joe Allison
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)
# "Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings" (
Mickey Newbury
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Early life and career
Newbury was born in Houston, Texas, on May 19, ...
)
# "
Sixteen Tons
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" (
Merle Travis)
# "Two Brothers" (
Irving Gordon
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# "My Mother's Eyes" (
Abel Baer,
L. Wolfe Gilbert)
# "
Green, Green Grass of Home
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" (
Curly Putman
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)
Side 2
# "
Ring of Fire
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June Carter Cash
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,
Merle Kilgore
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# "A Field of Yellow Daisies" (
Charlie Rich)
# "(I Wish I Could) Say No to You" (
Mickey Newbury
Milton Sims "Mickey" Newbury Jr. (May 19, 1940 – September 29, 2002) was an American songwriter, recording artist, and a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Early life and career
Newbury was born in Houston, Texas, on May 19, ...
)
# "All I Get From You Are Heartaches" (Al Frisch,
Al J. Neiburg)
# "Mohair Sam" (
Dallas Frazier
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Life and career
Frazier was born in Spiro, Oklahoma, on October 27, 1939, but was raised in Bakersfi ...
)
# "
Cool Water" (
Bob Nolan
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)
# "
Detroit City" (
Danny Dill
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Biography
Dill, born in Clarksburg, Tennessee, got h ...
,
Mel Tillis
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)
Certifications
References
Tom Jones (singer) albums
Decca Records albums
Albums produced by Peter Sullivan (record producer)
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