| In Search of a Song | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1971 | |||
| Recorded | Tracks 1 & 9: March 26, 1971 Other tracks: May 1971 | |||
| Studio | Mercury Custom Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee | |||
| Genre | Country music, Progressive country | |||
| Length | 30:50 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Producer | Jerry Kennedy | |||
| Tom T. Hall chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |  [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | A[2] |
| Rolling Stone | (favorable)[3] |
In Search of a Song is the fifth studio album by country singer and songwriter, Tom T. Hall, released in 1971. The album includes eleven songs based on Hall's observations of rural life. It became a number eight top country album and the opening track, "The Year That Clayton Delaney Died", became a number one country single.
- ^ McCall, Michael, "Review: In Search of a Song, AllMusic
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: H". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Cromelin, Richard "Review: Tom T. Hall, In Search of a Song", Rolling Stone, January 6, 1972 (link via rocksbackpages.com)