In Search of a Song
| In Search of a Song | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| ||||
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Christgau's Record Guide | A |
| Rolling Stone | (favorable) |
In Search of a Song is the fifth studio album by country singer-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.