In Search of a Song

In Search of a Song
Studio album by
Released1971
RecordedTracks 1 & 9: March 26, 1971
Other tracks: May 1971
StudioMercury Custom Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee
GenreCountry music, Progressive country
Length30:50
LabelMercury
ProducerJerry Kennedy
Tom T. Hall chronology
One Hundred Children
(1970)
In Search of a Song
(1971)
We All Got Together and...
(1972)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic
Christgau's Record GuideA
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.