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Top 100 Outlaw Country Albums of All Time

Under heavy-handed record label control, 1960's country music was dominated by the string-laden Nashville Sound. At the end of the decade a growing counterculture began to bloom, where artists grew their hair long and scruffy and began to ditch the nudie suits for denim and leather. Demanding more creative control, artists like Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson made raw masculine songs about drinking, drugs, hard working men and criminals. With the old establishment firmly entrenched in Nashville, Texas became a mecca for this progressive country style. It is no surprise that the ragged, sparse songs about honky tonkin' rebels from this era has been dubbed Outlaw Country.
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Wanted! the Outlaws
Wanted! the Outlaws
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Texas Gold
Texas Gold
2
Ray Wylie Hubbard & the Cowboy Twinkies
Ray Wylie Hubbard & the Cowboy Twinkies
3
Pride of Country Music
Pride of Country Music
4
Reflections - Gene Watson
Reflections - Gene Watson
5
Honky Tonkin' - Charlie Walker
Honky Tonkin' - Charlie Walker
6
The Big Taste - Richard Dobson
The Big Taste - Richard Dobson
7
Ed Bruce
Ed Bruce
8
All I Want to Do in Life - Jack Clement
All I Want to Do in Life - Jack Clement
9
Michael Nesmith & the First National Band-Magnetic South
Michael Nesmith & the First National Band-Magnetic South
10
Jerry Lee Lewis - She Still Comes Around
Jerry Lee Lewis - She Still Comes Around
11
A Rumor in My Own Time
A Rumor in My Own Time
12
John Prine - Diamonds in the Rough
John Prine - Diamonds in the Rough
13
Heartworn Highways - Soundtrack
Heartworn Highways - Soundtrack
14
Songs of Rodeo & Country
Songs of Rodeo & Country
15
Whiskey Before Breakfast
Whiskey Before Breakfast
16
Obie From Senatobie
Obie From Senatobie
17
Honky-Tonk Man - Steve Young
Honky-Tonk Man - Steve Young
18
Merle Haggard - Back to the Barrooms
Merle Haggard - Back to the Barrooms
19
The Cold Hard Facts of Life
The Cold Hard Facts of Life
20
When I Get My Wings - Billy Joe Shaver
When I Get My Wings - Billy Joe Shaver
21
Charlie - Tompall Glaser
Charlie - Tompall Glaser
22
Lee Hazlewood - Cowboy in Sweden
Lee Hazlewood - Cowboy in Sweden
23
Rides Again - David Allan Coe
Rides Again - David Allan Coe
24
Sawmill - Mel Tillis
Sawmill - Mel Tillis
25
Hello, I'm Johnny Cash
Hello, I'm Johnny Cash
26
John Stewart - California Bloodlines
John Stewart - California Bloodlines
27
I'm a Lonesome Fugitive - Merle Haggard
I'm a Lonesome Fugitive - Merle Haggard
28
J.J. Cale - Naturally
J.J. Cale - Naturally
29
Down and Dirty - Bobby Bare
Down and Dirty - Bobby Bare
30
I'm Jessi Colter
I'm Jessi Colter
31
Blaze Foley - The Dawg Years
Blaze Foley - The Dawg Years
32
Waylon & Willie
Waylon & Willie
33
The Rhymer and Other Five and Dimers
The Rhymer and Other Five and Dimers
34
A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean
A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean
35
Black Hat Saloon
Black Hat Saloon
36
Whiskey River - Johnny Bush
Whiskey River - Johnny Bush
37
Got No Bread, No Milk, No Money
Got No Bread, No Milk, No Money
38
West Texas Waltzes & Dust Blown Tractor Tunes
West Texas Waltzes & Dust Blown Tractor Tunes
39
Rodney Crowell - Ain't Living Long Like This
Rodney Crowell - Ain't Living Long Like This
40
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