The Cold Hard Facts of Life

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country music album studio album

The Cold Hard Facts of Life is a 1967 country music album by Porter Wagoner, noted for its dark, narrative-driven songs and classic honky-tonk style.

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The Cold Hard Facts of Life (song) 3
The Cold Hard Facts of Life canonical 2

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf country music album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
artist Porter Wagoner ⓘ
associatedAct Grand Ole Opry ⓘ
backingVocals The Wagonmasters ⓘ
chronology Porter Wagoner albums ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coverArtFeatures Porter Wagoner ⓘ
criticalReputation considered one of Porter Wagoner’s darker albums ⓘ
noted for dark narrative-driven songs ⓘ
decade 1960s country music ⓘ
distribution RCA Victor distribution network ⓘ
followedBy “The Carroll County Accident” ⓘ
surface form: The Carroll County Accident
format vinyl LP ⓘ
genre country ⓘ
honky-tonk ⓘ
hasGenreCharacteristic storytelling ballads ⓘ
traditional country instrumentation ⓘ
hasPart Bottle of Wine ⓘ
First Mrs. Jones ⓘ
The Cold Hard Facts of Life self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Cold Hard Facts of Life (song)

The Cold Hard Facts of Life (track listing side A) ⓘ
The Cold Hard Facts of Life (track listing side A) ⓘ
surface form: The Cold Hard Facts of Life (track listing side B)

The Little Things Get to Me ⓘ
Words and Music ⓘ
labelImprint RCA Victor ⓘ
surface form: RCA Victor Nashville Sound era
language English ⓘ
length approximately 30 minutes ⓘ
lyricalTheme infidelity ⓘ
murder ⓘ
revenge ⓘ
musicalStyle classic honky-tonk ⓘ
narrativeStyle story song ⓘ
notableWork The Cold Hard Facts of Life self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Cold Hard Facts of Life (song)
originalMedium analog recording ⓘ
performer Porter Wagoner ⓘ
precededBy Confessions of a Broken Man ⓘ
producer Bob Ferguson ⓘ
recordedBy backing band for Porter Wagoner ⓘ
surface form: Porter Wagoner and his band
recordLabel RCA Victor ⓘ
releaseDate 1967 ⓘ
titleTrack The Cold Hard Facts of Life self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Cold Hard Facts of Life (song)
vocalStyle male lead vocals ⓘ

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Porter Wagoner → notableAlbum → The Cold Hard Facts of Life ⓘ
“The Carroll County Accident” → precededBySingle → The Cold Hard Facts of Life ⓘ
subject surface form: The Carroll County Accident
The Cold Hard Facts of Life → hasPart → The Cold Hard Facts of Life self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Cold Hard Facts of Life (song)
The Cold Hard Facts of Life → titleTrack → The Cold Hard Facts of Life self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Cold Hard Facts of Life (song)
The Cold Hard Facts of Life → notableWork → The Cold Hard Facts of Life self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Cold Hard Facts of Life (song)