Being There Magazine's the Greatest Country Albums of All Time

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  1. 1.
    At Folsom Prison
    by Johnny Cash

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  2. 2.
    Wrecking Ball
    by Emmylou Harris

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  3. 3.
    Red Headed Stranger
    by Willie Nelson

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  4. 4.
    Time (The Revelator)
    by Gillian Welch

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  5. 5.
    More a Legend Than a Band
    by The Flatlanders

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  6. 6.
    Gunfighter Ballads & Trail Songs
    by Marty Robbins

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  7. 7.
    Dreaming My Dreams
    by Waylon Jennings

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  8. 8.
    Satan Is Real
    by The Louvin Brothers

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  9. 9.
    G.P./Grievous Angel
    by Gram Parsons

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  10. 10.
    Live At The Old Quarter
    by Townes Van Zandt

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  11. 11.
    Country Love Songs
    by Robbie Fulks

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  12. 12.
    Coat Of Many Colors
    by Dolly Parton

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  13. 13.
    Lubbock (On Everything)
    by Terry Allen

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  14. 14.
    Lucinda Williams
    by Lucinda Williams

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  15. 15.
    Mendocino
    by The Sir Douglas Quintet

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  16. 16.
    Train a Comin'
    by Steve Earle

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  17. 17.
    King of California
    by Dave Alvin

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  18. 18.
    Stand by Your Man
    by Tammy Wynette

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  19. 19.
    Pontiac
    by Lyle Lovett

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  20. 20.
    Freedom's Child
    by Billy Joe Shaver

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  21. 22.
    In Spite Of Ourselves
    by John Prine

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  22. 23.
    12 Shades of Brown
    by Junior Brown

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  23. 24.
    Bobby Bare Sings Lullabys, Legends and Lies
    by Bobby Bare

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  24. 25.
    Hank Williams, Jr. & Friends
    by Jr. Hank Williams

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  25. 26.
    Hank Williams - 40 Greatest Hits
    by Hank Williams

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  26. 27.
    Honky Tonk Girl: The Loretta Lynn Collection
    by Loretta Lynn

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  27. 28.
    Down Every Road
    by Merle Haggard

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  28. 29.
    The Patsy Cline Story
    by Patsy Cline

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  29. 30.
    The Essential Jimmie Rodgers
    by Jimmie Rodgers

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  30. 31.
    Look What Thoughts Will Do
    by Lefty Frizzell

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  31. 32.
    Anniversary: Ten Years of Hits

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  32. 33.
    Can the Circle Be Unbroken?: Country Music's First Family
    by The Original Carter Family

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  33. 34.
    Storyteller, Poet, Philosopher
    by Tom T. Hall

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  34. 35.
    King Of The Honky-Tonk: From The Original Master Tapes
    by Webb Pierce

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  35. 36.
    Angel Band: The Classic Mercury Recordings
    by The Stanley Brothers

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  36. 37.
    King Of The Road: The Genius Of Roger Miller
    by Roger Miller

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  37. 38.
    The Essential Ray Price (1951-1962)
    by Ray Price

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  38. 39.
    The Real Mr. Heartache: The Little Darlin' Years
    by Johnny Paycheck

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  39. 40.
    Honky Tonk Heroine: Classic Capitol Recordings, 1952-1964
    by Jean Shepard

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Comments

TygerTyger
Dubois

Foul! — 3 years ago

Personally I don’t think it’s fair to use best of/greatest hits collections on lists like these. The greatest hits of the greatest artists are going to be, um, great—that’s kind of a gimme. On the other hand, it’s pretty hard to argue with it, I guess.