The Drifter (Marty Robbins album)

The Drifter is a studio album by country music singer Marty Robbins. It was released in 1966 by Columbia Records.[1]

The Drifter
Studio album by Marty Robbins
Released	1966
Genre	Country
Label	Columbia Records
Producer	Don Law, Frank James
Marty Robbins chronology
What God Has Done (1966) The Drifter (1966) My Kind of Country (1967)

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's country album chart on September 3, 1966, peaked at No. 6, and remained on the chart for a total of 26 weeks. The album included the hit single, "Mr. Shorty" (No. 16).[2]

AllMusic gave the album a rating of four-and-a-half stars.[3] Reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine called it "one of the purest cowboy albums Robbins ever made" and "one of Robbins' most artistically ambitious albums, as well as one of his most accomplished."[3]

Track listing

Side A

1. "Meet Me Tonight in Laredo"
2. "The Wind Goes"
3. "Cry Stampede"
4. "Feleena (From El Paso)" (8:18)

Side B

1. "Never Tie Me Down"
2. "Cottonwood Tree"
3. "Oh, Virginia"
4. "Mr. Shorty"
5. "Take Me Back to the Prairie"

References

1. "Marty Robbins - The Drifter". Discogs. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
2. Joel Whitburn's Top Country Albums 1964-1997. Record Research Inc. 1997. p. 149. ISBN 0898201241.
3. "The Drifter". AllMusic. Retrieved December 18, 2020.