The Cold Hard Facts of Life is a studio album by country music singer Porter Wagoner. It was released in 1967 by RCA Victor (catalog no. LSP-3797).[1]

The Cold Hard Facts of Life
Studio album by Porter Wagoner
Released	1967
Studio	RCA Victor Studios, Nashville
Genre	Country
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Bob Ferguson
Porter Wagoner chronology
Son of a Convict and Other Great Prison Songs (1967) The Cold Hard Facts of Life (1967) Just Between You and Me (1968)

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top Country Albums chart on June 10, 1967, peaked at No. 4, and remained on the chart for a total of 28 weeks. The album included the No. 2 hit, "The Cold Hard Facts of Life".[2]

AllMusic gave the album a rating of four stars.[3] Reviewer Dan Cooper called it "good, straight-ahead country" and referred to the cover art as "the hillbilly graphics howler of all time."[3]

Track listing

Side A

1. "The First Mrs. Jones"
2. "Words and Music"
3. "The Cold Hard Facts of Life"
4. "Sleep"
5. "Hundred Dollar Funeral"
6. "If I Could Only Start Over"

Side B

1. "Tragic Romance"
2. "Try Being Lonely"
3. "I'll Get Ahead Some Day"
4. "I Just Can't Let You Say Goodbye"
5. "Shopworn"
6. "Julie"

References