Songs of the Brazos Valley is a studio album by country music artist Hank Thompson and his Brazos Valley Boys. It was released in 1956 by Capitol Records (catalog no. T-418). It was Thompson's first album.
AllMusic gave the album a rating of four stars. Reviewer Bruce Eder called it "an entertaining combination of fast-paced novelty tunes ..., slow romantic ballads ..., covers ..., and surprisingly brisk adaptations of traditional material".
Track listing Side A "The Wild Side of Life" "Rub-A-Dub-Dub" "Yesterday's Girl" " When You're Lovin', You're Livin'" "John Henry" "I Saw My Mother's Name"
Side B "The New Green Light" "Simple Simon" "The Letter Edged in Black" "Mother, Queen of My Heart" "You Don't Have the Nerve" "At the Rainbow's End"
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