The Hungry Years (Willie Nelson album)

The Hungry Years is an album by country music artist Willie Nelson, released in 1975 by Atlantic Records. It is largely a compilation album of previously released material, drawing from Nelson's earlier work with Liberty and RCA Records. While not a newly recorded studio album, it provided a retrospective look at Nelson's songwriting and performing career before his breakthrough successes with albums like Red Headed Stranger. The album showcases Nelson's distinctive vocals and songwriting style which, at the time of release, was beginning to garner wider recognition.