Take This Job and Shove It (album)

Take This Job and Shove It
Studio album by
Released1977
Recorded1977
StudioCBS Recording Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
GenreCountry
Length27:57
LabelEpic
ProducerBilly Sherrill
Johnny Paycheck chronology
Slide Off of Your Satin Sheets
(1977)
Take This Job and Shove It
(1977)
Greatest Hits 2
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Christgau's Record GuideB−

Take This Job and Shove It is the seventeenth album released by country music artist Johnny Paycheck. It was his second album released in 1977 (see 1977 in country music) and is his most commercially successful album, being certified platinum by the RIAA. It contains his most well known song, the David Allan Coe-written title song. It was his only single ever to reach #1 on the Country charts. Two other singles released from this album, "Colorado Kool-Aid" and "Georgia in a Jug", reached #50 and #17, respectively.