The Silver Tongued Devil and I is the second album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by Kris Kristofferson

Kris Kristofferson

Kristoffer "Kris" Kristofferson is an American musician, actor, and writer. He is known for hits such as "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night"...

, released in 1971 on Monument Records

Monument Records

Monument Records was an American record label, Washington, D.C. named for the Washington Monument, founded in 1958, by Fred Foster and Buddy Deane . Buddy Deane soon left the company, and in the early 60's bought KOTN in Pine Bluff, Arkansas where he retired to until his death...

. In the spoken word intro to "The Pilgrim, Chapter 33", Kristofferson says he wrote the song about various celebrities. Two of those mentioned, Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash

John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...

 and Dennis Hopper

Dennis Hopper

Dennis Lee Hopper was an American actor, filmmaker and artist. As a young man, Hopper became interested in acting and eventually became a student of the Actors' Studio. He made his first television appearance in 1954 and appeared in two films featuring James Dean, Rebel Without a Cause and Giant...

 later performed the song on "The Johnny Cash Show." "Epitaph" is about Janis Joplin

Janis Joplin

Janis Lyn Joplin was an American singer, songwriter, painter, dancer and music arranger. She rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company and later as a solo artist with her backing groups, The Kozmic Blues Band and The Full Tilt Boogie Band...

.

Track listing

All songs by Kris Kristofferson except as noted

1. "The Silver Tongued Devil and I" – 4:18
2. "Jody and the Kid" – 3:06
3. "Billy Dee" – 2:57
4. "Good Christian Soldier" (Bobby Bare
   Bobby Bare
   Robert Joseph Bare is an American country music singer and songwriter. He is the father of Bobby Bare, Jr., also a musician.-Early career:...
   
   , Billy Joe Shaver
   Billy Joe Shaver
   Billy Joe Shaver is a Texas country music singer and songwriter. Shaver's 1973 album Old Five and Dimers Like Me is a classic in the outlaw country genre.-Biography:...
   
   ) – 3:22
5. "Breakdown (A Long Way from Home)" – 2:44
6. "Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)
   Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)
   "Lovin' Her Was Easier " is the title of a song written and recorded by Kris Kristofferson. It was also released by Roger Miller, who included it on his album The Best of Roger Miller and released it as a single in July 1971...
   
   " – 3:47
7. "The Taker" (Kristofferson, Shel Silverstein
   Shel Silverstein
   Sheldon Allan "Shel" Silverstein , was an American poet, singer-songwriter, musician, composer, cartoonist, screenwriter and author of children's books. He styled himself as Uncle Shelby in his children's books...
   
   ) – 3:16
8. "When I Loved Her" – 3:03
9. "The Pilgrim, Chapter 33" – 3:12
10. "Epitaph (Black and Blue)" (Donnie Fritts
    Donnie Fritts
    Donnie Fritts is an American session musician and songwriter. A recording artist in his own right, he has been Kris Kristofferson's keyboard player for over twenty years...
    
    , Kristofferson) – 3:23

Personnel

• Kris Kristofferson – Guitar, Vocals
• Jerry Kennedy, Jerry Shook, Chris Gantry – guitar
• Norbert Putnam
  Norbert Putnam
  Norbert Putnam is an American record producer and musician. He grew up near Florence, Alabama and was part of the Muscle Shoals musicians brought to Nashville to play for Elvis Presley in 1965. Putnam worked there as a bassist on recording sessions with Presley, Roy Orbison, Al Hirt, Henry...
  
  , Bobby Dyson, Billy Swan
  Billy Swan
  Billy Lance Swan is an American songwriter and singer, best known for his 1974 single, "I Can Help".-Life:Swan was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. As a child, he learned drums, piano and guitar, and began writing songs...
  
   – bass
• Jerry Carrigan
  Jerry Carrigan
  Jerry Carrigan is an American drummer and record producer born 13 September 1943 in Florence, Alabama. He first achieved widespread recognition by being part of the first wave of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and later as a session musician in Nashville, Tennessee for over 3 decades...
  
   – drums
• David Briggs
  David Briggs (American musician)
  David Briggs is an American keyboardist, record producer, arranger, composer and studio owner....
  
  , Donnie Fritts
  Donnie Fritts
  Donnie Fritts is an American session musician and songwriter. A recording artist in his own right, he has been Kris Kristofferson's keyboard player for over twenty years...
  
   – keyboards
• Norman Blake
  Norman Blake (American musician)
  Norman Blake is an instrumentalist, vocalist, and songwriter. In a career spanning more than 50 years Blake has played in a number of folk and Country groups...
  
   – dobro
• Charlie McCoy
  Charlie McCoy
  Charles "Charlie" Ray McCoy is an American musician noted for his harmonica playing. In his career, McCoy has backed several notable musicians including Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Tom Astor, Elvis Presley and Ween. He has also recorded thirty-seven studio albums, including fourteen for Monument Records...
  
   – harmonica/vibes/trumpet
• Farrell Morris – percussion
• Billy Swan, Donnie Fritts, Rita Coolidge
  Rita Coolidge
  Rita Coolidge is a multiple Grammy Award-winning American vocalist. During the 1970s and 1980s, she charted hits on Billboard's Pop, Country, Adult Contemporary and Jazz charts.-Career:...
  
   – vocals
• Arrangements by Bergen White
• Joan Baez
  Joan Baez
  Joan Chandos Baez is an American folk singer, songwriter, musician and a prominent activist in the fields of human rights, peace and environmental justice....
  
   sings on "The Taker", credited only as "The Lady"

Additional personnel

• Fred Foster
  Fred Foster
  Fred Foster is an American songwriter, record producer, and founder of Monument Records.-Biography:...
  
   – Producer
• Gene Eichelberger – Engineer
• Tommy Strong – Engineer
• Mort Thomasson – Engineer

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
	Country Albums	4
	Pop Albums	21

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
	"Loving Her Was Easier"	Country Singles	4
	"Loving Her Was Easier"	Pop Singles	26