I Came to Hear the Music

I Came to Hear the Music is the 1974 album by singer-songwriter Mickey Newbury, his fourth release on Elektra Records. The cover photography was by Norman Seeff.

I Came to Hear the Music was collected for CD issue on the eight-disc Mickey Newbury Collection from Mountain Retreat, Newbury's own label in the mid-1990s, along with nine other Newbury albums from 1969 to 1981.

Track listing
All tracks composed by Mickey Newbury
 * 1) "I Came To Hear The Music" - 4:15
 * 2) "Breeze Lullaby" - 1:51
 * 3) "You Only Live Once (In a While)" - 3:28
 * 4) "Yesterday's Gone" - 3:30
 * 5) "If You See Her" - 4:14
 * 6) "Dizzy Lizzy" - 3:54
 * 7) "If I Could Be" - 2:52
 * 8) "Organized Noise" - 2:22
 * 9) "Love, Look At Us Now" - 2:58
 * 10) "Baby's Not Home" - 3:47
 * 11) "1 X 1 Ain't 2" - 5:01

Cover versions

 * "Love Look At Us Now" was recorded by Edward Woodward, Johnny Rodriguez and Joe Simon.
 * "1x1 Ain't 2" was covered by psychedelic garage band Neal Ford and the Fanatics.
 * "If You See Her" appeared on albums by Waylon Jennings and Johnny Rodriguez.
 * Don Gibson performed "Baby's Not Home."
 * Glenn Barber scored a minor country hit with "You Only Live Once (In a While)."
 * Will Oldham cut a version of "I Came to Hear the Music."