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Willie Nelson has been making records since 1956, and has been scoring major hit records since 1975, so trying to summarize his career on one CD is no small task. Songs is hardly the first attempt to do just that, with literally dozens of Nelson collections on the market, and there isn't much that's especially remarkable about this one, except for the fact that it makes a genuine attempt to follow the trajectory of Nelson's life in music, and focuses on Willie the songwriter as much as Willie the vocalist. Beginning with Nelson's early recordings of "Crazy" (appearing here in its original demo form) and "Touch Me," Songs throws in a few choice obscurities and fan favorites (such as the sardonic "Good Times" and the sweetly mournful "Yesterday's Wine") along with the hits and perennial classics, such as "On the Road Again," "Whiskey River," and "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain." The set does throw in a few offbeat versions of well-known tunes (a duet with B.B. King on "Night Life," for example) and surprise choices (how did Willie's jazzy version of "The Rainbow Connection" from The Muppet Movie end up here, not to mention a duet with Brian McKnight?), but for the most part Songs collects most of the tunes most closely associated with Willie Nelson in one spot, and it's a pleasant and cohesive listen. But serious fans will have lots of this already and dabblers will probably wonder why some of the tunes they've never heard of are on board, so it's hard to say just who this disc is supposed to please. Points added for Colin Escott's excellent liner notes.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
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Willie Nelson, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Joe Allison, Producer
℗ 1962 Capitol Records Nashville
Willie Nelson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Joe Gracey, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Willie Nelson, Guitar, Vocals, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Mark Howard, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Daniel Lanois, Producer
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Willie Nelson, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - LARRY GREENHILL, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stuart Sullivan, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Freddy Fletcher, Producer - Derek O'Brien, Producer - Francine Reed, FeaturedArtist
℗ 2000 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Walt Breeland, ComposerLyricist - Paul Buskirk, ComposerLyricist - Willie Nelson, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - B.B. King, FeaturedArtist - Dave McNair, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Boo MacLeod, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - LARRY GREENHILL, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stuart Sullivan, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Chadie, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Freddy Fletcher, Producer - Derek O'Brien, Producer
℗ 2000 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Willie Nelson, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Williams, ComposerLyricist - David Zettner, Producer, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - George Fowler, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth Asher, ComposerLyricist - Lana Nelson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paula Nelson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Hubbard, Producer, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Gabe Rhodes, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Amy Nelson, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Matt Serletic, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Willie Nelson, MainArtist - Kevin Kadish, ComposerLyricist - Noel Golden, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BRIAN MCKNIGHT, FeaturedArtist
℗ 2002 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Matt Serletic, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Willie Nelson, MainArtist - STEVE MARCANTONIO, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bernie Taupin, ComposerLyricist - LEE ANN WOMACK, FeaturedArtist
℗ 2002 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
Willie Nelson has been making records since 1956, and has been scoring major hit records since 1975, so trying to summarize his career on one CD is no small task. Songs is hardly the first attempt to do just that, with literally dozens of Nelson collections on the market, and there isn't much that's especially remarkable about this one, except for the fact that it makes a genuine attempt to follow the trajectory of Nelson's life in music, and focuses on Willie the songwriter as much as Willie the vocalist. Beginning with Nelson's early recordings of "Crazy" (appearing here in its original demo form) and "Touch Me," Songs throws in a few choice obscurities and fan favorites (such as the sardonic "Good Times" and the sweetly mournful "Yesterday's Wine") along with the hits and perennial classics, such as "On the Road Again," "Whiskey River," and "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain." The set does throw in a few offbeat versions of well-known tunes (a duet with B.B. King on "Night Life," for example) and surprise choices (how did Willie's jazzy version of "The Rainbow Connection" from The Muppet Movie end up here, not to mention a duet with Brian McKnight?), but for the most part Songs collects most of the tunes most closely associated with Willie Nelson in one spot, and it's a pleasant and cohesive listen. But serious fans will have lots of this already and dabblers will probably wonder why some of the tunes they've never heard of are on board, so it's hard to say just who this disc is supposed to please. Points added for Colin Escott's excellent liner notes.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:08:56
- Main artists: Willie Nelson
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Hip-O
- Genre: Blues/country/folk Country
© 2005 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2005 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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