A beautiful time / Willie Nelson.
Material type:
MusicPublisher number: 19439953562 | LegacyPublisher: [New York, NY] : Legacy, [2022]Distributor: New York, NY : Sony Music Entertainment. [2022]Copyright date: ℗2021Description: 1 audio disc (49 min.) : CD audio, stereo ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - performed music
- audio
- audio disc
- Produced by Buddy Cannon.
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Main Library | CD | COUNTRY Nelson, Willie | Available | 33111009966363 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Mortality hangs heavily on A Beautiful Time, as perhaps it should. The album came out on April 29, 2022, a day that's otherwise known as Willie Nelson's 89th birthday, and it arrived roughly two months after the death of his sister Bobbie, who played alongside him for the better part of 40 years. A Beautiful Time was recorded long before Bobbie's passing, with Buddy Cannon -- the producer who has been Willie's regular collaborator since 2012, when he returned to Sony/Legacy with Heroes -- supervising sessions that feature musicians who've been regulars on Nelson's albums over the last decade. All of this means A Beautiful Time is very much of a piece with the records that immediately proceed it, albums that also feature Nelson pondering mortality, yet there's a sense of earned wisdom and wry humor that elevates it above such elegantly mellow records as First Rose of Spring. Some of this sensibility derives from how Nelson doesn't shy away from the inevitable, singing about death directly: the opener, co-written by Chris Stapleton and Rodney Crowell, is called "I'll Love You 'Til the Day I Die" and he later sings "I Don't Go to Funerals," delivering the punchline "and I won't go to mine" with a shrug. "I Don't Go to Funerals" is one of several fine originals by Nelson and Cannon, a batch that includes the remarkable "Energy Follows Thought," a meditative and cautionary tale of acting upon rash impulse. These weightier numbers are balanced by such lighter moments as the warm nostalgia of "My Heart Was a Dancer" and "We're Not Happy (Til You're Not Happy)," a wickedly funny portrait of playing poker with Willie. Appropriately for an album fixated on mortality, Nelson embraces his diminished vocal range, letting his breathiness convey bittersweet sentiment along with dry wit. His dusty singing is countered by his robust guitar, his fleet, melodic solos lending a sense of earthy grace to the barroom shuffles and waltzes. Nelson's guitar and voice have intertwined and complemented each other throughout his career yet it's still a marvel to hear him find sustenance and surprises within his music, and that's what makes A Beautiful Time so rewarding: it's no small achievement that Willie Nelson is still deepening his artistry at the age of 89. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Performed by Willie Nelson ; with additional musicians.
Produced by Buddy Cannon.
Recorded at East Iris Studios, Sound Emporium Studios, Blackbird Studios and The Tracking Rook; Nashville, TN; additional recording at Pedernales Studios. Austin, TX, BT's Big Fat Barn, Joelton, TN, Hicksville Recorders and Cannon Productions, Nashville, TN.
Compact disc.
Title from disc label.
I'll love you till the day I die (4:11) -- My heart was a dancer (3:10) -- Energy follows thought (3:17) -- Dreamin' again (3:55) -- I don't go to funerals (2:27) -- A beautiful time (4:55) -- We're not happy (till you're not happy) (3:16) -- Dusty bottles (3:30) -- Me and my partner (2:11) -- Tower of song (4:59) -- Live every day (3:12) -- Don't touch me there (2:38) -- With a little help from my friends (3:42) -- Leave you with a smile (3:44).
Willie Nelson is back with his 72nd solo studio album. A full-fledged album of new studio material produced with longtime collaborator Buddy Cannon, it will come on his 89th birthday and shows off just how prolific he continues to be. The album includes some of his finest songwriting and performances in years. The 14 tracks include 5 amazing new Willie Nelson/Buddy Cannon compositions, new songs from Chris Stapleton and Rodney Crowell and a cadre of top Nashville songwriters, and a couple of plum covers by Leonard Cohen and the Beatles given expert interpretation by Willie.