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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0074646594629 Format: Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered Label: Sony Manufacturer: Sony MPN: 65946 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Sony Release Date: October 19, 1999 Studio: Sony Editorial Review: Amazon.com essential recording: Willie Nelson has never been one to do the safe or expected, and this Booker T. Jones-produced album of pop standards from the '30s and '40s certainly fits the profile. It's also one of the better albums of Nelson's career, allowing Willie to dip his fragile, quivering tenor all around the beat in songs like "All of Me" and "Unchained Melody." Jones's organ, piano, and string arrangements are low-key and swinging (except on the almost wooden "On the Sunny Side of the Street"), and Nelson's vocals on "Georgia on My Mind" and "Moonlight in Vermont" are filled with a dignified and slightly jazzy country soul. The 1999 reissue adds a pair of bonus cuts to the mix, including the lullaby-like "Scarlet Ribbons" and the somewhat out-of-place "I Can See Clearly Now." --David Cantwell Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Stardust brings back memoriesI am a Willie Nelson fan, but this album really blew me away! What a tribute and a fresh take on the American songbook. Rating: - Still Great MusicI had this album as an LP when it first was released and almost wore it out. The CD is still one of the best ever recorded with great standard and wonderful vocals by Willie Nelson . Rating: - GreatThis cd is just as fresh, and better than when it came out. The old standards will never lose their appeal. Willie really pulls it off! John Rating: - Not A Big Willie Fan...I will preface my review by declaring that, for the most part, I am not a big Willie Nelson fan. And Willie singing standards? Seemed totally nonsensical when I first learned of the album's existence. However, in my opinion, this is clearly the best album he has ever produced (or will ever produce for that matter). Every single cut on the original album is superb. I agree with other reviewers regarding the bonus tracks on the re released CD --- they really are out of place with the balance of the ... Read More Rating: - The melody haunts my reverie.This was Willie Nelson's first album of pop standards. It features Willie's touring band, plus organist/producer Booker T. Jones. The songs are performed in an appealing country-jazz style. Willie proves to be a fine interpreter of this type of material. This is a really terrific album. This CD adds two bonus tracks, "Scarlet Ribbons" and "I Can See Clearly Now". Both songs are great, but they were left off of the album because they aren't really pop standards. |
