- Audio CD (Oct 25 1990)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: Sony Music Canada Inc.
- ASIN: B0000025CT
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | LP Record
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
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Track Listings
| 1. Stardust |
| 2. Georgia On My Mind |
| 3. Blue Skies |
| 4. All Of Me |
| 5. Unchained Melody |
| 6. September Song |
| 7. On The Sunny Side Of The Street |
| 8. Moonlight In Vermont |
| 9. Don't Get Around Much Anymore |
| 10. Someone To Watch Over Me |
Product Description
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. --David Cantwell
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Classic,
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This review is from: Stardust (W/2 Bonus Tracks) (Audio CD)
This is a collection of classic love songs done by classic artist. The blending of the two makes this CD a must have.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Willie is simply the man,
By Brian Murphy (Atlanta) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Stardust (W/2 Bonus Tracks) (Audio CD)
Ok, so we all knew that Willie was the quintenssential songwriter (his songs written for others like Patsy Kline were popular way before he was as a performer). But here, Willie has proven himself as a great musician and musical interpreter. With classics like Georgia on My Mind, Blue Skies, All of Me, September Song, On the Sunny Side of the Street...heck, every song on the CD, it is hard to go wrong, but it's hard to distinguish oneself also. However, Willie has managed to make these old standards new and revitalized with his own style and personality. I don't even like country music in general, but Willie does it for me time and again and this is certainly one of his best studio performances.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Super songs by a subtle, super singer...,
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This review is from: Stardust (W/2 Bonus Tracks) (Audio CD)
On this record, Willie proved that his favorite items from "The Great American Songbook" were good enough to survive his distinctive phrasing and country/blues accompaniment organized by his buddy, Booker T., the producer. Mostly mellow, this album gives you 45 minutes of quiet pleasure. The songs were designed for pop, jazz or Broadway treatments, but Willie proved he could do them justice in his own sweet way. I had a boss who purchased this one when it came out in 1978 or so, and played it for me one day. I was barely conscious of Willie back then, but I knew the material from more traditional renditions. While I did not rush out to buy this at the time, it was because it was a tight budget year, not because I didn't like it. Now I've just acquired it, 25 years on, yet both Willie and the songs survive. If you like Nelson, this CD is one of the essentials. If you like "The Great American Songbook" this version of some of the best from that body of work is also essential. Here, Willie invented a style that melds jazz, pop, country, folk, blues and Broadway. Play "Red-Headed Stranger" and follow it with this one, and you have all the evidence one needs that Mr. Nelson is an immortal in the roster of great American music-makers.
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