Stardust

I can’t see myself returning to this much, but it’s still great enough to warrant a 4 from me.

Actually like this one in a weird way. Never thought that willie nelson sings pop would be compelling but here we are. A strong 3 stars.

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лучший кантри, что тут был

I love Willie, such a great vocal and great covers of legendary songs.

A classic cover album; a songwriter’s love letter to songwriters, best exemplified by Georgia On My Mind.

Soft country classic

JODER ES MÚSICA. Grandes arreglos, grandes progresiones, grandes lineas melódicas, grande todo nmms. Me encanta cuando las lineas melodicas lo hace la voz y luego los instrumentos. Los cambios de tonalidades NMMS estan cabrones, esta en una tonalidad mayor y pasa a una menor o disminuida para cambiar el mood de la canción impecable. Combina distintos generos muy bien, que pdo como pasa de country a jazz a folk y luego otra vez a country valiendole verga porque lo hace increible. Y luego se saca unos puentes que no mames, que buenos puentes, inesperados y resuelven muy bien. Y esa es otra, la manera en la que resuelven todas las canciones lo hace excelente, no todas, de hecho All Of Me no me gusto como resuelve pero vale verga, todo lo demas lo hace de huevos. Gran album. Grande Willie Nelson. Joder es música X2.

Un Jim Beam y un cielo estrellado, noche de sueño americano, buen disco.

Nunca un pacheco me había hecho sentir cosas tan bonitas con una bola de covers de canciones de los años 30. 4 estrellas

I Loved this one! - what a christmas time album! - I wanna sip some tea around a fire and just, FEEL!

Classic. Willie’s unique and original vocals makes this album of covers one of my favorites

Favorite: Blue Skies Least favorite: Unchained Melody One word: covers

Soooo good. No expectations and this album was beautiful.

Very nostalgic and sweet. Simple and heartfelt vocals that puts emotion over show. The type of album you want on when you need to take it easy, have something to reflect on, or just want to hear a kind voice give you some joy.

Very chill but very pleasant. 4/5

Young Willie Nelson was a sensitive and tender man. When I saw this, I was expecting a unlikeable country ear sore, but in reality, this was a sweet album. There's a very excellent harmonica solo on here.

Great selection of American standards done as only Willie can do, Was not a big fan of Old Red, but this one is worth a listen.

Very dreamy. Willy Nelson has a beautiful voice. I don't think I recognized any of the songs, but I will def give it another listen.

Before listening to this album I read some of the backstory about Willie's wanting to sing a full album of pop standards and in all honesty I was skeptical of it just like his label executives. I had just listened to Red Headed Stranger which was incredible and I thought that a sudden shift in genre so soon after an album like that may not work and I was very wrong. This album from top to bottom was incredible. My favorite tracks were "Stardust", "Moonlight In Vermont", "All of Me" and "September Song" but all the songs on this album are really good. Despite me liking "Georgia On My Mind" it doesn't really hold a candle to Ray Charles' version but that is a really high bar cause Ray's version is one of my favorite songs of all time. I really respect this album because so often country music lacks innovation and that is likely because of the more conservative, traditionalist mindset of a lot of country artists. That is not to say an album needs to be innovative to be good but just to say it takes a lot of spine to go completely against the grain in a genre that does not really like people going against the grain. I'm also not one to hoist up an album if the artist experiments but it doesn't work but when an artist innovates and it works it creates some of the greatest albums of all time (e.g. Stevie Wonder, Outkast and Marvin Gaye). This is one of those times where innovation succeeds and it really allows Willie to fully show off his range. 9.5/10

Man, what a treat. Right album at the right time. Had kind of a rough day, but you just can’t even be mad listening to this. God bless Willie Nelson. 100% elevated my mood. Wonderful wonderful wonderful. Top 3 On the Sunny Sode of the Street Starlight Don’t Get Around Much Anymore But really, the whole album was just a delight.

Entirely delightful — Willie's covers of contemporary 60s and 70s classics :) Will come back to this.

Very relaxing! I loved the mix of genres

Solid album, but just wanted to listen to blue eyes crying in the rain. September Song for when I get married.

despite being folk, it's so calm and easy that is really enjoyable

Probably better to listen when high

Beautiful and melancholy

relaxing and well-done but just not really my vibe

So peaceful

Such a wonderful collection of standards. Willie’s voice is endlessly peaceful, and brings such joy.

Don’t often listen to country but I can appreciate the sentiment behind this album. Unfortunately it’s just not for me!

Such a dreamy record! Probably my favourite by Willie.

Blue skies with fresh ears sounds really good and I love how he double times at the end, stretching it out further and further. All in all, well made, but it's so easy listening, I get a little anxious for noise

Good classics! Knew most of these.

Willie has a beautiful voice that I didn't really know he had.

Finsjunget och välgjort. Minuspoäng för att albumet bara består av gamla popstandards. Gör något eget i stället Willie. Kan tänka mig att det skulle vara underbart att lyssna på Willie Nelson spela och sjunga dessa låtar runt en lägereld på en strand, under ett stjärnhimmel ungefär som den på omslaget. Det är dock inte tillräckligt bra för att enbart låtarna ska föra mig till den mentala platsen. 'Unchained Melody' är fin. 'Blue Skies' också. Bästa låt: Blue Skies.

This is a nice and welcome departure from most of Willie Nelson's other works, and it showcases his versality and talents really well. So many great tracks on this album. I'm re-listening to his version of "Georgia" right now. Soooo good.

Entspannt, der gute Willie hat aber irgendwie eine sehr unangenehme Stimme. Sonst wärs ganz gut, aber mehr als 2 Sterne gehen sich nicht aus.

Nice vibes

Should pick this up on vinyl.

I happily fell asleep on the first listen, this is a good thing. I listened to it a second time today, never been a fan of country music but i enjoyed it a lot. Beautiful singing over very melodic songs. The whole album feels like a road trip.

Didn't think I'd like this as much as I did

diferente do que imaginava, mais suave

Love the romantic, mellow, voice lead sound. The soft use of strings and brass, the stripped down guitar, and the crooning style in which he sings. Moving and soothing.

This was my first Willie Nelson album. His voice was full and light. Each track sounded authentic and meaningful. I can definitely listen to this album on a starry night. Stardust is a must listen and easily a 5! 5

First album that I save to my library. Exquisitely arranged and performed. Did not know some of this standards previously. What level of songwriting.

Surprisingly awesome!

It had a few good tracks but overall not too impressed

Another one that's really nostalgic since my dad used to play it all the time (and play/sing along on guitar sometimes). Not EXACTLY my thing honestly, but there are definitely some really pretty renditions here, and it's overall a very pretty and mellow listen, I can definitely still appreciate this one even if I'll never have a burning itch to listen to it. A solid 4.

It's just totally fine. I like the downtempo atmosphere overall, I just don't really have much I'd listen to again from here

You never really hear about how beautiful Willie's voice is but this album showcases that perfectly.

The "Unchained Melody" cover is something out of this world.

nice instrumentals but not really a fan of the voice was gonna rate it lower at first but the songs are starting to grow on me

First listen Saved 3/10 Top track: Georgia On My Mind

Nice album to chill out with on the back patio and drink a beer.

C’est très relax mais fun à écouter, même si c’est juste des covers

Lovely album of standards that Willie did his way. Reminded me of my grandparents.

All covers?

Album is on my shelf. Willy is a national treasure and this is just another reason why. awesome covers.

I don't listen to much music like this, but it was a really nice sound for what it's worth.

Become a fan of Willie and his work as I explored the rebel country the last few years. He has a unique voice that a lot don't seem to appreciate, but seems to work for his style of music. I have to say that his version of Always On My Mind is near the top oy my list of all time favorite songs. Yep, better than Elvis. Back to this album. Found it to be real mellow and kinda slow. Just not something I would expect from Willie. I really like the song Georgia On My Mind, but Ray's version is the best. This was different and probably not something I would come back to at any point. Well maybe if I needed some mellow stuff to try and fall asleep. I'm not going say this was bad, just not for me. 2.5

It's a good thing this album is called Stardust because listening to this at any time of day other than at night would be boring. Some okay stuff here. I'll probably listen to a few songs again when I'm winding down for the day. 2

3 Holy cow, this came out during what’s considered the height of Nelson’s career and yet he already had 21 studio albums behind him at this point. And considering this point was 45 years ago, I looked up how many albums the guy has total, and as of 2023, that would be 74 - and that’s solely original studio albums, not even counting compilations or live albums. So, shoutout to Willie for breaking the “lazy stoner” stereotype, dude’s been cranking these things out - or maybe he’s just still working to pay off the IRS. Anyway, I don’t feel like I have much to comment on this album in particular. I think it all sounds nice, Nelson’s vocals and guitar-work are soothing, though as someone not super familiar with a ton of his normal output, I’m not entirely sure how this compares. I did read he had previously established himself as an outlaw country artist, so his decision to write an album of pop covers was met with resistance from his record label. I respect his “screw you guys, I’m doing it anyway” energy, but once again, I don’t even really know the original versions of the songs he’s covering here besides Georgia on My Mind and Unchained Melody, so I can’t really comment on their translation either. Maybe that’s for the best, since it meant I was just able to enjoy the record without having to constantly compare it to someone else, though the two covers I did recognize felt like they each had an identity of their own with Nelson’s mellower takes here, so I don’t have any doubt he succeeded with each adaptation. To summarize, I’m incredibly musically ignorant regarding most everything surrounding this album, but it sounds nice. Solid 3 from me.

One of my favorite artists. He just got such a calming tone to his music. Great album, putting his spin on popular songs, rather than western themes. Great stuff

I’m more of a Redheaded Stranger fan, but what great production and musicianship

For me personally, this album was an introduction to Willie Nelson when I first heard it. I don't really like country music, other than some specific artists, like Merle Haggard and Johnny Cash, and I suspect if had initially heard "real" Willie Nelson, I probably wouldn't have liked it much. This was a really cool career move on the part of Willie, he sang the hell out of these songs, and with good instrumentation and production, a lot of folks noticed, and he definitely escaped the "country" label as a result.

3/3 whistling willie

Liked this now

Great for being a cover album. Willie Nelsons take on the songs is pleasant and a joyful listening experience.

"Stardust" is the 22nd studio album by Willie Nelson. After jogging, Willie encountered his Malibu unknown-neighbor-at-the-time Booker T. Jones. They became friends and later recorded a pop standard song. Willie got the idea of recording and having Booker T. produce a whole album of songs from the Great American Songbook. His label, Columbia, was not very happy given Willie's outlaw country rep. Well, the album reached #1 on the Country Album Charts, stayed on those charts for over two years and hit #30 on the US Billboard Top 200. The album opens with the Hoagy Carmichel classic "Stardust." It's slow, the drumbeat. The Sparse guitar. A wobbly harmonica. Strings and Willie's voice. It's funny; this song starts like "Stairway to Heaven." I think Wille could do wonders with a whole album of Led Zeppelin covers. I don't think you can top Ray Charles on "Georgia on My Mind." But, Willie gives this his own soulful spin. Same thing with "Unchained Melody" and the Righteous Brothers. Willie doesn't need to; he takes it his own way and style. A nice laid back version of this with a harmonica, slide guitar and more strings. The focus of the second side is more jazzy. "Moonlight in Vermont" was the first song Willie recorded with Booker T. Heavy piano on this as with most of the songs on the second side. One of the best songs on the album and the closing one is the Gershwin's "Someone to Watch Over Me." Guitar, an organ, strings. The song seems to fuse jazz, country and soul. This album is a great interpretation of classic songs and is just a great album on its own. The production, pacing and arrangements are perfect for Willie's voice giving him a lot of space. And Willie's voice...the strength and emotion. I read that Willie used to be known for Willie's country songs but after this just Willie's songs. That's so true; there's no adequate genre description of this. It's just Willie.

sweet it's giving movie soundtrack

It’s a classic Willie album, what more can I say?

Outstanding

Fantastic. Willy is so unique and the fact that this was released in 1979 is so ahead of it's time. I feel like late 90s and 2000's saw the rise of pop/country/rock stars singing from the great American songbook. He prob did this album 15-20 years earlier. For the love of music. It shows.

I really liked this one, maybe more than any other country album so far. I was actually pretty close to giving it a 4, but I didn’t like one song enough for it.

Boring as fuck. I don’t care about this. All Of Me is the best and only kind of good song.

First 5 songs are very good. Gets weaker as it goes.

I like big Willie

Is it me, or does Willie Nelson sound a little bit like Herbert the Pervert from Family Guy singing an albums worth of American standards?

Good old cover album. Had a beautiful ambience and an intimacy between performer and listener that was well established. Would be rather influential as artists in the 00's in particular copied that somewhat lo-fi sound. An album well worth listening to.

as a native austinite, i [am mandated by law to] love willie nelson. he's an iconic figure in texas' history and mythology. he also has a great voice (in a kindly old grandpa sort of way, at least nowadays) and knows how to make a song enticing. I'm more familiar with his newer covers like Just Breathe, The Scientist, Have You Ever Seen the Rain (well, a new cover of an old song) so this album just felt like a regular ol' collection of songs to me, but given the willie treatment. very pleasant to listen to. it almost feels like I'm sitting around the campfire looking up at the stars (which, at least at night, are big and bright (but only deep in the heart of texas)) while willie strums away on his guitar. very nice. favorites: stardust, georgia on my mind, all of me

Cover albums do very little for me unless there is something particularly interesting about either the voice or the arrangements. I was rather bored by this.

Pretty chill, love Nelson’s voice.

Smooth as usual. Was delighted by “Unchained Melody.”

Kinda cool, respect the outlaw just kinda doing what he loves, but this was for him not me.

Enjoyed this one, relaxing to listen to and excellent vocals 4.25/5

country

Decent cover album.

I grew up listening to this album. It'll always have a special connection for me. A slower movong album that was still able to hold my attention as a kid.

My well this is so straight up it's kind of hard to believe the whole thing is not some conceptual joke. But no, Willie Nelson, the great outlaw country rocker, delivers a standard standards set. He brings absolutely nothing to these songs other than sincerity and a certain careworn-ness. The very very definition of inessential.

So good. His compositions and portrayals seem simple yet are sublime.

Not bad but not hype music by any means. This is sloooooooow Willie

Willie singing classics. Outstanding 4.5/5

This album sounds really nice, the only thing is that they’re all covers. I can see myself returning to this tho, it’s definitely well-made.

gentle and chill

Not sure what to rate this. I'm not a country music fan but I enjoyed this album. The songs that are not the big hits are really good also. Georgia 10/10.

It's a whole load of nothing. Nothing original here.

Nice - felt very calming, but maybe not my vibe. Looped thrice through the album without really picking out a standout song or two, but maybe I need to listen to the lyrics more

Very nice and chill. Just what I needed to hear this morning.

Sounds classic. Love the instrumental mixes so fit his vocals. Lot of classic musical tropes I’ve heard before, is this where they started?

What an amazing voice Willie has on this album. Probably some of his finest work.

not my taste, saved the first song tho, 2/10

Gives me perfect Over The Garden Wall vibes

Very soft and sweet. A true comfort album.

3.7

Like a 3.6 I feel like Willie has better works

This isn't something I would put on regular rotation, but I enjoyed hearing Willie cover some classics. Makes for simple and comfortable listening.

I LOOOOVE THIS ALBUM 9

This is simple country blues and a very relaxing listen.

Some pretty songs, some dull songs. Better than the previous Willie album I rated.

Oh þetta er svo kósí. Svo mikill afafílingur í gamla, sem er btw 45 árum eldri núna.

This album is nothing but bangers Favorite track: Georgia On My Mind

These standards albums are fun, especially this one. It’s nowhere near as good as Red Headed Stranger, but Willie putting his spin on some pop classics is just nice to hear. My favorites are the first four songs and ‘Sunny Side Of The Street’; they’re all enjoyable, though. Not an all-time classic, but a nice listen, with the two albums in this book showing two sides of his music, which is great.

Moments of beauty, moments of cheese.

Such a soothing relaxing album. Super underrated with his guitar playing. Simple touches that give the songs such emotion.

Not a bad album but just not what I would want to hear when I pick up a Willie Nelson album

Lovely

Covers anger me, so instant points lost. This list is so contradictory sometimes, promoting artists solely because they are singer-songwriters (often not noteworthy) and then giving us albums of just straight covers because they are somehow equally significant? Ok I'll be real, I will come back to the album at some point due to the calming sound, and they were solid covers, but I can't give him too much credit for redoing a bunch of songs everyone already knew.

B- Stardust - 3 Georgia On My Mind - 3 Blue Skies - 4 All of Me - 4 Unchained Melody - 3 September Song - 3 On the Sunny Side of the Street - 3 Moonlight In Vermont - 2 Don’t Get Around Much Anymore - 3 Someone to Watch Over Me - 3

The are no off notes about this album, Booker T’s arrangements are really strong. A great vibe to throw on for a dinner party, but not something I’d choose to listen to as art unto itself. Good covers to be sure, but this album is not why Willie is a legend.

willie has a solid voice and the instrumentation is pretty good but it feels lacklustre because it’s a willie album full of covers.

Some of these covers are super vanilla and reveal the Caucasian nature of Willie Nelson. As long as there wasn’t a soul cover that is much better, I liked the song.

Beaut

Overall 8/10 Favorite Song - Blue Skies Really really nice album. Was a pleasant listen.

Boring. I was expecting C&W and didn't even get that.

Versões poderosas que ele foi capaz de fazer, além de criar uma atmosfera envolvente sem buscar elementos da fama relacionados com o country

Big suprise, liked this slow jazzy county cover album

These sound really good

Lyrically interesting but musically not much. Like really nice campfire tunes

A light and beautiful album filled with great songs, his voice, the instruments bring you the vision of a calm night under the stars, a cool air blows over the nap of your neck. and everything is fine in the world.

Highlights: "Moonlight in Vermont," "Stardust," "Blue Skies," "Someone to Watch Over Me" It was a different time that you could go multiplatinum off a cover album. Or not; Nelson defied critical and commercial expectations about what people want and proved them all wrong. Good arrangements, comfortable performances. I don't know that any of these pieces were wanting for his performance, but it's interesting to hear a country guy assimilate plenty of harmonic suspense like whole tone and major-minor or augmented chords. I can't really read his outlaw persona into this, and maybe that's what fans liked so much; maybe it felt cathartic to hear him indulge in more fanciful songs. In itself, it feels banal and mawkish. You know, a sellout album.

A damn fine voice but a searingly bland batch of songs. Lacking in any depth or soul. File under nice but dull.

An album of covers. More for Willie Nelson fans. I liked his choices of songs to cover. His renditions of those not particularly exciting.

Classic Willie

Standards in full schmaltz mode, sung by a guy who can't really sing

I love it when Highwaymen step outside of country to drop some beautiful covers. This is a great concept for an album and I found it super enjoyable and mellow, Willie has a really calming voice so pulling ballads and love songs feels right.

A beautiful and simple set of no-frills covers by a legend. What is there not to love?

Despite being very unfamiliar with his music, I’ve always sort of liked Willie Nelson. I honestly couldn’t explain why, he just seems to give off nice vibes. It will be interesting to hear al album in full today, although it is an album of covers rather than original music. Songs I already knew: Unchained Melody (although I hadn’t heard this version before) Favourites: Georgia On My Mind, On The Sunny Side Of The Street If yesterday’s album felt like an antidepressant, then this felt like a benzodiazepine. It was very relaxing. Willie’s voice is so soft and imperfect, as if it is a grandparent singing you to sleep. I only recognised Unchained Melody, so although the rest were covers they didn’t feel like it to me. He didn’t sound like he was singing somebody else’s lyrics and really did the songs justice. This was a lovely listen.

I’m always weary when I get some old country album but Willie is usually pretty good. I enjoyed his version of unbridled love(?).

I can see why this sold well in it's day but now it sounds like the kind of elevator music you'd hear in a doctor's waiting room.

Musically it was all fine, but nothing really stands out. Very boring

Not bad but a bit too tame for my liking.

Liked it at the beginning than gradually started liking it less

Sounds good but way too tame

American Recordings alpha-0.0.1

Willie Nelson has such an amazing and authentic voice. This is an album that just felt like a warm hug while listening to it. Not traditional Willie but that makes it all the more fun.

Je n'ai pas détesté ce moment (litote)

très jolie pochette

Not sure about this one, Willie. The smooth production takes it closer to crooner territory than country, and that’s less appealing to me. It is admittedly nice and easy on the ears, but I do have to enforce the obligatory points cap for covers albums.

I mean, it was nice but that’s all I can muster with it. One of my colleagues did mention that I was listening to some dogshit today so it obviously doesn’t tickle everyone.

Wow, Willie Nelson can SING! And I would barely call this album country, since it strayed so far from the typical of the genre. I definitely enjoyed it.

Masterful covers of beloved tracks. Can't rate too highly as unoriginal works, but skilfully played and produced regardless. Highlight was All of Me.

Con las mismas vibras que el unplugged de clapton, este disco te deja en una onda positiva. Canciones bonitas por media hora, una voz que calma y sabe comportarse y una guitarra que suena con cuerpo y dulce, muy certera en lo que toca. El disco igualmente, no ofrece mucho más que eso, son temas aislados, pero que en conjunto dan satisfacción. Un disco que me gustó, 7/10

This is ok. I'm not a huge fan of how slow and ballad-like these songs are, but the musicality of it all is good. A 3/5

ei sovi englanniksi näitä...liian kaunista tuollaselle kielelle..olisi syntynyt suomeen willie... vili olisi nimi oi mikä potentiaalii....kankkulan kaivoon 2tähtöstä, stars turned to dust heh, heitetty.. ugly ass language....talking to you anglomaniacs.... 36 minuuttia pirahtaa äkkiä ohi tätä kuunnellessa silti all of me

It's 2023 all year, so it's Willie Nelson's 90th birthday all year. Crazy to think that Willie Nelson's 22nd studio album was one of the ones that really propelled him into the mainstream. Cool story about Booker T. Jones producing and arranging the album after meeting on a jog in Malibu. It's hard to hate classics like these, especially coming from Willie Nelson reflecting on his own influences.

Great album, very pleasant to listen to. Great arrangements of some real classic standards with very interesting vocal interpretations by Willie Nelson.

Was a little disappointed when I realized this was all covers cuz I was hoping this would introduce me to some oh Willie Nelson’s music but this was still a very pleasant listen. He also made all of the songs sound like his own too and I liked his mix of jazz and country guitar playing. Not much to say on this one besides it’s great to thrown on and relax too on a nice day. Actually, one flaw I have with this isn’t even much of a flaw it’s just that no one could ever make a version of Georgia on my mind that comes close to Ray Charles’ version.

Better than expected, this kind of country is honest, true, and beautiful. I can dig it.

A warm hug

Good for falling asleep with

10 Pop Standards Departure from country/folk sound of Nelson prior Worked with Booker T Jones on Moonlight in Vermont

I didn't think I would like this one but I rather enjoyed it. He's not a great vocalist, but his voice has a certain quality that's just... I dunno, nice? Not sure what it is. Just like it.

This album was a pleasant surprise. I've never listened to a Willie Nelson album before but always thought he seemed like an interesting person. I'm not a country fan but was willing to give this a chance. Reading that this release was a more conservative album of old cover songs, I really didn't expect much. But I ended up really enjoying this one. Very relaxing with some great performances. I'll definitely revisit this one occasionally.

Willie performed these songs beautifully and really made them his own. A great selection of standards performed with a lot of heart

Wholesome but not amazing.

I was surprised by this. Another album of covers of standards never twitches my interest but this was beautifully done. Gentle, sparce and great interpretations.

Beautiful songs

Somewhat of a hit and miss. Georgia On My Mind is fantastic but I didn't care for Willie's version of Unchained Melody. Everything else is OK. Have respect for this forever outlaw for making this record against the record company's wishes.

BL: Willie Nelson is iconic and a cultural icon but despite this I’ve never listened to any of his music. I hope to rectify this error and make good. AL: This is brilliant. Can’t believe I slept on Willie Nelson for so long. A very nice collection of well known tracks. This almost feels like a “babies first Willie Nelson”, and I’m all here for it. The gentle soulful organ, the twang of the acoustic guitar, this is country at its finest. Very much liked this FT: “Stardust”, “Georgia on my Mind”, “Someone to watch over me” 5/5

Not sure why a cover album of a bunch of standards is an album I have to listen to before I die

This is an amazing cover album, which was played frequently in my childhood, and introduced me to the idea that :"standards" could be covered and transformed into nearly any genre. Willie is at his best here, creative, not too honky-tonk, subtle and smart. Amazing guitar playing too. A lifelong favorite album of mine. 5/5

bit cool, not my cup of tea

Not my type of music but its not the worst.

This was fine but not really my cup of tea.

This is a cure for my weary soul

Willie's albums with all original stuff is heaps better than this. Mostly wonky covers. Meh.

It was ok. Lots of covers? Good for background music at work I guess.

My parents owned this vinyl, and I have a copy on my records shelf too. Willie went out on a limb here and made a gem.

willie is not for me.

Good songs, good voice!

Relaxing to listen to. Nothing over the top but a good voice.

Simple and beautiful. It’s odd to me at first there’s an album full of covers on this list, but this is done so well.

Ok so Willie goes back to American standards and reinterprets them in the smoothest manner possible. The arrangements are lush and the whole thing feels wholehearted, obviously nothing is groundbreaking here but as a cozy album of countryfied standards it works well.

Stands for a really great feelgood album. Just not my kind of feelgood. Well executed nonetheless.

I have a special connection to this album, because it was playing when I first felt my son while he was still in his mother's belly. Then we listened to this album during the birth.

Hey, that was a pretty good country album. Nothing really distinctive, but I enjoyed it way more than I thought I would. It was peaceful, soothing and wonderfully interpreted by the legendary Willie Nelson.

I always thought of Willie Nelson as your typical stoner, not really worth looking into. But I’m glad this record popped in! It’s a very laid back album with some jazzy influence at points. He has a very silky smooth voice and lt fits the songs well. I might look into his discography more! 7,5 out of 10

I want to like Willie Nelson, but this album just strips all the songs of their energy and replaces it with dopey country. Sorry, Willie!

what a lovely cute album. he's got Georgia on his mind 😄

I can understand why it's in the top 1001, but not my thing

If we're being honest, this is a bit over praised because everyone was so shocked that Willie put out an album of standards that was decent. And it's not a true representation of Willie Nelson (none of his signature songs will be found here, and one could probably name a slew of Willie Nelson songs before one from this album is name checked). The big headline track is "Georgia On My Mind" which Willie almost steals away from Ray Charles, no small feat. But credit most be given for Willie taking these standards and making them sound like they were written by Willie Freaking Nelson. I'm not shitting on the album - it's great. It's just not the Willie I prefer. Give me Whiskey River or Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground anyday. And besides, the best "standard" Willie ever recorded is "Always On My Mind", a song one could legitimately claim Willie did take from Elvis and turn it into the new gold standard.

Own on Vinyl

Heartfelt and minimal.

Se laissait écouter, du petit country très mélodique et relax. Ça faisait beaucoup plus soft pop que le outlaw country que je m'attendais de WIllie Nelson. Mais ça reste un album de reprise donc un peu décevant de voir ce genre d'album dans un palmarès comme ça, d'autant plus que je suis sûr que d'autres albums de Nelson seraient plus représentatifs de son impact sur la scène musicale. 6/10

I think "Charming" is the best description.

While I would have preferred or expected originals, I can't exactly be mad! Willie is great and these are great arrangements of classics perfectly adapted to his sensibility.

A solid offering from willie. It’s hard to get to excited since it’s all covers, but nice to listen to.

I liked this more than I expected to. In general, I find Willie Nelson to be a bit too "twangy" for me. These songs, given their nature, avoid that. This is probably one of the earlier versions of contemporary artists covering standards, so it deserves credit for that too.

Gorgeous. I love Willie Nelson's voice, and distinct style of guitar playing. Is every song thrilling? No but it feels good and shows us the range of his talents. I would absolutely listen tot is again.

These kind of records are my favorite. Timeless standards performed by an artist, who shows us yet again why these are so timeless to begin with. Willie brings a quietness and space to these songs that let them breathe and also show everyone that Willie is a truly great musician, connecting with these songs deeply and making them his own. I love these kinds of records.

Not for me

Classic Willie. Familiar, warm, haunting in its own bittersweet way. Excellent spin.

Just quality singing and music, now I get why people like the guy

at this point in his career, willie took a left turn with an album of covers of pop/folk classics. i am a fan of when artists do covers and this is a great example of when it works well. the songs aren’t necessarily covered in a “country” style, but slower, more subdued, laid back. much like a quality whiskey, this one goes down smooth and is good for the soul. not a clunker in the bunch. highlights: “georgia on my mind”, “blue skies”, “don’t get around much anymore”.

First thing that strikes me is that Willie didn't write a single song on this album. That makes it hard for me to say it should be included in a best of list. Willie shouldn't sing blue skies. The Wikipedia page for the song gives this cover it's own section. Put that beside Ella's version and tell me it's better. I guess these are all just covers of really old songs. Put Unchained next to literally any other version and tell me it's better. Yeah. I'll take old blue eyes over braids on September Song every time. This is where I check out. I get it. Willie covers songs. My whole life is a lie. Apparently Willie Nelson didn't really write any good music. He wrote Crazy and then a whole bunch of other really problematic songs. Most of the hits by The Highwaymen weren't actually written by The Highwayman. What's going on right now?

Good ol’ Willie singing a bunch of classics with his trusty guitar Trigger. A little jazzy, a little strummy……what a great album.

I always thought this was WN's best album, I still like it but I would not put it in my own 1001 album list, 4 stars.

I was rather disappointed by this album, it sounded lacklustre to me.

Beautiful voice rendering a bunch of classics at a quiet pace.

4.25

Cantautor americano con estilo algo country. Buenas canciones, voz profunda y un tanto melancólica. Escuchable en ciertos momentos.

Hyvää hidastempoista countryä. September Song oli kova

Stardust is the 22nd album by Willie Nelson, and interestingly it consists entirely of traditional pop songs he favored before adding his country flair during recording. This album was critically and commercially successful at release; topping or performing well on charts around the world, winning Willie a Grammy (1979 Best Male Country Vocal), being inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2015, and being certified 5x platinum in 1988. Funnily, Columbia - his record company - did not like anything Willie Nelson was doing for this album and thought it would flop so they ordered less than usual pressings of the record. In fact, the album sold so well that within a week Columbia already ordered more record pressings. This was a beautiful album by Willie that showcases his musical prowess and vocal skills by being able to transform these classic pop songs into something sounding brand new - even with a stripped down production. Sweet and simple, this is a classic American album featuring pop standards sung by the talented Willie Nelson.

I really enjoyed it! I want to listen to it at night tho. Added a few songs to my playlists.

Nope, couldn't do it. I tried.

Not me soaking in the bath tub after a long stressful day crying to Willie Nelson now. Goddamn Willie, you’re a magnificent bastard. Can’t believe you got me flipping for a record of covers. Iconic. His voice is unmistakably pure and emotive. Classic and understated with remarkable confidence and grace too. I love it. Thanks for the letting me have all my feels today, Willie. You’re a bro.

A collection of classic crooner covers. 3/5

It's a nice record of Willie Nelson doing some old classics. He does them well enough and even stretches his genre boundaries a lot here. Still, doesn't really wow me. Favorite tracks: "All Of Me", "Someone To Watch Over Me"

A much more listenable country album than previous albums. He's got a great singing voice, but it's still country (or "swamp-rock") and therefore I'm still somewhat ambivalent about it.

Ugh. Another one of those albums which sounds very competent: well executed by talented musicians. It's just so boring. The sort of thing I'd expect to hear played quietly over the sound system of a department store. I must admit, I don't really understand how a album of covers done without any invention could be an album you must hear before you die.

Willie Nelson, maar dan toegankelijker gemaakt. Niet mijn ding.

Chilled out country covers of well known standards. Easy like a Sunday morning. Rating: 3/5 Playlist track: September Song Date listened: 26/03/23

Whiny

So jazzy mmmmm

Soft and poetic folk music that feels like stardust, with a bonus unchained melody cover song

A lovely collection of some of Willies favorite songs growing up all covered by the man himself. His classic voice suits each choice well and if you didn’t know he didn’t write it you’d never know he never wrote it.

Really enjoyed it.

I don't get why this is on this list. Maybe I just don't get Willie Nelson but this really wasn't very good. One star

Sounds like sesame st.

Ok

Solid

I like Willie but this album was adult contemporary lullabies.

I love this album! A great album for a nice relaxed evening.

For some reason I feel bad giving this less than a 3, but I also feel like that’s too generous. I mean, all my life I’ve heard about Willie Nelson and he’s such this icon and pot and yada yada yada. But seriously this dude’s most famous album is one filled with standards. Are you fucking kidding me. His outlaw country output must not have been notable enough. OR was this such a CRAZY 180 at the time that wow who would’ve thought this guy would’ve done this. Maybe I could convince myself, this album is then just a mindfuck. Touché Willie. It’s a 3.

Hangulatos amerikai dudorászás. Nem tudnék felidézni egy dalt sem utólag, de nem is biztos, hogy kell. Igényesen egyszerű, műfajában tökéletes.

Very chill album with top notch vibes. Will probs listen to more Willie.

Very nice.

Smooth. Blue Skies is my favorite.

Meh…. Does nothing for me soz

Pretty good actually

Im not a fan of country but ill give it a go.

And why not go against type. An imaginative set of covers with some fine arrangements. As a collection it doesn't do it for me but there are a couple that are very good.

Not really my music at all.

Old or timeless? Sometimes easy listening sometimes boring.

Klassikoita juu, ja hyvin tehtyinä. Mielellään kuunteli. Onko syvyyttä? Varmaan. Pitäisi kuunnella monesti.

Great American Songbook -tyyppinen musa on ongelmallista, koska se oli "poppia" aivan saatanan kauan aikaa sitten. Olisin narsistisen ylpeä, jos voisin välittää sen sointuvaihdoksista ja melodioista, mutta harmittavan harvoin voin. Toisaalta Nelsonin käppäisyys on sympaattista, ja kyllä minä nyt JOISTAKIN näistä biiseistä tykkään.

Willie is great, but not so well suited for singing jazz classics. I'd really have to be in the perfect mood to sit through this one. I'm not sure I'd consider this terribly influential, either.

This is a classic from Willie Nelson. It's always a treat to artists perform music that is "outside" of their typical genre. Similarly to how Ray Charles performed Country Western music, Willie Nelson performing 1920's-40s jazz standards is quite a bit out of his normal zone. Modern listeners may not understand the fairly strong barriers between genres from the 20th century and Willie breaking that mold is actually one of the things that makes this album unique and standout. At the same time, this is not the most interesting album for modern ears and so many artists like Rod Stewart have done the same thing since this. While this is an excellent album, it is worth noting that in the grand scheme of this 1001 album project, it is very "mid" which grants it my 3-star review.

Interesting to have my first Willie Nelson album be a cover album, but it was great all the same. Favorite track: All of Me

Skön och soft platta.

Love songs by Willie Nelson. Just not for me ever.

Willie's voice just isn't my cup of tea. I found each cover to be weaker than its peers. Overall, it's just bland. There's not one song on here that I wouldn't choose to skip if it came up.

Beautiful album

Beautiful album, the country was never really my thing, but this album truly moved me.

Ugh. It's Willie, I get it, but I dont have to like it. At least it wasn't full on country. Ray Charles' verison of Georgia On My Mind is better. There are a lot of covers but the originals are better. It was o.k. I will round up to a 2.

listening to Willie Nelson’s Stardust — a collection of pop standards from the great american songbook — and one is instantly reminded of the devastating myopia of a book termed 1001 Albums to Listen to Before You Die, published, of course, with an overwhelmingly westernized perspective. Nelson has a calming, buttery voice, and the production by Booker T. Nelson is smooth and airy and almost weightless, but there is nothing here that is interesting enough to consider it essential listening, unless one is already familiar with said “standards” and how Nelson is revitalizing them as it were. the record is front-loaded, which makes its second half a bit of a drag, but i can appreciate Nelson’s dedication here — the songs are performed with a lot of love (love that’ll most likely be amplified through the listening ears of someone who, again, already knows and loves those standards). it’s easy listening, music that thrives in the background of a quiet conversation, but i can’t find much else to latch onto. Stardust, according to Wikipedia, is Nelson’s 22nd album, and he has gone on to release 53 records since — i cannot, for the life of me, understand why THIS is the one i have to listen to before i die, but alas.

Score: 70 Every song sounds like it belongs in toy story or the beginning montage of Up. Feels like the better songs are on the front half. Good production

I have never listened to Willie Nelson before... and this was definitely not the way to start. Learning that this album was his 22nd and he went against his label to make an all oldie covers album was interesting, but he adds nothing and the result is boring and sleepy. His voice is nice, but everything is too monotone and the songs just run together. Zzzzz 1.5/5

Muy bonito. Unchained Melody, Georgia On My Mind

I have very similar feelings toward this album as I do to the last one I got: very pleasant and fun. The only difference is that this one is better due to it having more memorable tracks like stardust, Georgia on my mind, and *especially* blue skies. I know they're all covers but honestly, the only one that doesn't surpass the original is unchained melody.

Very pleasant, but capped at 3 for being all covers.

One of my all-time favorite albums

My dad would listen to Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings when I was a child. I have not listened to any solo Willie and this cover album is so freaking good. I am very impressed.

Boring trad-pop covers

Classy

Ooooh this is goooood. 3.8/5

Nice, great voice, a little pedestrian though

Really gorgeous voice, love Willie Nelson and his music!! So stunning the guitar work the gravel in his voice it's all very soothing and magical. While this is a great selection of tracks he covered and I'm glad I was introduced to it, mostly I'd rather listen to the originals. The production is great so it makes sense when you realise it was Booker T :-)

Well I thought this was quite charming. Some nice covers and sentimental songs. But it didn't really quite get me, I was open to it but I didn't love this like I was hoping to. Not sure why can't really put my finger on it

Oh this was quite nice

I'm not a big fan of country but I'm still going to give this album an honest chance. I just hope I don't absolutely hate this record. The harmonica at times is really pleasant, I like it a lot. This isn't necessarily an album I would choose to sit through, more of something I'd get through just to do it and be done. I do like certain aspects of some songs but it's just not a sound that I prefer. I could definitely see my mom's side of the family having this on repeat though.

hopefully chill. i like his voice i think. er... wait. oof. Nah just my internalized anti willie nelson. 3 stars solidly. great cover of unchained melody, ok everything else

C & W is N & O.

Such a good good good good good album. Classic Willie singing, country melded with a little jazzy lightness, absurdly good arrangements and playing. This had everything it needed to have, and nothing it didn't.

I mean, c'mon. It is Willie getting more wistful and nostalgic, and killing musical staples.

Willie doing jazz….sure. Not bad.

Not my favorite. I am not too into standards, but I thought Willie's voice sounded great.

I liked it 👍🏻 might be getting an extra star here because it was a shite Monday morning and it cheered me up.

Meh

Cheesy Willy

Pleasant but basic

Willie always complies when it comes About good soulful records. I would think there would be 1001 no covers albums but we’ll I don’t oppose its inclusion on the liat either

Cool album, pretty chill

This album was AWESOME. Idk if it was all covers but reminded me how great of singer willie Nelson is. One of those albums I expected to like but excited to get through but i savored each song

Réconfortant et cosy. Rien de bien notable dans un sens ou dans l'autre, mais une écoute agréable, une belle voix, des arrangements parfois un peu cheesy.

Not really a fan. The unchained melody cover was particularly trite. Uphill battle to like country music anyway. But yeah, just not the one

Just nice folksey stuff. Not super engaging in my opinion but enjoyable enough.

Always entertaining, Willie delivers the standards as only he could. Probably the first perfect album on listened to on this list.

Very relaxing music. I think I'd return to this one if the mood strikes.

Сhilllllllllll

There’s something undeniably cozy about listening to this on the ride home from work, but it’s probably too 70’s-easy listening for my taste. “Blue Eyes Crying” started playing after the album ended, and now I feel I didn’t give *that* Willie Nelson album enough love. HL: “Blue Skies”, “Unchained Melody”, “Moonlight in Vermont” January 7, 2023

superb

I always like listening to covers because it's interesting to see how an artist puts their own spin on the original. Willie Nelson isn't necessarily a singer I would usually go out of my way to put on, but this is just undeniably a dang good listen.

perfect for days spent alone forgetting about worries. Beautiful songs with simple and lovely messages.

Listened to this three times yesterday. Willie's voice transports me back via some sort of mental process that I don't fully understand. It's so beautiful and invokes a nostalgia for something that ... maybe I didn't really experience?

Love it

beautiful

Utterly delightful. Willie is a treasure, and so are his takes on these songs

I went into this thinking that I wouldn’t be a fan, walked out a convert. This was a charming, beautiful album that I’d return to when I need to soften up like churned butter