AMERICAN CLASSIC
| Willie Nelson
AMERICAN CLASSIC
American Classic is the fifty-seventh studio album by American country music artist Willie Nelson, released on August 25, 2009. It focuses on the American popular songbook and standard jazz classics, and includes guest appearances by Norah Jones and Diana Krall. -Wikipedia
Critic Reviews
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Consequence of Sound
2009 - The effortless and authentic delivery comforts fans of Nelsons unvarnished vocals.
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Rolling Stone
2009 - But his band pushes the music into airless cocktail-jazz territory, and Nelson often sounds glib and unengaged.
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All Music
Nelson sounds comfortable and in command, gliding effortlessly and soulfully over a great set of tunes played by top-notch pros.
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BBC
2009 - Living legend Willie Nelson takes another leisurely swim in the vast ocean of popular American song only to find himself becalmed in the sleepy lagoon of smooth (and smoothed-out) jazz classics.
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The Absolute Sound
2013 - the production by Tommy LiPuma is polished, the songs bathed in a warm sentimentality
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Exclaim!
even his immeasurable talents as an interpreter seem stifled on these ready-made arrangements. Get this for your next cocktail party, if you must.
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American Songwriter
2009 - Willies’ voice is as creamy-smooth as ever, but this album sounds like it exists more because it seemed like a good idea than because he feels real passion for the material.
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Still is Still Moving
a collection of archetypal ballads sung every night in piano bars and cocktail lounges around the world by singers great and marginally talented, but turned into burnished gold by Nelson and his collaborators
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Pop Matters
2009 - Nelson's signature phrasing has become a vehicle for his laziness, as his words sound hollow and forced.
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Robert Chrstgau
He takes songs easy without throwing them away, and these were written to hold up their end of that bargain.
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