BAND OF BROTHERS
| Willie Nelson
BAND OF BROTHERS
Band of Brothers is the sixty-third studio album by country music singer-songwriter Willie Nelson. The album marks Nelson's return to writing, with nine out of the fourteen tracks being new original songs. -Wikipedia
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Pitchfork
If he sounds like a man who just can’t wait to get on the road again, Band of Brothers suggests that he’s motivated less by wanderlust than by the camaraderie of his fellow scribes and musicians, many of whom have been with him since longer than you or I have been alive.
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Rolling Stone
The vocals remain indelibly creaky against stony acoustic guitar, bright steel whines and dusty harmonica whinnies.
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Telegraph UK
And what a treat it is.
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Billboard
Nelson’s casually conversational singing, with its sudden drops into the bass register and unmistakable natural tremolo, is as good as it has ever been, and the same goes for his ragged but right mariachi-jazz guitar solos.
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All Music
On Band of Brothers, Nelson reminds us that no matter the iconic place he occupies in American popular music as a vocal stylist, he is a classic country singer and songwriter first.
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The National
There’s Wistful Willie. Defiant Willie. Repentant Willie, Preacher Willie. Populist Willie. Whimsical Willie and Vengeful Willie. The 81-year-old’s latest release, Band of Brothers, is a projection of the revered songwriter’s best qualities.
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American Songwriter
Brothers is a retrospective record, but it rarely falls prey to cheap nostalgia.
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Saving Country Music
The winning streak for country music legends releasing new albums continues.
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Pop Matters
Willie Nelson still makes records that are smart, funny, sexy, and heartbreaking.
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The Guardian
The melodies are familiar, but the stuttering guitar style and weathered, laid-back vocals are still unique, still oddly touching.
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NPR
On Band of Brothers, Nelson's first album of mostly original material in 18 years, he calmly asks listeners to consider his whole person.
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AV Club
It’s pretty good at best, a must only for reasonably hardcore Nelson fans. Fortunately for the music-listening public, though, that’s just fine.
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Uncut
this one dispenses with his usual distractions, Nelson singing with a simple grandeur, the most intimate, open-hearted effort by the Texas legend in years
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Exclaim!
might not bring many new fans into the fold, but it's sure to please those already there
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Scene
At 81, Nelson sounds sharper than ever.
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Courier Journal
Other than harmonica player Mickey Raphael, however, it’s not Willie’s band but instead a batch of studio pros. Something is lost in the process, although Nelson’s ineffable style is intact.
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Chron
Nelson wrote nine of the 14 songs on "Band of Brothers" with album producer Buddy Cannon, and each song is a perfect projection of its writer's best qualities. They're comfortable, familiar, well-worn, but also new and different.
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The Up Coming
Willie Nelson still remains a distinct and idiosyncratic voice, and his writing has enough humour and personality to remain engaging
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McAlester News
Some songs are so laid-back, they make Nat King Cole sound like punk rock — but in this case, that’s a good thing.
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Austin Chronicle
This is the sound of rust being ground out, cylinders squeaking back to life, engines and carburetors opening wide on the road again.
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AXS
reminds us of his genius for combining simple, straightforward rhythmic country, guitar-sounds with both brilliant and heart breaking lyrics
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Robert Christgau
Only the song about songwriting rises above Billy Joe's "It's hard to be an outlaw who ain't wanted anymore," but a few come surprisingly close ("The Songwriters," "Hard to Be an Outlaw," "The Git Go") ***
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