MY WAY - Willie Nelson
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MY WAY - Willie Nelson
My Way is the sixty-eighth studio album by Willie Nelson. It was released on September 14, 2018, by Legacy Recordings. The album is a tribute to Frank Sinatra, who was a close friend of Nelson's. -Wikipedia
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Rolling Stone
2018 - Nelson proved his interpretive chops 40 years ago on Stardust, his first standards set, which launched the gold rush trend — that album is quintuple-platinum at last count and still earning coin. If this one isn’t quite its equal, it’s still a joy.
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American Songwriter
2018 - elson’s in terrific voice, he clearly loves the material and delivers each of the 11 tracks with beautifully nuanced authenticity.
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2018 - listening to the record is a bit like hanging out with an old friend, or at the very least, with a familiar (red-headed) stranger
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Cover Me
stands apart from the pack by capturing both the rakish charm of the Chairman of the Board and Nelson's sly elegance
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Jazz Music Archives
2018 - It is always hard to follow your first great one being “Stardust” but he sure comes close with this and always Willie keeps just a slight Country connection making them all his own. Once again beautiful stuff from the master.
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The Young Folks
2018 - Most all of us have heard these songs sung by countless artists before, and Nelson doesn’t add anything new to what we’ve heard, but he does add himself; and if you’re a fan of Nelson that will probably be just enough.
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The Second Disc
2018 - the match of Willie Nelson and the music of the Great American Songbook is a marriage made in Heaven
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Country Standard Time
2018 - There is a somber reverence to these reflective tracks that makes them the most personal statements on this fantastic tribute.
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No Depression
2018 - it’s a winning, 35-minute tribute from the Red-Headed Stranger featuring a group of songs made popular by Sinatra, America’s late standards standard-bearer
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AP News
2018 - a joy from start to finish
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LA Times
2018 - Yet Nelson’s “My Way” is utterly idiosyncratic — all the more remarkable given that it’s a collection of standards associated with Frank Sinatra
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Metro
2018 - The ache he lends to Blue Moon is exquisite, and the way he discovers anew the joys within Young At Heart should leave no dry eye in the house.
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Riff Magazine
2018 - Nelson’s vocal range is fairly limited, but he hits the notes within that range with such satiny tenderness that he doesn’t need Mariah Carey’s five-octave range. He probably wouldn’t know what do with it if he had it, considering how much he does with his own melodic reserve.
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The Arts Desk
2018 - Sinatra standards delivered with unforced ease by the country don
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Fusion Country
2018 - Any time Willie Nelson releases new music, it’s worth listening to and My Way proves this yet again.
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Glide Magazine
2018 - The album–which features lush string and horn arrangements–was produced by Buddy Cannon and Matt Rollings.
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Spill Magazine
a quaint and well performed collection of obvious Sinatra choices. It Was a Very Good Year suits the well-travelled, much-lived character of Nelson’s vocals
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AARP
2018 - he effectively delivers these familiar refrains his way, with saloon ease and a warm, ragged twang
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The Austin Chronicle
2018 - The country sovereign's immaculate phrasing, sincere handling of the songbook, and experienced vocal feel on the material find enough spectacular moments worth revisiting.
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Blabber 'n' Smoke
2018 - There are some lavish string and horn arrangements on the up tempo numbers
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Jazz Times
2018 - The authenticity of that is extremely powerful, and in Willie’s case is magic.”
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Edinboro Now
2018 - Nelson’s take on his friend’s classics will make you smile, put goosebumps on your arms and make your heart feel love again. It’s a beautiful tribute expressed through Nelson’s own originality
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