Songbird
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Songbird
Songbird is the fifty-fifth studio album by Willie Nelsonreleased by Lost Highway Records on October 31, 2006. It was produced by contemporary country rock musician Ryan Adams. -Wikipedia
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Pitchfork
200 - Its flaws are obvious and mistakable, and yet, after a few listens, it becomes increasingly difficult to deny its warm vibe and easy, anything-goes sensibility.
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Rolling Stone
2006 - Nelson is almost always worth hearing.
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All Music
a stunner from top to bottom
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IGN
2006 - Adams does a masterful job pulling Nelson's best album in ages out of him.
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Slant Magazine
it’s an enormous disappointment
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Exclaim!
2007 - Unfortunately, Adams as yet doesnt possess such proficiency in the studio, making Songbird a valiant effort, but still only a tantalising glimpse at what could have been.
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Pop Matters
2006 - this record and other recent releases like You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker demonstrate that he is still capable of putting out top notch discs. Adams should be commended for doing a fine job of showing off Nelson's considerable talents on a diverse collection of songs and styles.
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The Music Box
2006 - it is one of the few moments in his career when thinking completely outside the box has produced something that is more than just a passing curiosity
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Glide Magazine
2006 - the collaboration works, and leaves us hopeful that Adams and Nelson’s studio stint was a raucous, hazy bender that has them eager to meet again
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Uncut
2006 - Word is they weren’t always sympathetic in the studio, and Adams has already admitted they have “a weird relationship”, but the results are outstanding. Nelson’s best album in a decade.
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F.U.C.U.
Willie Nelson is and has always been marvelous and Adams and the Cardinals give him a sound that is both familiar and fresh.
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NPR
2006 - the set spans eras seamlessly and wonderfully
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Concert Live Wire
the pairing of Nelson's honest country roots and Adams' Americana sensibilities, along with a band that adds so much heart, soul and true grit to these better known numbers, makes them all feel surprisingly brand new
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The Austin Chronicle
2006 - Yet even if music history notes that Willie could sing the phone book and make it interesting, Songbird proves that's not true.
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Robert Christgau
Now he knows--if he wants somebody who can't stop writing songs, better Harlan Howard than Ryan Adams ("Hallelujah," "$1000 Wedding"). *
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The Coast
2007 - Often dark, and even haunting, Songbird is chockful o’steel-pedal soul, gospel glory and the stuff that legends are made of.
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The Guardian
2006 - A messy car crash of a record.
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