TOUGHER THAN LEATHER
| Willie Nelson
TOUGHER THAN LEATHER
Tougher Than Leather is the twenty-eighth studio album by country singer Willie Nelson. It was his first album of original material since Red Headed Stranger eight years before. -Wikipedia
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The problem with Tougher Than Leather is that the album simply doesn't hold together thematically, which wouldn't be a major problem if the songs were consistently good, but they're often too minimal to catch hold
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The Music Box
2004 -Though the overall suite wasn’t quite as compelling or enduring as his classics, Tougher than Leather was still a terrific effort.
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Lone Star Music
2016 -It’s a feast of an album, a somewhat obscure high-water mark in an outstanding career, and yet in many ways one of those gems that somehow sink towards the bottom of the deep bin of Willie Nelson albums.
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People
1983 -Willie, though, is in fine voice and form, full of rough grace. Having him back writing and recording songs almost makes everything else seem unimportant. Almost.
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Country Standard Time
2003 -Recorded with his road band, it's not as musically broad or dramatically stagey as "Stranger," but its old west tale of life, karma and reincarnation stands as one of Nelson's most seamless blends of music and philosophy.
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Robert Christgau
In the end, I don't know what the fuck this supposed concept album is trying to say, and if Nelson does he should continue to keep it to himself--something about murder and honor and other romantic clichés. But since he felt duty-bound to write the thing, it does of necessity include a number of those modern rarities, new Willie Nelson songs!
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