Musik / country

A beautiful time


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Summary: Willie Nelson is back with his 72nd solo studio album. A full-fledged album of new studio material produced with longtime collaborator Buddy Cannon, it will come on his 89th birthday and shows off just how prolific he continues to be. The album includes some of his finest songwriting and performances in years. The 14 tracks include 5 amazing new Willie Nelson/Buddy Cannon compositions, new songs from Chris Stapleton and Rodney Crowell and a cadre of top Nashville songwriters, and a couple of plum covers by Leonard Cohen and the Beatles given expert interpretation by Willie.

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AllMusic

2022

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Stephen Thomas Erlewine

2022

"Appropriately for an album fixated on mortality, Nelson embraces his diminished vocal range, letting his breathiness convey bittersweet sentiment along with dry wit. His dusty singing is countered by his robust guitar, his fleet, melodic solos lending a sense of earthy grace to the barroom shuffles and waltzes. Nelson's guitar and voice have intertwined and complemented each other throughout his career yet it's still a marvel to hear him find sustenance and surprises within his music, and that's what makes A Beautiful Time so rewarding: it's no small achievement that Willie Nelson is still deepening his artistry at the age of 89".


Jyllands-Posten

d. 22. maj 2022

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Anders Houmøller Thomsen

d. 22. maj 2022

"Hos Nelson er der ingen spekulative krumspring. Bare følsom countrymagi med sukkende mundharmonika, kattepotebløde guitarklange og et slowmotion-groove ... I det nye materiale er der også uanstrengt storhed over den melankolske 'I'll Love You Till the Day I Die'. En sang om vemod, fortrydelse og taknemmelighed ved livsrejsens afslutning".


Uncut

2022 May

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Rob Hughes

2022 May

"Country royal grows ever more luminous with age: Released to coincide with his 89th birthday, the thoughtful 'Beautiful Time' finds Nelson in remarkable voice, giving thanks for a life well lived over songs that feel wise and wily without being overly sentimental".