Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
2. Remember Me (When the Candle Lights Are Gleaming)
3. If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time
4. Georgia on My Mind
5. Heartbreak Hotel - (with Leon Russell)
6. All of Me
7. Last Thing I Needed First Thing This Morning
8. My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
9. On the Road Again
10. Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground
11. Always on My Mind
12. Everything Is Beautiful (In It's Own Way) - (with Dolly Parton)
13. Let It Be Me
14. Blue Skies
15. Pancho and Lefty - (with Merle Haggard)
DISC 2:
1. Whiskey River
2. Forgiving You Was Easy
3. To All the Girls I've Loved Before - (with Julio Iglesias)
4. Why Do I Have to Choose
5. Stardust
6. Good Hearted Woman - (with Waylon Jennings)
7. What a Wonderful World
8. After the Fire Is Gone - (with Tracy Nelson)
9. Help Me Make It Through the Night
10. City of New Orleans, The
11. Pretty Paper
12. Living in the Promiseland
13. Nothing I Can Do About It Now
14. Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow up to Be Cowboys - (with Waylon Jennings)
15. Uncloudy Day
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Dolly Parton, Julio Iglesias, Leon Russell, Merle Haggard, Tracy Nelson, Waylon Jennings | | Distributor: | Sony Music Distribution ( | | Recording Type: | Mixed | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Willie Nelson, Leon Russell, Waylon Jennings, Dolly Parton, Tracy Nelson, Merle Haggard, Julio Iglesias.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Willie Nelson is the man who, along with Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings, virtually defines the term of "Outlaw" in country music. An outlaw, in the country music sense of the word, is a maverick determine to go his own way, and in doing so, helps redefine country music itself. VERY BEST OF compiles many of the best and most well known of Nelson's recordings for Columbia in the 1970s and '80s. His craggy yet sweet, world-weary vocals have made hits (and standards) of "On The Road Again" and "Whiskey River," while his covers of "Georgia On My Mind" and "All Of Me" introduced contemporary listeners to the glory days of America's Tin Pan Alley.
Nelson's style of country has always had more to do with the dusty, earthy sounds of Texas as opposed to the polish of Nashville. He's also always had a willingness to sing duets with singers, like Julio Iglesias, Tracy Nelson (no relation) and Leon Russell, not usually related to the country genre. This is not only THE VERY BEST of Willie Nelson--it's some of the best American music, period.
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