Always on My Mind

Willie Nelson

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: 1982
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000025QW
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #54,697 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Willie Nelson's lonely country croon has always made even the happiest sentiments ring with a touch of sadness. Here, he covers a number of well-known songs and gives each of them his own hard-won wisdom. "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" seems an impossible task, but Nelson gets under it and while he can't steal it from Aretha Franklin, he makes it his own all the same. Paul Simon's "Bridge over Troubled Water" is a stretch and "Whiter Shade of Pale" is questionable. However, the title track is classic Nelson, as is the somber closer, "Party's Over." --Rob O'Connor

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful from start to finish, March 22, 2002

By	Psychedelic Cowboy "psychedelic_cowboy" (Burbank, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This is a lovely CD. The production is precise and crisp. Willie's voice has never sounded better. The choice of songs is at first surprising, but as soon as you start to listen you realize that once Willie sings something it belongs to him. Nothing proves this more than listening to him steal Always On My Mind away from the King. The song may be the highlight, but other great tracks include A Whiter Shade of Pale (which is a nice duet with Waylon Jennings), Let It Be Me, The Last Thing I Needed The First Thing This Morning, and the somber closer, The Party's Over.

You absolutely can't go wrong with this whether you are a die-hard fan (in which case you already have this) or a casual listener.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Solid Cd, March 11, 2002

By	Jason W. Madwell (San Antonio, Texas) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a solid cd in which Willie does a great job
with the material. The tracks "Always on my mind",
"Old Fords and A Natural Stone", "Do Right Woman, Do
Right Man" are the tracks to listen to, along with
the disc's best work, "The Last Thing I Needed First
Thing This Morning" (One of his best songs ever)

Some of the other songs are either okay or just bad.
Bridge over Trouble water is a stretch for Willie
but decent. Whiter Shade of Pale is very forgetable.

Overall, This cd is worth the money if your a Willie
fan.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Father/bride wedding music, June 1, 2001

By	"dblrednj" (Barnegat, NJ United States) - See all my reviews

This is classic Willie. His rendition of "Bridge Over Troubled Water" was chosen by my daughter and her father to dance to at her wedding and there wasn't a dry eye in the house.