Released April 1, 2003 Length 120:00 Label Legacy Recordings | Recorded 1961–2003 Release date 1 April 2003 | |
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Producer Nick Shaffran, Al Quaglieri Similar Willie Nelson albums, Country music albums |
The Essential Willie Nelson is a two-disc compilation of Willie Nelson songs. This digitally remastered compilation covers five decades of Nelson's recording career, and is part of Sony's Essential series of compilation albums.
Contents
Disc one
- "Night Life"
- "Hello Walls"
- "Crazy"
- "Funny How Time Slips Away"
- "The Party's Over"
- "Good Times"
- "Me and Paul"
- "Yesterday's Wine"
- "Shotgun Willie"
- "Bloody Mary Morning"
- "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain"
- "If You've Got the Money I've Got the Time"
- "Uncloudy Day"
- "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" (with Waylon Jennings)
- "Georgia on My Mind"
- "Blue Skies"
- "All of Me"
- "Help Me Make It Through the Night"
- "Whiskey River" (live, April 1978)
- "Stay a Little Longer" (live, April 1978)
Disc two
- "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys"
- "Faded Love" (with Ray Price)
- "On the Road Again"
- "Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground"
- "Always on My Mind"
- "Last Thing I Needed First Thing This Morning"
- "Pancho and Lefty" (with Merle Haggard)
- "To All The Girls I've Loved Before" (with Julio Iglesias)
- "City of New Orleans"
- "Seven Spanish Angels" (with Ray Charles)
- "Forgiving You Was Easy"
- "Highwayman" (with Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash & Kris Kristofferson)
- "Living in the Promiseland"
- "Nothing I Can Do About It Now"
- "What a Wonderful World"
- "A Horse Called Music"
- "Everywhere I Go" (with Emmylou Harris)
- "Maria (Shut Up and Kiss Me)"
- "Mendocino County Line" (with Lee Ann Womack)
- "Rainbow Connection"
Songs
1Night Life2:32
2Hello Walls2:25
3Crazy2:52
References
The Essential Willie Nelson Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA