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Tougher Than Leather (Willie Nelson album)

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Released
  
1983

Tougher Than Leather(1983)
  
Release date
  
1983

Label
  
Columbia/Legacy

Length
  
33:40

Artist
  
Producer
  
Genre
  
Country music

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Willie Nelson albums, Country music albums

Tougher Than Leather is a 1983 album by country singer Willie Nelson. It was his first album of original material since Red Headed Stranger eight years before.

Contents

Reception

Crispin Sartwell of Record panned the album, calling it "country music in name only." He elaborated that whereas Nelson's earlier songs were honest ballads about concrete situations which listeners could relate to, Tougher Than Leather is built around high-handed philosophical preaching. He also criticized the lack of variety in the music, describing it as "utterly bland and homogeneous."

Track listing

All tracks composed by Willie Nelson, except where indicated

  1. "My Love for the Rose" - 0:37
  2. "Changing Skies" - 3:03
  3. "Tougher Than Leather" - 4:53
  4. "Little Old Fashioned Karma" - 3:18
  5. "Somewhere in Texas (Part I)" - 0:53
  6. "The Beer Barrel Polka" (Traditional, arranged and played by Bobbie Nelson) - 2:43
  7. "Summer of Roses" - 3:12
  8. "Somewhere in Texas (Part II)" - 0:55
  9. "My Love for the Rose" - 0:37
  10. "The Convict and the Rose" (Robert King, Ballard MacDonald) - 3:52
  11. "Changing Skies" - 0:54
  12. "I Am the Forest" - 4:17
  13. "Nobody Slides, My Friend" - 1:39

Personnel

  • Willie Nelson - guitar, arranger, vocals
  • Grady Martin - guitar
  • Jody Payne - guitar
  • Bee Spears - bass guitar
  • Paul English - drums
  • Bobbie Nelson - piano
  • Johnny Gimble - fiddle, mandolin
  • Mickey Raphael - harmonica
  • Songs

    My Love for the Rose0:38
    Changing Skies3:04
    Tougher Than Leather4:53

    References

    Tougher Than Leather (Willie Nelson album) Wikipedia


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