Half Nelson (album)
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1985 |
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| Label (s) | CBS Records | |||
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CD, LP |
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Title (number) |
10 |
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running time |
36:19 |
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Half Nelson is a compilation album by Willie Nelson . It was released by CBS Records in 1985 and collects several duets .
background
Half Nelson is a collection of ten duets, some of which are exclusive to this compilation. The duet I Told a Lie to My Heart with Hank Williams was only possible thanks to modern studio technology, as Williams had died in 1953.
Track list
| # | title | Duet partner | Songwriter | producer | length |
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| 1 | Pancho and Lefty | Merle Haggard | Townes Van Zandt | Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson & Chips Moman | 4:49 |
| 2 | Slow Movin 'Outlaw | Lacy J. Dalton | Dee Moeller | Marshall Morgan, Paul Worley | 3:38 |
| 3 | Are There Any More Real Cowboys? | Neil Young | Neil Young | Neil Young, Elliot Mazer, David Briggs, Ben Keith | 3:06 |
| 4th | I told a lie to my heart | Hank Williams | Hank Williams | Bill Ivey | 2:56 |
| 5 | Texas on a Saturday Night | Mel Tillis | Mundo Earwood | Harold Shedd | 2:42 |
| 6th | Seven Spanish Angels | Ray Charles | Troy Seals, Eddie Setser | Billy Sherrill | 3:49 |
| 7th | To All the Girls I Loved Before | Julio Iglesias | Hal David , Albert Hammond | Richard Perry | 3:37 |
| 8th | They All Went to Mexico | Carlos Santana | Greg Brown | Jerry Wexler , Barry Beckett | 4:51 |
| 9 | Honky Tonk Women | Leon Russell | Mick Jagger , Keith Richards | Willie Nelson, Leon Russell | 3:39 |
| 10 | Half a man | George Jones | Willie Nelson | Billy Sherrill | 3:06 |
Many of the songs are cover versions by other artists. In addition, some songs were already released. Pancho and Lefty is by Townes Van Zandt and was also the theme song of a 1983 collaboration album by Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard . To All the Girls I've Loved Before , a song by Hal David and Albert Hammond, was taken from Julio Iglesias ' album 1100 Bel Air Place (1984). They All Went to Mexico came from Carlos Santana's album Havana Moon .
Exclusively recorded for the album were Seven Spanish Angels with Ray Charles , the Rolling Stones cover Honky Tonk Women with Leon Russell , Are There Any More Real Cowboys? with Neil Young , Slow Movin 'Outlaw with Lacy J. Dalton , Texas on a Saturday Night with Mel Tillis and the Nelson classic Half a Man with George Jones and the Hank Williams duet.
success
Half Nelson reached # 178 on the Billboard 200 and stayed on the charts for three weeks.
Single releases
Seven Spanish Angels was the first single from the album and was released in November 1984. The piece, written by Troy Seals and Eddie Setser for Nelson and Ray Charles , reached number 1 on the US Hot Country Songs on the Billboard charts.
1985 Are There Any More Real Cowboys? , Nelson's duet with Neil Young as a second single.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Review by Tom Roland at Allmusic (English). Retrieved April 28, 2017.
- ↑ a b Willie Nelson on the Billboard charts. Billboard.com, accessed April 28, 2017 .
- ^ Joel Whitburn: The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006 . 2nd Edition. Record Research. P. 78.