My Way (Willie Nelson album)
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| Released | September 14, 2018 | |||
| Genre | Land | |||
| Length | 35:25 | |||
| Label | Legacy Recordings | |||
| Producer | Buddy Cannon, Matt Rollings | |||
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My Way is the sixty-eighth studio album by Willie Nelson. It will be released on September 14, 2018, by Legacy Recordings.[2] The album is a tribute to Frank Sinatra, who was a close friend of Nelson's.
Background
Nelson first teased the album on April 27, 2018, while promoting his album Last Man Standing in an article published by Variety, saying that the Great American Songbook “is a deep well, because good songs never die. If it was good a hundred years ago, it’s still good today.”[3]
The album was formally announced on July 19, 2018. It is a collection of songs closely associated with Frank Sinatra, whom Nelson first heard at 10 years old when Sinatra joined the radio program Your Hit Parade. Nelson and Sinatra were close friends and mutual admirers of each other’s work. In the 1980s, the pair performed on the same bill at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas and appeared together in a public service announcement for NASA’s Space Foundation.[4]
The album's first single, "Summer Wind", was released on the same day, along with its accompanying music video.[5]
Track listing
| No. | Titel | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Fly Me to the Moon" | Bart Howard | 2:44 |
| 2. | "Summer Wind" | Heinz Meier, Johnny Mercer | 3:23 |
| 3. | "One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)" | Arlen, Mercer | 3:59 |
| 4. | "A Foggy Day" | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin | 2:57 |
| 5. | "It Was a Very Good Year" | Ervin Drake | 3:56 |
| 6. | "Blue Moon" | Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart | 2:37 |
| 7. | "I'll Be Around" | Alec Wilder | 2:59 |
| 8. | "Night and Day" | Cole Porter | 2:48 |
| 9. | "What Is This Thing Called Love?" (feat. Norah Jones) | Porter | 2:27 |
| 10. | "Young at Heart" | Johnny Richards, Carolyn Leigh | 2:46 |
| 11. | "My Way" | Paul Anka (see "My Way" in Wikipedia for composers) | 4:49 |
| Total length: | 35:25 | ||
References
- ^ "Willie Nelson - Summer Wind (Official Music Video)". 19 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ Betts, Stephen L. (19 July 2018). "Hear Willie Nelson Sing Sinatra's 'Summer Wind' on New 'My Way' Album". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ "As 'Stardust' Turns 40, Willie Nelson Talks About the Great American Songbook". Variety. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ Staff, Variety (20 July 2018). "Willie Nelson to Release Frank Sinatra Tribute Album 'My Way'". Variety. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ Betts, Stephen (July 19, 2018). "Hear Willie Nelson Sing Sinatra's 'Summer Wind' on New 'My Way' Album". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media LLC. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
